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Job seekers head downtown for City of Jackson Career Fair

[gtxvideo vid="Ffu2nCRM" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/Ffu2nCRM.jpg" vtitle="Jackson Career Fair”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- Job seekers make their way to downtown Jackson Thursday as more than a hundred employers crowded the Carl Perkins Civic Center ready to hire. The job fair was hosted…

Beech Bluff Elementary students close in on last marathon mile

[gtxvideo vid="JzF6fIwD" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/JzF6fIwD.jpg" vtitle="Beech Bluff Marathon”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A big weekend is ahead in West Tennessee for runners of all ages. Even students at some local elementary schools will participate in the Andrew Jackson Marathon. Some…

Seminar focuses on addiction, abuse recovery for women

[gtxvideo vid="62d08Ntv" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/62d08Ntv.jpg" vtitle="Helping Women Recover”] NORTH JACKSON -- A north Jackson conference covered the many sides of recovery for women Thursday afternoon. Community and state addiction services put on the seminar about addiction and how gender plays…

Police make 3 arrests in Henderson movie store burglaries

[gtxvideo vid="N0xTAJkl" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/N0xTAJkl.jpg" vtitle="Henderson Burglars Caught”] HENDERSON, Tenn. -- Police in Henderson say WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News viewers are the reason three suspected burglars are behind bars Thursday night. Dillon Cross, Matthew Meaier and Thomas Dacus-Hervert each are…

Man accused of shooting cousin in face appears in court

[gtxvideo vid="JspwQD70" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/JspwQD70.jpg" vtitle="Agins In Court”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man accused of shooting his own cousin in the face appeared in court Thursday for a hearing to see if there's enough evidence to move the case forward.…

Benton Co. man accused of having drugs with his child in car

[gtxvideo vid="VsrOqd3p" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/VsrOqd3p.jpg" vtitle="Benton Co Drug Arrest”] BENTON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Officers arrest a man in Benton County accused of having marijuana and drug paraphernalia in his car along with his 1-year-old child. Officers say they pulled over…

Car jumps curb, takes down power lines in Milan

[gtxvideo vid="bTtWwaTx" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/bTtWwaTx.jpg" vtitle="Milan Utility Wreck”] MILAN, Tenn. -- Traffic was a mess in Milan this afternoon after a driver jumped a curb and hit a utility pole, according to police. Power lines were down Near Cunningham Street…

Man accused of assaulting friend with own crutches

[gtxvideo vid="13CADbBj" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/13CADbBj.jpg" vtitle="Johnson Crutches Assault”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man was arrested for a scene at his apartment early Thursday that ended with him allegedly beating his friend with his own crutches, all over an argument about…

Jackson man faces resisting arrest, other charges after traffic stop

[gtxvideo vid="Ohagj1xw" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/Ohagj1xw.jpg" vtitle="Miller Resisting Arrest”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A Jackson man is facing a variety of charges after a traffic stop, including theft, drug possession and resisting arrest. Jarvis Raynard Miller Jr. was pulled over Wednesday night…

City temporarily closes road for train derailment cleanup

[gtxvideo vid="J07tvef5" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/J07tvef5.jpg" vtitle="Train Derailment - Vic”] EAST JACKSON -- The city has temporarily closed two lanes of James Buchanan Drive as crews work to clear the area after a Wednesday afternoon train derailment. West Tennessee Railroad will…

Bill banning traffic, speed cams moves one step closer

[gtxvideo vid="0UlVl6SS" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/0UlVl6SS.jpg" vtitle="Traffic Cams Bill”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A ban on traffic cameras may be one step closer to reality for the state of Tennessee. Wednesday, the measure was placed on the calendar for the Senate Transportation…

Community Easter service to meet at Ballpark at Jackson

[gtxvideo vid="Z1FHN0PE" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/Z1FHN0PE.jpg" vtitle="Community Easter Service”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- We are less than a month away from Easter, and one local church has made plans for Easter Sunday. Instead of Englewood Baptist Church hosting services, they are changing…

Union University to host NCAA basketball tournament

JACKSON, Tenn. -- In Union University's first year as a Division II school in the NCAA, the women's basketball team is the No. 1 seed in their division. This weekend the school will host seven of the 64 teams left…

Cargo train derails in east Jackson

[gtxvideo vid="QnPkVmaB" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/QnPkVmaB.jpg" vtitle="Corn Train Derailment”] JACKSON, Tenn. - A scene some residents describe as rare, as an afternoon freight train derails and leaves a big mess on an east Jackson roadway. Hundreds of thousands of pounds of…

Bethel and Freed-Hardeman advance to the NAIA National Tournament

[gtxvideo vid="u40Ua7kf" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/u40Ua7kf.jpg" vtitle="Bethel and Freed Tourney”] Bethel and Freed-Hardeman University learned their journeys to a NAIA National Championship on Wednesday evening. Freed's women's basketball team (32-1) earned a No. 1 seed and will face No. 8 Cal…

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