[gtxvideo vid="ZbEVIkna" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/ZbEVIkna.jpg" vtitle="Westlee Yates PKG”] BENTON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A Benton County man pleads guilty Monday to beating a 7-month-old baby to death last August. With that guilty plea, he will spend nearly half a century behind…
[gtxvideo vid="VtqdwTdz" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/VtqdwTdz.jpg" vtitle="Ideas For Vision 2020”] JACKSON, Tenn.-Jackson-Madison County School System's "Vision 2020" is coming a bit more into focus. Monday morning, consultants unveiled three potential restructuring plans to the school board. Each of the concepts would…
[gtxvideo vid="1Knd6nWT" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/1Knd6nWT.jpg" vtitle="Cicadas PKG”] PINSON, Tenn. -- Cicadas are emerging this year in West Tennessee in one of their loudest debuts since 2008. Some of these noise-making bugs that some residents are calling a "front-yard nuisance" are…
[gtxvideo vid="xnLjcAlw" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/xnLjcAlw.jpg" vtitle="Obion Double Death Update PKG”] OBION, Tenn. -- Neighbors said the couple who lived in a home on Troy Avenue were quiet. Both were physically disabled and usually stayed inside, but it was a shock…
[gtxvideo vid="FsC9Jpjy" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/FsC9Jpjy.jpg" vtitle="Battle of the Badges”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Some local officials are taking time this week to help save lives in a different way. For the next 11 days, Jackson's own "Battle of the Badges" blood…
[gtxvideo vid="AbV67Bpk" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/AbV67Bpk.jpg" vtitle="Pitbull Ordinance PKG”] BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. -- A man is jailed Sunday and his six pit bulls were in an animal shelter after police seized them as part of a Tennessee law against certain convicted felons.…
[gtxvideo vid="sBROygVF" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/sBROygVF.jpg" vtitle="Special Needs Vouchers PKG”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A controversial bill that would pay thousands of dollars toward disabled students‘ education heads to Gov. Bill Haslam‘s desk for approval. A parent could opt out of sending…
MERIDIAN, Miss. -- Authorities have arrested a man in Mississippi accused of trying to kidnap a woman and her daughter in Martin. Derrick Nicholson was arrested in Meridian, Miss., after U.S. Marshals got a tip he was in the state…
[gtxvideo vid="eO5H0AI6" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/eO5H0AI6.jpg" vtitle="Abernathy Joins Star Center”] NORTH JACKSON -- The STAR Center has a new director of development. Jon Abernathy will oversee donor relations and fundraising for the nonprofit, which serves adults and children with disabilities. Abernathy…
[gtxvideo vid="UxO8XIkh" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/UxO8XIkh.jpg" vtitle="Robert Lyons Arrested”] GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Officers believe a man they say stole a trailer from a driveway in Humboldt may have sold another stolen trailer to someone in the Jackson area. Deputies arrested…
[gtxvideo vid="vifBymw9" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/vifBymw9.jpg" vtitle="Atkisson Pleads Guilty”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- An 18-year-old charged as an adult in a west Jackson shooting when he was just 15 entered a guilty plea Monday. Deontae Adkisson has pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree…
[gtxvideo vid="g1q7vbCw" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/g1q7vbCw.jpg" vtitle="Provisional Ballots”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- On Monday, the Madison County Election Commission approved the five provisional ballots cast in last Tuesday's Jackson Municipal Election. Provisional ballots are cast when voters don't have the proper…
DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A woman appeared in city court Monday on accusations of sending threatening texts to the father of her child and vandalizing his car. Officers arrested Mariea Akines Saturday on outstanding warrants from April. Court documents say last…
[gtxvideo vid="QbXUa0uj" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/QbXUa0uj.jpg" vtitle="Exboyfriend Charged In Attack”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man accused of punching and stomping his ex-girlfriend's head appears in Jackson City Court. Richard Anderson was formally charged Monday with aggravated burglary and simple domestic assault.…
DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man was charged with driving under the influence after supposedly hitting a pedestrian Saturday in the parking lot of Home Depot on Vann Drive. Officers performing field sobriety tests on Robert Cantrell say he was unsteady…
