HAYWOOD COUNTY, Tenn. -- Customers soon will be paying higher sold waste fees after an increase was approved Monday by the Haywood County Commission. The fee changes are effective Oct. 1. The rate goes up $5 from $36.50 to $41.50…
[gtxvideo vid="alL2eOKP" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/alL2eOKP.jpg" vtitle="Prison Task Force PKG”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Inmates in Tennessee could spend more time behind bars if a task force appointed by Gov. Bill Haslam opts for extending prison sentences. Madison County Mayor Jimmy Harris…
[gtxvideo vid="PvEUW80o" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/PvEUW80o.jpg" vtitle="Appliance Thefts”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Investigators are asking for help from the public in solving multiple burglaries of vacant houses. Over the past two months, police have been investigating the thefts of 10 refrigerators, 20…
[gtxvideo vid="5wpWzxLb" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/5wpWzxLb.jpg" vtitle="Hatton Street Update”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Police have arrested a man in a Monday night shooting in west Jackson. Officers arrested the suspect Tuesday morning and are continuing to question him, according to a release…
[gtxvideo vid="WLp8P83K" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/WLp8P83K.jpg" vtitle="Lexington Online Pay”] LEXINGTON, Tenn. -- As of last week, residents have a new option for making utility payments. The city now offers an online pay option on their website, lexingtontn.gov, according to office manager…
[gtxvideo vid="RIBwzEwH" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/RIBwzEwH.jpg" vtitle="Kids Count Report”] NASHVILLE -- The Volunteer State ranks the same as last year for child well-being, coming in at 36th, according to a report released Tuesday. The Annie E. Casey Foundation 2015 Kids Count…
[gtxvideo vid="ZHsLAUnF" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/ZHsLAUnF.jpg" vtitle="New Hospital Program”] BOLIVAR, Tenn. -- Bolivar General Hospital has announced the addition of a new hospitalist program. Samuel Johnson Jr., M.D., will serve as the new hospitalist, according to a release from West Tennessee…
[gtxvideo vid="UxYV5EgM" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/UxYV5EgM.jpg" vtitle="January Shooter Charged PKG”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A man was formally charged Tuesday in the Jan. 26 shooting death of a man at a Jackson apartment. Corey Scott is charged with second-degree murder in the…
[gtxvideo vid="VCNjW7Up" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/VCNjW7Up.jpg" vtitle="Green Patronozong Prostitution”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man appeared Tuesday in city court on a charge stemming from a prostitution sting in March. Sammie Green Jr. faces one count of patronizing prostitution after allegedly arranging…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Jackson police investigate a report of gunshots in west Jackson. Police say they responded around 8:40 p.m. Monday to a shots fired call on Hatton Street. Investigators say no one was injured and no one was taken…
[gtxvideo vid="i3KX4Z1U" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/i3KX4Z1U.jpg" vtitle="Savannah Officer Proposal PKG”] SAVANNAH, Tenn. -- Savannah police put an American flag at the headstone of Marshal Fred Stricklin. Seventy-three years ago on July 20, Stricklin was killed in the line of duty. "It…
[gtxvideo vid="Z61DwM9z" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/Z61DwM9z.jpg" vtitle="Doolen Sues The County PKG”] BOLIVAR, Tenn. -- Hardeman County Sheriff John Doolen is mad about his budget. He maintains the county cut funds without telling him. Now, he's suing to get the money back.…
[gtxvideo vid="MLAHtjzx" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/MLAHtjzx.jpg" vtitle="TN Promise Boot Camp”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- State lawmakers visited Jackson State Community College on Monday as Tennessee Promise scholarship students kick off the school year early, taking classes that could put them ahead when…
[gtxvideo vid="jUJdzitC" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/jUJdzitC.jpg" vtitle="Lockers For Lane PKG”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- After a team prayer, the Lane College football program opened the doors to their new lockers Monday. "The doors and hinges was coming off the lockers. It was…
[gtxvideo vid="9ktHPFvk" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/9ktHPFvk.jpg" vtitle="Harrel Resigns”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A county commissioner resigned Monday after announcing she will be moving out of her district. Ann Harrell turned in her letter of resignation around 4 p.m. Monday, she told…
