DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man in court Friday is accused of stealing a pair of flip-flops from a Jackson retailer. Patrick Merriweather faces a theft charge after police say he stole the flip-flops from a dollar store on South Royal…
DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man went before a judge Friday in city court on accusations of illegally possessing a handgun and later bringing contraband into jail. Brandon Eatmon was arrested around 10 p.m. Thursday outside a restaurant in the 2000…
[gtxvideo vid="BeLD9yvM" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/BeLD9yvM.jpg" vtitle="Hale Evading Arrest”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man appeared Friday in Jackson City Court after allegedly running from police and hiding in the shrubs outside a Jackson home. Police were investigating a suspected burglary around…
[gtxvideo vid="Ib3QfWCF" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/Ib3QfWCF.jpg" vtitle="MCO Budget Approval”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- The Madison County Commission met Thursday to discuss final changes to the budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Commissioners are proposing two big changes that will affect the…
[gtxvideo vid="QayY8uiP" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/QayY8uiP.jpg" vtitle="Newbern Beautification Project”] NEWBERN, Tenn. -- A change of plans for one West Tennessee city's beautification project leads to a bigger price tag. The Newbern Beautification Project's planning began in 2012, and the original cost…
EAST JACKSON -- Jackson firefighters rushed Thursday night to a home in the 300 block of Webster Street in east Jackson after the homeowner said a grease fire in the kitchen got out of control. Dark smoke was seen pouring…
[gtxvideo vid="Xk3DjXWd" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/Xk3DjXWd.jpg" vtitle="School board gives back teacher assistants”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Jackson-Madison County School Board voted Thursday night to bring back four teacher assistants at the Montessori School in Bemis. Previously, there were 18 teacher assistants,…
[gtxvideo vid="G8T4xFMX" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/G8T4xFMX.jpg" vtitle="All Star Game”] EAST JACKSON, Tenn. - It's not homecoming at Lane College, but the Dragons are expecting hundreds of locals and alumni this upcoming weekend. The influx comes from the school's sold out inaugural…
[gtxvideo vid="KgtMGshZ" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/KgtMGshZ.jpg" vtitle="Air Choice One”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- West Tennesseans soon will have a new travel option as a local airport starts offering flights to St. Louis and back. Air Choice One, the carrier for McKellar-Sipes…
[gtxvideo vid="O1MpqsNC" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/O1MpqsNC.jpg" vtitle="Paris Cemetery Vandalized PKG - Bryan”] PARIS, Tenn. -- The Paris City Cemetery has been around for centuries and has become the final resting place for several prominent West Tennesseans. Now, the groundskeepers are trying…
[gtxvideo vid="h6P2nKQN" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/h6P2nKQN.jpg" vtitle="Lexington Construction Issues”] LEXINGTON, Tenn. -- A multi-mile construction project along a busy portion of Highway 412 has some Lexington drivers feeling like they're riding the brakes more than they're putting the pedal to the…
[gtxvideo vid="F8f4CzXc" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/F8f4CzXc.jpg" vtitle="Benningan's at Lane”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Officials with Lane College say they are in the final stage of negotiations to bring a Bennigan's restaurant to east Jackson. It would be located at the intersection of…
[gtxvideo vid="FPAt423O" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/FPAt423O.jpg" vtitle="Reel Foot Spillway PKG - Beth”] OBION COUNTY, Tenn. -- Worries and frustrations continue over the Reelfoot Lake spillway as some say it's crumbling and threatening to flood everything around it and drain Reelfoot Lake.…
[gtxvideo vid="J4HQEmpw" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/J4HQEmpw.jpg" vtitle="Music Hall Of Fame”] CROCKETT COUNTY, Tenn. -- An Alamo native has been honored with induction into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame. Loretta Jazzii Anderson was inducted Saturday and also was presented…
[gtxvideo vid="QNsWBo34" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/QNsWBo34.jpg" vtitle="Jaeger Prostitution Arrest”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man went before a judge Thursday in city court after being charged in an undercover prostitution investigation. Charles Jaeger is accused of using the website www.backpage.com to arrange…
