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First Tennessee Promise class to have 20K students

[gtxvideo vid="GKpfQ8V7" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/GKpfQ8V7.jpg" vtitle="TN Promise Enrollment”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- More than 20,000 students plan to be part of the Tennessee Promise inaugural class. Tennessee Promise covers tuition for students to attend community colleges such as Jackson State or…

Still no arrests in Dollar General robbery

[gtxvideo vid="vQonyfAw" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/vQonyfAw.jpg" vtitle="Dollar General Update”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- There still have been no arrests in the Sunday night armed robbery of a west Jackson Dollar General store. It happened just after 9 p.m. in the 700 block…

Volunteer State marks 219th birthday

[gtxvideo vid="Ipg99M9G" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/Ipg99M9G.jpg" vtitle="Happy Birthday Tennessee”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Residents on Monday said happy birthday to the Volunteer State as Tennessee turned 219 years old. What is now Tennessee was originally part of North Carolina and later was…

Woman walks away from I-40 crash in Benton Co.

BENTON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A woman walked away from a one-vehicle accident Monday along Interstate 40 with only minor injuries. Jessica Winter, 26, of Franklin, was traveling eastbound on the interstate around 1 p.m. when she lost control of the…

Selmer man arrested after car chase in Savannah

SAVANNAH, Tenn. -- A man is in custody after allegedly leading Savannah police on a car chase Saturday. Danny Doles, of Selmer, is charged in the chase that took place after an officer attempted to stop a Ford Mustang for…

Sheriff's office warns public to be wary of scams

MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Officials believe scammers may be trying to glean bank information or fake IRS payments from residents. Capt. Jeff Fitzgerald of the Madison County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigation Division recently received an email supposedly from Bank of…

Jackson man arrested twice over weekend on domestic charges

[gtxvideo vid="3qHE0LJW" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/3qHE0LJW.jpg" vtitle="Jordan Double Arrest”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- An alleged domestic disturbance led to a Jackson man being arrested twice over the weekend, according to court documents. Police responded to a reported domestic disturbance Friday at hotel…

Man charged with showing police fake military ID

DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man was in Jackson City Court Monday on a charge of providing an officer with a false military ID. Police pulled over Charles Byron Mays on May 24 on Stonebrook Place, according to an affidavit. When…

Man accused of stealing appliances from Jackson apartments

[gtxvideo vid="C3rNxIIX" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/C3rNxIIX.jpg" vtitle="Hampton Appliance Theft”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man who appeared Monday in city court is charged with stealing several appliances from a Jackson apartment building. Justin Carey Hampton is accused of stealing the appliances from…

Suspects sought in Dollar General robbery

[gtxvideo vid="YITXMecU" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/YITXMecU.jpg" vtitle="Dollar General Robbery”] WEST JACKSON -- Jackson police are searching for two suspects in the armed robbery of the Dollar General store on Hollywood Drive. The hold-up happened just after 9 p.m. Sunday. Officers said…

United Methodist Conference kicks off in Hub City

[gtxvideo vid="3MrVSsJd" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/3MrVSsJd.jpg" vtitle="UMC Conference”] JACKSON, Tenn. - More than a thousand members of the United Methodist Church gather in Jackson to determine its leadership and direction for the next year. The 176th Memphis Annual Conference of the…

Cyclists roll through downtown in Rockabilly Gran Prix

[gtxvideo vid="h5r6EarT" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/h5r6EarT.jpg" vtitle="Rockabilly Grand Prix”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Neither the rain nor lightning could stop West Tennessee cyclists from participating in the Rockabilly Gran Prix. Sunday races started early in the morning. Coordinators said it was a…

Jacksonians unite over religion

[gtxvideo vid="7xuQHf03" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/7xuQHf03.jpg" vtitle="UNITY in the park”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- West Tennesseans of different religious backgrounds, ages and races sat down Sunday at Conger Park for Unity in the Park. It was a discussion on how their differences…

West Tenn. all-star basketball games draw big crowd

[gtxvideo vid="rzQKTDgG" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/rzQKTDgG.jpg" vtitle="West TN All Stars”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- West Tennessee's best in high school basketball were all in the same gym for one last time. "We came to have fun, but everyone wants to win," Rachelle…

Cajun flair makes its way to Obion County

[gtxvideo vid="5pm6SXVc" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/5pm6SXVc.jpg" vtitle="Obion Co Crawfish Festival”] OBION COUNTY, Tenn. -- Hundreds gathered in Union City Saturday for a little bit of Cajun flair brought up to West Tennessee. For the second year in a row, the Obion…

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