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4 new principals announced for Jackson-Madison Co. schools

[gtxvideo vid="n8SMnRjt" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/n8SMnRjt.jpg" vtitle="JMCSS Principals”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Jackson-Madison County Schools Superintendent Dr. Verna Ruffin announced the appointments of four new principals Tuesday for the 2015-2016 school year. Tracey Vowell has been named new principal at Pope…

Vehicle fire shuts down east Jackson intersection

[gtxvideo vid="EEdDz2NU" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/EEdDz2NU.jpg" vtitle="Jackson Car Fire”] EAST JACKSON -- Traffic was shut down at an east Jackson intersection after an SUV caught fire Tuesday afternoon. WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News viewer Tony Hernandez sent video of the SUV on…

City approves sublease for new WRAP building

[gtxvideo vid="Nr4vRqeC" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/Nr4vRqeC.jpg" vtitle="Wrap Building Sub Lease Approved”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- The city of Jackson on Tuesday approved a sublease with the Wo/Men's Resource and Rape Assistance Program. The Safe Hope Center is the combination of efforts between…

Sheriff: Vandals deface church grounds with feces

[gtxvideo vid="10F1szUK" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/10F1szUK.jpg" vtitle="MCO Church Vandalism PKG”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A West Tennessee house of worship is now a crime scene after deputies say vandals commit a heinous act. Church members arriving for Sunday service at Brown's…

City elects recorder, treasurer for new terms

[gtxvideo vid="GeuHcSat" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/GeuHcSat.jpg" vtitle="Recorder Treasuer appointed”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Jackson City Council named a treasurer and recorder to new terms on Tuesday. Al Laffoon will continue as the city's recorder for another four years after a unanimous…

Jackson writes off more parking tickets

[gtxvideo vid="xfItpI3X" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/xfItpI3X.jpg" vtitle="Parking Tickets Written off”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- The city of Jackson has added to a list of more than $800,000 in approved write-offs. Jackson's City Council approved writing off $43,675 in unpaid parking tickets from…

City Council elects Johnny Dodd as vice mayor

[gtxvideo vid="LgLcxInH" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/LgLcxInH.jpg" vtitle="Dodd Named Vice Mayor 10”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- City Council members unanimously voted Tuesday for District Two representative Johnny Dodd to serve as vice mayor. According to the city's charter, the vice mayor will serve…

City council approves Jackson budget

[gtxvideo vid="jOc6jWcN" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/jOc6jWcN.jpg" vtitle="Jackson Budget Approved”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- The budget for the City of Jackson's 2015 to 2016 fiscal year was approved for the second time at Tuesday's city council meeting. If you'd like to take a…

Jackson City Council expands time to pay property taxes

[gtxvideo vid="BD6e1Lu2" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/BD6e1Lu2.jpg" vtitle="Property Tax Collection changes”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A change has been made to when residents in the Hub City can pay their property taxes each year. The Jackson City Council approved expanding the payment window…

Jackson City Council members sworn in for new term

[gtxvideo vid="hzsVi4U8" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/hzsVi4U8.jpg" vtitle="City Council Swarn In”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Jackson City Council has officially been sworn in for another term of service to the Hub City. All nine council members were sworn in Tuesday morning at…

Men indicted in unrelated cases of assaulting Henry Co. officers with vehicles

[gtxvideo vid="S9U6ug1P" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/S9U6ug1P.jpg" vtitle="Henry County Indictments”] HENRY COUNTY, Tenn. -- Two men have been indicted on charges of assaulting law enforcement officers with vehicles in unrelated incidents. Brandon Gream, 34, has been indicted on charges of aggravated assault…

Man accused of assaulting Milan business owner

[gtxvideo vid="7I209MxB" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/7I209MxB.jpg" vtitle="Milan Business Owner Assault”] MILAN, Tenn. -- A man is facing an aggravated assault charge after police say he went inside a business and attacked the owner. Officers responded to Elliott's Music Center on July…

Deputies seek hit-and-run driver who left injured man, girl at scene

[gtxvideo vid="lDodaAbm" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/lDodaAbm.jpg" vtitle="Gibson Co Motorcycle Crash PKG 10”] GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Deputies are looking for a woman they say is responsible for a Sunday hit-and-run crash that resulted in a man and a 9-year-old girl being…

JMCSS changes bell times for some schools

[gtxvideo vid="NfLGDTbP" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/NfLGDTbP.jpg" vtitle="JMCSS Bell Time”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Jackson-Madison County School Board has decided to delay the start of the school day for some students. Board members made the decision Monday during their July meeting. Instead…

Teen suspect in DCS worker assault back in Tennessee

[gtxvideo vid="nGUwDHPh" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/nGUwDHPh.jpg" vtitle="DCS Assault Update”] HENDERSON, Tenn. -- The juvenile who reportedly attacked a Department of Children's Services worker and stole her car before leading authorities on a chase into Mississippi is now back in Tennessee. According…

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