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Several Shootings in Bolivar

[gtxvideo vid="qWM8GEAA" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/qWM8GEAA.jpg" vtitle="Several Bolivar Shootings PKG”] BOLIVAR, Tenn.--Within the last 48 hours the city of Bolivar has seen multiple shootings and reports of gunfire, but shockingly no one has been hit. Victims and community members are now…

Grants to help state libraries upgrade computers, software

[gtxvideo vid="oR7fXFu1" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/oR7fXFu1.jpg" vtitle="Library Tech Grant”] NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee State Library and Archives is providing more than $305,000 in grants to help libraries upgrade their computer equipment and software. State officials say the grants will…

Suspect in 1996 tanning bed murders now jailed in Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A man wanted for the stabbing deaths of two 18-year-old women inside a tanning salon 19 years ago has been returned to Nashville. Multiple media outlets report that 39-year-old Patrick L. Streater had been held in…

Brandon Banks suits up in full pads

[gtxvideo vid="omRt4FVG" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/omRt4FVG.jpg" vtitle="Banks Full Pads”] EAST JACKSON, Tenn. -- Former Vanderbilt football player and accused rapist Brandon Banks wore full pads and participated in team drills for the first time at Lane College on Thursday. Banks is…

Local businesses set own rules for weapons on site

[gtxvideo vid="7sURfABn" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/7sURfABn.jpg" vtitle="Victora PKG again”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- How you arm yourself while in the building or on the job is up to your boss, according to legal experts we spoke with. Workplace safety remains a big…

Victim's family: Accused murderer could walk free

[gtxvideo vid="zIL03uWa" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/zIL03uWa.jpg" vtitle="Christie Family Speaks PKG”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A West Tennessee family is baffled after they say a killer will soon walk free, having never faced a judge and jury. Brittany Christie was found dead…

Man accused of grabbing woman in Jackson store

JACKSON, Tenn. -- A man appeared Thursday in city court on a sexual battery charge after allegedly hugging and grabbing a woman in a Jackson convenience store. Sam Saleh is accused of approaching the woman July 5 while he was…

Local priest returns home to the Hub City

[gtxvideo vid="nmejwsYH" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/nmejwsYH.jpg" vtitle="Local Priests Returns Home PKG”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Jackson's St. Mary's Catholic Church welcomes a familiar face, now leading a flock who helped raise him. "It's always been a dream of mine to come home…

Man in court on charges of attacking girlfriend

[gtxvideo vid="KA9kFVCo" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/KA9kFVCo.jpg" vtitle="Blackwell Domestic Assault 5”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A man accused of holding his girlfriend down and hitting her in the face appeared Thursday in city court. Jamecus Blackwell is charged with aggravated assault. Court papers…

Charlie Pittman transferred to state custody

[gtxvideo vid="sqXp6SPU" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/sqXp6SPU.jpg" vtitle="Pittman Transferred”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Charlie Pittman, who recently pleaded guilty in the death of his fiancee, has been turned over to state custody. Pittman was transferred Aug. 21 from the Madison County Jail…

Fire destroys storage building in Gibson County

[gtxvideo vid="eXz7u15L" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/eXz7u15L.jpg" vtitle="Gibson Shed Fire”] GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A Thursday fire destroyed a storage shed on Alamo Highway. The Gibson County Fire Department responded to the structure fire just outside Trenton, but the building was a…

Officers arrest 6 juveniles at JCM for fighting

[gtxvideo vid="cHVagc2p" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/cHVagc2p.jpg" vtitle="JCM Arrests”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Six juveniles were arrested Thursday morning at Jackson-Central Merry High School, according to the sheriff's office. Officers responded to two separate calls about fights on the campus, and the juveniles…

Sites cleared for new Henderson Co. volunteer fire stations

[gtxvideo vid="YPKutvhn" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/YPKutvhn.jpg" vtitle="Hendeson FD Update”] HENDERSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Sites have been cleared for the construction of two new volunteer fire stations. Construction will begin once they bid out the project, according to Henderson County Fire Chief…

Jackson dentist gives veteran thousands in free dental work

[gtxvideo vid="iwmputEB" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/iwmputEB.jpg" vtitle="Veterans Free Dental PKG”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A local Vietnam-era veteran received thousands of dollars worth of free dental care. The dentist who did the work also served in the military. “I was ashamed for…

Deputies search for missing man in Carroll County

[gtxvideo vid="nOjVab2w" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/nOjVab2w.jpg" vtitle="Carroll Missing Man”] CARROLL COUNTY, Tenn. -- Deputies are searching for a mentally challenged man who went missing Wednesday night just outside Huntingdon. Erik Allen, 32, was last seen Wednesday evening after he went for…

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