A native Jacksonian, Charlie Motton was born in the Hub City in 1955. He attended school in the public school system, graduating from Jackson Central-Merry in 1973. After graduating from high school, Motton joined the U.S. Army, where he served…
Incumbent Mayor Jerry Gist began working for the City of Jackson as the executive director of the city's recreation and parks department. He assumed the role of executive director of the city's public works department in 1991. Gist was elected…
Lowe Finney is an attorney and has represented Jackson in the state Senate. He earned his law degree from Saint Louis University School of Law in St. Louis, Mo., after earning his bachelor of science in business administration from University…
Dr. James Baxter is a Tennessee native and experienced educator. James was born in Nashville where his mother worked as a maid in private homes and also at the Hermitage hotel. He is the only of seven children to graduate…
[gtxvideo vid="xvB19r9f" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/xvB19r9f.jpg" vtitle="Dresden Church Fire - Tiffany”] WEAKLEY COUNTY, Tenn. -- Monday's overnight storm caused a church's destruction from multiple lightning strikes, according to firefighters. Dresden Fire Chief Paul Hutcherson said when firefighters arrived around 3 a.m.…
MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Monday night, the Madison County Commission approved the sale of two lots on Southern Street in east Jackson to Southwest Human Resources Agency, which plans on building two homes for low- to moderate-income families. The sale…
[gtxvideo vid="otSnK9L5" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/otSnK9L5.jpg" vtitle="Redbones Oil Spill Effects”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Monday marked the fifth anniversary of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. There are businesses in the Hub City who are still affected by that…
[gtxvideo vid="XmPl3w1P" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/XmPl3w1P.jpg" vtitle="JCS Wings Program”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Jackson Christian School has announced a new program intended to better serve the individual needs of the school's students. Starting this fall, the school with launch the "Wings" program,…
MARTIN, Tenn. - University of Tennessee at Martin's athletic director Julio Freire is assuming an important role in women's college basketball. The Skyhawks AD has been selected as one of 12 members on the NCAA Women‘s Basketball Oversight Committee. “It…
[gtxvideo vid="6sA3sKlL" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/6sA3sKlL.jpg" vtitle="Miss TN In Bemis”] BEMIS, Tenn. -- A Tennessee celebrity went back to school Monday, but she didn't have a backpack — she wore a crown. Miss Tennessee 2014 Hayley Lewis spent her morning with…
[gtxvideo vid="66i7k1pH" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/66i7k1pH.jpg" vtitle="CHester Co Sink Hole - Chelsea”] CHESTER COUNTY, Tenn. -- The above average rainfall causes a giant sinkhole in the parking lot of a Henderson business. The sinkhole was deep and wide enough to swallow…
[gtxvideo vid="ooJrlRsN" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/ooJrlRsN.jpg" vtitle="Storm Grant - Jordan”] HARDIN COUNTY, Tenn. -- A winter storm shutting down parts of Hardin County for an entire week in February was costly, but Gov. Bill Haslam announced Monday help is on the…
[gtxvideo vid="LAzyxeV9" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/LAzyxeV9.jpg" vtitle="Varsity Market Theft”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A woman appeared in Jackson court Monday on charges of stealing from a Jackson business where she worked. Yolanda Nixon is facing eight theft counts after allegedly stealing money…
[gtxvideo vid="pGzcscpK" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/pGzcscpK.jpg" vtitle="Ellsion Disorderly Conduct”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man went before a judge Monday on accusations of causing a disturbance and then resisting arrest outside a Jackson business. Antonio Martez Ellison is accused of cursing and…
