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Local restaurant still affected by oil spill

[gtxvideo vid="otSnK9L5" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/otSnK9L5.jpg" vtitle="Redbones Oil Spill Effects”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Monday marked the fifth anniversary of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. There are businesses in the Hub City who are still affected by that…

Jackson Christian School starting 'Wings' program

[gtxvideo vid="XmPl3w1P" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/XmPl3w1P.jpg" vtitle="JCS Wings Program”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Jackson Christian School has announced a new program intended to better serve the individual needs of the school's students. Starting this fall, the school with launch the "Wings" program,…

UTM's Atheltic Director joins NCAA Oversight Committee

MARTIN, Tenn. - University of Tennessee at Martin's athletic director Julio Freire is assuming an important role in women's college basketball. The Skyhawks AD has been selected as one of 12 members on the NCAA Women‘s Basketball Oversight Committee. “It…

Miss Tennessee visits Bemis school

[gtxvideo vid="6sA3sKlL" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/6sA3sKlL.jpg" vtitle="Miss TN In Bemis”] BEMIS, Tenn. -- A Tennessee celebrity went back to school Monday, but she didn't have a backpack — she wore a crown. Miss Tennessee 2014 Hayley Lewis spent her morning with…

Flood waters cause sinkhole in Henderson

[gtxvideo vid="66i7k1pH" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/66i7k1pH.jpg" vtitle="CHester Co Sink Hole - Chelsea”] CHESTER COUNTY, Tenn. -- The above average rainfall causes a giant sinkhole in the parking lot of a Henderson business. The sinkhole was deep and wide enough to swallow…

Hardin County to receive funding for winter storm damage

[gtxvideo vid="ooJrlRsN" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/ooJrlRsN.jpg" vtitle="Storm Grant - Jordan”] HARDIN COUNTY, Tenn. -- A winter storm shutting down parts of Hardin County for an entire week in February was costly, but Gov. Bill Haslam announced Monday help is on the…

Jackson woman charged with stealing from employer

[gtxvideo vid="LAzyxeV9" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/LAzyxeV9.jpg" vtitle="Varsity Market Theft”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A woman appeared in Jackson court Monday on charges of stealing from a Jackson business where she worked. Yolanda Nixon is facing eight theft counts after allegedly stealing money…

Man accused of causing disturbance, resisting arrest outside Jackson business

[gtxvideo vid="pGzcscpK" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/pGzcscpK.jpg" vtitle="Ellsion Disorderly Conduct”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man went before a judge Monday on accusations of causing a disturbance and then resisting arrest outside a Jackson business. Antonio Martez Ellison is accused of cursing and…

Teen charged with assaulting Jackson police officer

[gtxvideo vid="mFBXAKq0" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/mFBXAKq0.jpg" vtitle="JPD Officer Assaulted - Mal”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A 19-year-old woman accused of attacking a Jackson police officer faced a judge on Monday. The department confirms the officer went to the hospital to get checked…

Thinking before the storm keeps homeowners from losing money

[gtxvideo vid="QRleW2aH" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/QRleW2aH.jpg" vtitle="Storm Perpairedness”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Emergency management officials said preparing for a storm is important, both to keep homeowners safe and to keep them from losing money. Jackson-Madison County EMA director Marty Clements said not…

Tennessee strawberry farmers in a jam with slow start to season

[gtxvideo vid="i85eMldD" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/i85eMldD.jpg" vtitle="strawberry farms struggling”] HARDEMAN COUNTY, Tenn. -- Tennessee strawberry farmers are at risk of losing thousands of dollars with a slow start to the strawberry season. "We've had some damage from all of the rain…

Dr. Reese retires after 35 years of serving West Tennessee

[gtxvideo vid="ved2wR04" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/ved2wR04.jpg" vtitle="Dr. Reese Retires”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Previous patients, family and colleagues gathered at the Kirkland Cancer Center to celebrate a man who has given more than 35 years of his life to helping others. The…

Jackson Choral Society sings songs from the silver screen

[gtxvideo vid="faqc2DpH" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/faqc2DpH.jpg" vtitle="Jackson Choral Society”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Jackson Choral Society took the community out to the movies. Singing songs from some of the most famous movies throughout the decades, such as "Let's Go to the…

Volunteers make inspirational signs for wounded war veteran

[gtxvideo vid="eXHGfXdO" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/eXHGfXdO.jpg" vtitle="Bbar Vets Mission”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn.,-- Beyond Bars Animal Rescue and dozens of community members gathered to make signs for wounded war veteran John Hayes. The animal rescue group will travel to St. Augustine, Florida…

Mark Collie inducted into Rock-A-Billy Hall of Fame

[gtxvideo vid="KP0zHXkY" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/KP0zHXkY.jpg" vtitle="INTL Rockabilly HOF”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- West Tennessee's signature sound echoed through downtown Jackson Saturday night. The International Rock-A-Billy Hall of Fame and Museum hosted a "Rock-A-Billy Birthday Party." The highlight of the night was…

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