NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Nashville International Airport is conducting a full-scale emergency drill this weekend simulating two airplanes colliding on the runway. More than 100 volunteers will act as victims on Saturday morning in the scenario that will also include…
[gtxvideo vid="st0VuePG" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/st0VuePG.jpg" vtitle="Aneas Block Party”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A downtown Jackson business held its annual block party Tuesday evening. The event took place at the Aeneas Building garden and courtyard along East College Street. Company officials invited…
[gtxvideo vid="c7H8vkeS" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/c7H8vkeS.jpg" vtitle="School Responds To UTV Accident”] HARDIN COUNTY, Tenn. -- As a West Tennessee community grieves the loss of a child killed Monday night in a UTV accident, her school also reacts. In the wake of…
[gtxvideo vid="spfjikio" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/spfjikio.jpg" vtitle="Strawberry School - Chelsea”] TOONE, Tenn. -- May officially begins on Friday, kicking off "National Strawberry Month," just as strawberry growers across the area open their fields to anyone who wants berries fresh from the…
[gtxvideo vid="7LU8kqoH" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/7LU8kqoH.jpg" vtitle="Lane Football Schedule Release”] JACKSON, Tenn. - Lane College's football schedule is out. The Dragons open up the season with three road games. Their home opener is on September 26 against Tuskegee University. Homecoming is…
[gtxvideo vid="r4RFsYYJ" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/r4RFsYYJ.jpg" vtitle="Thief Leaves Cash PKG”] WHITEVILLE, Tenn. -- A small-town burglary has local authorities shaking their heads after the suspect broke into a gas station and forgot to grab the cash. "You know, after you do…
[gtxvideo vid="wHYPG02q" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/wHYPG02q.jpg" vtitle="Fatal UTV Accident - Katie”] SAVANNAH, Tenn. -- A West Tennessee community grieves the loss of a child killed in a UTV accident Monday night. Hardin County Fire Chief Melvin Martin said the 8-year-old was…
[gtxvideo vid="NXpj3At3" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/NXpj3At3.jpg" vtitle="Martin Fire”] MARTIN, Tenn. -- Crews responded to a structure fire early Tuesday in Martin. Martin firefighters and police responded to the fire around 5:30 a.m. at 236 Oxford Street. Nobody was home at the…
[gtxvideo vid="SqcsLjql" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/SqcsLjql.jpg" vtitle="School Bus Accident”] EAST JACKSON -- Two people are transported to a local hospital Tuesday after a school bus collides with a car. The wreck occurred just before 5 p.m. on Hays Avenue. The two…
[gtxvideo vid="rTUCSZEn" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/rTUCSZEn.jpg" vtitle="Jackson Prostitution Sting - Mall”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- An undercover prostitution sting nets four arrests at hotels near Interstate 40 in Jackson, according to police. Four of the suspects appeared in court on Tuesday. Parent…
[gtxvideo vid="YRbdhC7F" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/YRbdhC7F.jpg" vtitle="Bolivar Fire Update”] BOLIVAR, Tenn. -- The fire that destroyed a house Monday morning is not considered suspicious, according to the Bolivar Fire Department. A single-family house on English Street was destroyed in the fire.…
[gtxvideo vid="HP1uIeg2" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/HP1uIeg2.jpg" vtitle="New TDOT Director”] NASHVILLE -- Officials with the Tennessee Department of Transportation have appointed a new director/assistant chief engineer for TDOT's Region 4. Jason Baker will assume the role May 1. He will provide management…
[gtxvideo vid="o0XbQmgG" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/o0XbQmgG.jpg" vtitle="Baptist Global”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Disaster relief group Baptist Global Response is setting out to help those left in need by the earthquake in Nepal. The Southern Baptist group has teams on the ground working…
[gtxvideo vid="8zpKDmFr" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/8zpKDmFr.jpg" vtitle="Walmart Workplace Theft”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man was in city court Tuesday on charges of stealing cash and gift cards from his employer. LaDarius Finley allegedly stole more than $1,900 in cash and gift…
[gtxvideo vid="YKGika0t" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/YKGika0t.jpg" vtitle="Synthetic Marijuana Investigation”] GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- One man was airlifted and another taken by ambulance to local hospitals after being found semi-conscious Thursday at the Humboldt Fish Hatchery. Deputies found evidence of synthetic marijuana,…
