[gtxvideo vid="alL2eOKP" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/alL2eOKP.jpg" vtitle="Prison Task Force PKG”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Inmates in Tennessee could spend more time behind bars if a task force appointed by Gov. Bill Haslam opts for extending prison sentences. Madison County Mayor Jimmy Harris…

[gtxvideo vid="5wpWzxLb" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/5wpWzxLb.jpg" vtitle="Hatton Street Update”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Police have arrested a man in a Monday night shooting in west Jackson. Officers arrested the suspect Tuesday morning and are continuing to question him, according to a release…

[gtxvideo vid="WLp8P83K" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/WLp8P83K.jpg" vtitle="Lexington Online Pay”] LEXINGTON, Tenn. -- As of last week, residents have a new option for making utility payments. The city now offers an online pay option on their website, lexingtontn.gov, according to office manager…

[gtxvideo vid="RIBwzEwH" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/RIBwzEwH.jpg" vtitle="Kids Count Report”] NASHVILLE -- The Volunteer State ranks the same as last year for child well-being, coming in at 36th, according to a report released Tuesday. The Annie E. Casey Foundation 2015 Kids Count…

[gtxvideo vid="ZHsLAUnF" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/ZHsLAUnF.jpg" vtitle="New Hospital Program”] BOLIVAR, Tenn. -- Bolivar General Hospital has announced the addition of a new hospitalist program. Samuel Johnson Jr., M.D., will serve as the new hospitalist, according to a release from West Tennessee…

[gtxvideo vid="UxYV5EgM" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/UxYV5EgM.jpg" vtitle="January Shooter Charged PKG”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A man was formally charged Tuesday in the Jan. 26 shooting death of a man at a Jackson apartment. Corey Scott is charged with second-degree murder in the…

[gtxvideo vid="VCNjW7Up" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/VCNjW7Up.jpg" vtitle="Green Patronozong Prostitution”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man appeared Tuesday in city court on a charge stemming from a prostitution sting in March. Sammie Green Jr. faces one count of patronizing prostitution after allegedly arranging…

[gtxvideo vid="i3KX4Z1U" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/i3KX4Z1U.jpg" vtitle="Savannah Officer Proposal PKG”] SAVANNAH, Tenn. -- Savannah police put an American flag at the headstone of Marshal Fred Stricklin. Seventy-three years ago on July 20, Stricklin was killed in the line of duty. "It…

[gtxvideo vid="Z61DwM9z" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/Z61DwM9z.jpg" vtitle="Doolen Sues The County PKG”] BOLIVAR, Tenn. -- Hardeman County Sheriff John Doolen is mad about his budget. He maintains the county cut funds without telling him. Now, he's suing to get the money back.…

[gtxvideo vid="MLAHtjzx" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/MLAHtjzx.jpg" vtitle="TN Promise Boot Camp”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- State lawmakers visited Jackson State Community College on Monday as Tennessee Promise scholarship students kick off the school year early, taking classes that could put them ahead when…

[gtxvideo vid="9ktHPFvk" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/9ktHPFvk.jpg" vtitle="Harrel Resigns”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A county commissioner resigned Monday after announcing she will be moving out of her district. Ann Harrell turned in her letter of resignation around 4 p.m. Monday, she told…

[gtxvideo vid="2976Uff4" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/2976Uff4.jpg" vtitle="Farmers Funding”] WEAKLEY COUNTY, Tenn. -- Help is available for West Tennessee farmers interested in working to protect water quality in the North Fork Obion River Watershed. $400,000 dollars in funding is available through the…