[gtxvideo vid="12NGUvBx" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/12NGUvBx.jpg" vtitle="M,AYORAL CADIDATYES FINACIALS”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- The numbers are in to calculate just how much money mayoral candidates have spent between Jan. 16 and March 31. All five candidates in the race turned in their…
[gtxvideo vid="2qWfoE3r" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/2qWfoE3r.jpg" vtitle="NRA Meeting”] NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A parade of potential Republican presidential candidates is coming forward at the National Rifle Association's annual convention. The speakers will get 10 minutes each Friday to lay out their…
[gtxvideo vid="JmvvVdOE" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/JmvvVdOE.jpg" vtitle="Hotel tax revenue”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- New numbers from the city's Convention and Visitors Bureau show the Hub City's hotel and motel taxes are showing huge increases. City officials say 2013 saw a $10 million…
[gtxvideo vid="27AFnH6L" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/27AFnH6L.jpg" vtitle="vision 2020”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Just a day after extending the superintendent's contract, the Jackson-Madison County School System unveils how it will implement its "Vision 20-20" plan, saying months of internal homework has led up…
[gtxvideo vid="QRdn47PC" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/QRdn47PC.jpg" vtitle="USJ Special Needs PKG”] NORTH JACKSON -- Special Olympians from seven West Tennessee counties go for the gold in the annual track and field competition. From the 50-meter dash to the softball throw, nearly 300…
[gtxvideo vid="uTDjR50D" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/uTDjR50D.jpg" vtitle="Woodmen Presents Check”] NORTH JACKSON -- April is Child Abuse Awareness Month, and the Exchange Club Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse got a big donation Friday to help provide free services.…
[gtxvideo vid="PpQ82XFu" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/PpQ82XFu.jpg" vtitle="Water Plant Investigation PKG”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Two dead dogs are discovered inside a JEA aeration basin, prompting a police investigation. Jackson Animal Control officers said the dogs were removed from the waste water tanks…
[gtxvideo vid="NE5x1p9n" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/NE5x1p9n.jpg" vtitle="Gibson County Murder Charges”] GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A man is charged with murder after authorities say he fatally shot a woman and then turned the gun on himself. Bryan Shawver, 35, is charged with…
HUMBOLDT, Tenn. -- A Humboldt man is facing dozens of counts after a traffic stop led police to counterfeit money. Jesse Scott, 23, is charged with 25 counts of criminal simulation. Humboldt police say they found a large amount of…
DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A woman was in Jackson City Court Friday on accusations of forging an $8,500 check from her former employer. Maia Talley faces one count of forgery after police say she wrote and cashed the check last summer…
[gtxvideo vid="0VeZ4Zu5" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/0VeZ4Zu5.jpg" vtitle="Fish Stand Bust - Jordan”] LEXINGTON, Tenn. -- A man is accused of selling more than just food from his family's business. "I was going there today and I found out this happened," said John…
[gtxvideo vid="yPCrECLW" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/yPCrECLW.jpg" vtitle="Civic Master Draft”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- An open house was held at City Hall for residents to review the draft civic master plan for the city of Jackson. Members of a consultant team and city…
[gtxvideo vid="IcbGv86R" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/IcbGv86R.jpg" vtitle="Henderson Burglars Caught”] HENDERSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Thanks to tips from WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News viewers, two suspected burglars are now behind bars. According to Henderson County Sheriff's Department investigators, the two seen on surveillance…
[gtxvideo vid="6Uc34sKK" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/6Uc34sKK.jpg" vtitle="JMCSS Board Meeting - DAN”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- In an extremely close vote, the superintendent of the Jackson-Madison County School System has her contract extended to at least 2017. The school board was extremely vocal…
[gtxvideo vid="GMHHXaXA" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/GMHHXaXA.jpg" vtitle="crimes target the elderly”] PARIS, Tenn. -- We all are at risk of getting scammed, but seniors are even more vulnerable. That is why the Henry County Sheriff's Office and FBI held a special seminar…
