[gtxvideo vid="06kZxODw" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/06kZxODw.jpg" vtitle="Distracted Driving Month”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Law enforcement officials are increasingly targeting distracted driving, and the effort includes work from members of the Tennessee Highway Patrol. "Distracted driving" includes a variety of unsafe driving habits,…

[gtxvideo vid="bMsB9oGx" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/bMsB9oGx.jpg" vtitle="Easter Animals - Vic”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Chocolate bunnies and marshmallow peeps may be all the rage for Easter gift baskets, but some West Tennesseans warn you may want to think twice before giving real…

[gtxvideo vid="Oa3e83nZ" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/Oa3e83nZ.jpg" vtitle="Autism Awareness Day”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- People around the world celebrated autism awareness day on Thursday. Autism spectrum disorder is a group of developmental disabilities that can cause significant social, communication and behavioral challenges, according…

[gtxvideo vid="0Btv9hGd" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/0Btv9hGd.jpg" vtitle="Newbern Tornado Anniversary”] NEWBERN, Tenn. -- On the Thursday anniversary of one of the town's most deadly storms, residents planned on how they can save lives in the future. On April 2, 2006, the mayor…

[gtxvideo vid="JnMBDtlD" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/JnMBDtlD.jpg" vtitle="bradford Damage”] BRADFORD, Tenn. -- It has been 9 years since an F3 tornado hit the city of Bradford in Gibson County, causing widespread damage and multiple deaths. The tornado touched down and caused some…

[gtxvideo vid="gSwSFine" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/gSwSFine.jpg" vtitle="stanton att burglary”] HAYWOOD COUNTY, Tenn. -- For the fifth time in three weeks, an unidentified gunman has broken into a home in Haywood County. The sheriff's department says the incident happened around 10 a.m.…

[gtxvideo vid="9GqvrH2b" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/9GqvrH2b.jpg" vtitle="Earthquake In TN - Katie”] DYERSBURG, Tenn. -- Many in West Tennessee felt significant shaking Tuesday night after a 3.6 magnitude earthquake hit the Bootheel of Missouri. The quake was reportedly felt by residents in…

[gtxvideo vid="Lr0CAeaN" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/Lr0CAeaN.jpg" vtitle="Hollywood suspicious fire”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Jackson firefighters were called Thursday night to the scene of a house fire in west Jackson. The call went out just after 8 p.m. to the 1700 block of…

[gtxvideo vid="CTBLjvph" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/CTBLjvph.jpg" vtitle="911 swatting call - Jordan”] SAVANNAH, Tenn. -- A 911 caller told dispatch Wednesday night he had stabbed his father and that both of his parents were in the basement of his residence. He also…

[gtxvideo vid="jqZryapN" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/jqZryapN.jpg" vtitle="Carpenter Found Not Guilty”] HENDERSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Jurors reached a verdict Wednesday in a murder case from more than three years ago. After two and a half hours of deliberation, a Henderson County jury…

[gtxvideo vid="hNqU0LvN" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/hNqU0LvN.jpg" vtitle="jamarius gant arrested”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man appeared Thursday in Jackson City Court on numerous charges stemming from an alleged kidnapping and robbery. Jamarius Deon Gant is accused of robbing a man at gunpoint…

[gtxvideo vid="VtifWPOm" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/VtifWPOm.jpg" vtitle="corinth fire”] CORINTH, Miss. (WMC) -- Firefighters battled a fire at a second-hand salvage store late Wednesday and early Thursday morning. The fire broke out around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. In addition to the salvage store…

[gtxvideo vid="ZAjEmsxG" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/ZAjEmsxG.jpg" vtitle="Lane College Responds”] EAST JACKSON -- WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News reached out to Lane College for a response to the incident that happened on campus Thursday, and they are asking that witnesses come forward. "If…