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Crews work to ready school grounds for students

[gtxvideo vid="dskwGrGZ" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/dskwGrGZ.jpg" vtitle="JMCSS Facility Upkeep PKG”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Jackson-Madison County schools rush to get their grounds ready for students. Grass at Jackson Central-Merry, Alexander Elementary, and North Side High School still stands several inches high. “It…

Jackson police give back with Boys & Girls Club donation

JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Jackson Police Department gave back to the community Thursday with a donation to the Jackson Boys and Girls Club. The department gave the $1,000 gift to the organization for back-to-school shopping, according to a release from…

Truck overturns in single-vehicle crash on I-40

[gtxvideo vid="FBV58kDT" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/FBV58kDT.jpg" vtitle="I 40 wreck”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A pickup truck overturned in a single-vehicle crash Thursday afternoon on Interstate 40. The Madison County Fire Department responded to the wreck around 12:40 p.m. near mile marker…

Car crashes into window of west Jackson business

[gtxvideo vid="0JIEbFPj" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/0JIEbFPj.jpg" vtitle="Car Hits Building”] WEST JACKSON -- A car crashed into the front window of a Jackson business Thursday afternoon. The call went out around 1:45 p.m. to Allegra Design Print Mall, located in the 1000…

Man charged with arranging to meet underage girl for sex

[gtxvideo vid="BDhg4AlA" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/BDhg4AlA.jpg" vtitle="Yarborough Statutory Rape”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A man appeared Thursday in Jackson City Court after police say he arranged online to meet an underage girl for sex. Lee Yarbrough, 33, is accused of contacting a…

Deputies arrest man wanted in Weakley Co. burglary

[gtxvideo vid="nmLV7odt" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/nmLV7odt.jpg" vtitle="Martin PD Search”] WEAKLEY COUNTY, Tenn. -- A Martin man deputies say broke into a home and stole about $4,000 worth of cash, jewelry and medications has been arrested, according to the sheriff's office. Christopher…

Police search for suspects in overnight armed robbery

JACKSON, Tenn. -- Police investigate an overnight armed robbery outside a west Jackson hotel. Police say it happened around 2 a.m. Thursday at Motel 6 on the Highway 45 Bypass. Officers say three suspects robbed two people outside the hotel.…

DCS employee charged with aggravated assault is terminated

[gtxvideo vid="CMEGfwyB" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/CMEGfwyB.jpg" vtitle="DCS Employee Terminated”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- The Department of Children's Services employee accused of firing a gun near a group of people earlier this year has been fired. According to the state DCS office…

Man accused of shooting pregnant woman in abdomen

[gtxvideo vid="r8QuFWTP" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/r8QuFWTP.jpg" vtitle="Thorpe Att Murder”] DYER COUNTY, Tenn. -- A man is expected in court Thursday on an attempted murder charge after allegedly shooting into a car and hitting a pregnant woman. According to the Dyer County…

Gunfire leads to barricade situation in Humboldt

[gtxvideo vid="rc2cPehd" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/rc2cPehd.jpg" vtitle="Humboldt Barricade PKG”] GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Police faced a tense situation Wednesday afternoon in Humboldt after reports of gunfire led them to a nearby house after seeing a possible suspect run inside. "When our…

7 summer weather myths are dispelled

[gtxvideo vid="J4lwxYyQ" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/J4lwxYyQ.jpg" vtitle="Misconceptions Of Staying Cool PKG 10pm”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Six "heat myth" misconceptions are dispelled: 1. Heat exhaustion and heat stroke are not the same thing. Heat exhaustion happens when you've been exposed to the…

Police release video of traffic stop of Chattanooga shooter

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Police have released dashcam video of an April traffic stop that led to driving-under-the-influence charges against the Chattanooga man who later went on a shooting rampage that left five servicemen dead. The video shows Mohamad Youssef…

Police: Man demanded cash for 'taking down terrorists'

ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say a man who demanded cash from a U.S. Bank in Rogersville told a teller the Secret Service owed it to him for "taking down terrorists." A police report obtained by the Kingsport Times-News (http://bit.ly/1VN4uH4)…

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