[gtxvideo vid="S2G9JjpG" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/S2G9JjpG.jpg" vtitle="Early Voting Begins”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Early voting kicked off Wednesday in Jackson as voters headed to the polls to cast ballots in the upcoming city election. “I think, you know, the mayor's election of…
DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A Jackson man was in city court Wednesday on accusations of stealing a lawnmower. Nicholas Tyrone Pearson faces a theft charge after someone reported seeing a man take a push lawnmower from a home in the 800…
[gtxvideo vid="hKMSRY3c" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/hKMSRY3c.jpg" vtitle="Swift Criminal Simulation”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man accused of fraudulently cashing a check at a Jackson business appeared Wednesday in court. Lee Michael Swift allegedly cashed a $230 check in someone else's name Feb.…
[gtxvideo vid="6J1z7ezP" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/6J1z7ezP.jpg" vtitle="TN bible”] NASHVILLE (AP) -- The state House has passed a bill to make the Bible the official state book of Tennessee, despite opposition from Republican leaders and an attorney general's opinion that the measure…
DECATUR COUNTY, Tenn. -- A judge heard arguments Wednesday in the cases of two men charged with the kidnapping and murder of a West Tennessee nursing student. At the 9 a.m.…
[gtxvideo vid="L3TQCdmQ" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/L3TQCdmQ.jpg" vtitle="Lana Mayoral Forum - Dan”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- On the eve of the start of early voting, four of the five candidates for Jackson mayor gathered for a second forum this week. Tim York did…
[gtxvideo vid="uKaXKx7w" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/uKaXKx7w.jpg" vtitle="Breaking News - Dan 10pm”] EAST JACKSON -- Jackson police confirm multiple gunshots were fired into homes in an east Jackson neighborhood. More than 20 shell casings could be seen littering Sweetbay Drive and Briarwood…
[gtxvideo vid="4Z6zeWVW" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/4Z6zeWVW.jpg" vtitle="Mayor Breaks The Law - Tiff”] BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. -- Controversy erupts in Brownsville after some believe the Mayor may have broken the law behind closed doors. Tuesday night, he took steps to correct that mistake.…
[gtxvideo vid="5sKPhSpC" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/5sKPhSpC.jpg" vtitle="Dispatcher Appreciation”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Each year, the second full week of April is dedicated to the men and women who serve as public safety telecommunicators. They have the integral job of linking those in…
[gtxvideo vid="AafkXoqP" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/AafkXoqP.jpg" vtitle="Newbern Chief Appeals Suspension”] NEWBERN, Tenn. -- The chief of the Newbern Police Department has hired an attorney and filed an appeal to his unpaid suspension. On April 7, Chief Doug Robertson was suspended amid…
[gtxvideo vid="tBd5vQdi" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/tBd5vQdi.jpg" vtitle="Tomcats Honored”] BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. -- At the Brownsville City Board meeting Tuesday the state champion Haywood Tomcats were given keys to the city. The Haywood basketball players and cheerleaders were recognized before a packed house…
[gtxvideo vid="fKEwikEA" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/fKEwikEA.jpg" vtitle="Milan Fire Aftermath”] MILAN, Tenn. -- Firefighters responded to a house fire in Milan late Tuesday morning. Crews said it took them about ten minutes to get the flames under control. The woman who lives…
[gtxvideo vid="KbBiiRhV" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/KbBiiRhV.jpg" vtitle="Canadian Railroad Grant”] NEWBERN, Tenn. -- The City of Newbern in Dyer County is set to receive thousands of dollars in grant money from Canadian National Railway. According to the city recorder, the railroad's "America…
[gtxvideo vid="qgY8qLd8" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/qgY8qLd8.jpg" vtitle="Savannah Att Murder - Jordan”] SAVANNAH, Tenn. -- A charge of attempted murder has been filed against an alleged attacker, and police say his weapon was a hatchet. Residents at Cypress Gardens Apartments are in…
[gtxvideo vid="NJudazOq" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/NJudazOq.jpg" vtitle="Reserve Officer Protocol”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- After a fatal shooting in Oklahoma by a reserve deputy who said he mistook his service weapon for his Taser, WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News talked to local officials about…
