[gtxvideo vid="HdbQ4ety" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/HdbQ4ety.jpg" vtitle="Read Across America”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Classrooms all across West Tennessee celebrate Dr. Seuss. Lisa Caldwell the Media Library Specialist said, "the children love the celebration and they also love reading. In the days…
[gtxvideo vid="FvGWD4H4" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/FvGWD4H4.jpg" vtitle="NFL Hopefuls Train”] JACKSON, Tenn. - Impressing scouts at the NFL Combine is only the first step. The next goal for college standouts is having a good Pro Day. Baltimore Ravens' Jeremy Butler and a…
[gtxvideo vid="MDwFXslt" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/MDwFXslt.jpg" vtitle="Union Sweeps Awards”] Union University's women's basketball team has already established themselves as the best team in the Gulf South Conference. Their regular season season success and No. 1 ranking in the tournament resulted in…
[gtxvideo vid="hfI3vEIN" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/hfI3vEIN.jpg" vtitle="Higher Education Standards”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Community colleges and technical schools are preparing for a flood of students thanks to Tennessee Promise, which offers high school graduates tuition-free learning. But the leaders of many of…
[gtxvideo vid="vLzJYt4m" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/vLzJYt4m.jpg" vtitle="Early Voting Meeting”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- The local chapter of the NAACP asks the city council Monday to pay for extended early voting hours for the May election. Currently, early votes can be cast from…
[gtxvideo vid="KHjDAcUg" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/KHjDAcUg.jpg" vtitle="Fake call response cost”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Authorities are looking into a costly hoax involving the Madison County Sheriff's Office and the Jackson Police Department. A family found themselves surrounded by two dozen officers…
[gtxvideo vid="CPrzUfG8" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/CPrzUfG8.jpg" vtitle="Forrester Aggravated Assault”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man appeared Monday in Jackson City Court on charges including assault after allegedly attacking his girlfriend and asking her to kill him. John Lee Forrester is accused of…
[gtxvideo vid="xC04rjeZ" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/xC04rjeZ.jpg" vtitle="Dyer Co TennCare Fraud”] DYER COUNTY, Tenn. -- A Dyer County woman is facing fraud charges for the second time following her recent arrest on doctor shopping for drugs. Following an indictment, Dyer County police…
[gtxvideo vid="Np0ECi4g" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/Np0ECi4g.jpg" vtitle="Screwdriver Assault”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A woman was in Jackson court Monday on accusations of trying to stab her boyfriend with a screwdriver and a pair of scissors. Police say Trina West's boyfriend told them…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A grand jury has declined to authorize charges against a Jackson policeman involved in a deadly officer-involved shooting, according to a release from District Attorney General Jerry Woodall. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation recently completed its investigation…
[gtxvideo vid="KUm8QZs4" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/KUm8QZs4.jpg" vtitle="Ulta Beauty Theft”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Police are asking for help identifying suspects accused of stealing more than $700 worth of cologne from a Jackson store. Police say two black women and a black man…
[gtxvideo vid="2KPmJLWb" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/2KPmJLWb.jpg" vtitle="Weakley Co Drug Arrest”] WEAKLEY COUNTY, Tenn. -- Three people are facing drug charges after two apartment searches Friday in Martin. Weakley County deputies and Martin police executed search warrants at two separate apartments on…
[gtxvideo vid="mdn9Wm52" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/mdn9Wm52.jpg" vtitle="Humboldt Elderly Neglect”] HUMBOLDT, Tenn. -- A Humboldt woman is arrested after police say she left her 70-year-old mother, a stroke victim, alone without access to water or food. Velma Evonne Bueno, aka Velma Evonne…
[gtxvideo vid="LSSSXDx7" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/LSSSXDx7.jpg" vtitle="Decatur Co ISO ratings”] PARSONS, Tenn. -- Parsons Fire Department is now ranked as one of the top fire departments in the country for safety and emergency response time. As of Sunday, the Parsons Fire…
[gtxvideo vid="251EummO" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/251EummO.jpg" vtitle="Presbyterian Church Constitution”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Presbyterian Church USA is working to rewrite the definition of marriage in its constitution that would include same-sex couples. The definition of marriage would change from "a unique…
