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Emergency director gives tips for winter dangers

[gtxvideo vid="cXZHzmHV" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/cXZHzmHV.jpg" vtitle="Winter Weather Danger Prevention”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- An emergency manager gave tips to prevent winter weather dangers Friday during another round of severe weather conditions. Marty Clements is the director of the Jackson-Madison County Emergency…

JTA shuts down bus routes Friday due to icy roads

JACKSON, Tenn. -- Public transportation buses in Jackson are off their routes early Friday due to icy roads. Jackson Transit Authority buses stopped their usual routes around 6:30 p.m., which was about four hours early, according to Transportation Manager Travis…

Police seek man accused of passing bad checks at Gibson Co. businesses

[gtxvideo vid="tR0LZ8Vm" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/tR0LZ8Vm.jpg" vtitle="Humboldt Check Fraud”] HUMBOLDT, Tenn. -- Police are looking for a man believed to have tried passing bad checks at local businesses. Officers say there were several times a man tried to write bad checks…

ATF: Ignitable liquid found at scenes of 2 West Tenn. church fires

[gtxvideo vid="z426ZBUc" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/z426ZBUc.jpg" vtitle="Church Fire Update”] NASHVILLE -- Two West Tennessee churches that burned in early January have been found to have ignitable liquid at the scenes, according to lab results from a government agency. Evidence from Trinity…

Closings and Delays for Friday, Feb. 20

SCHOOL CLOSINGS Alamo City Schools Augustine Schools Benton County Schools Bells City Schools Bethel University Bradford Special School District Carroll Academy Carroll County Schools Crockett County Schools Decatur County Schools Dyer County Schools Dyersburg Schools Chester County Schools Family Christian…

Gunfire reported in east Jackson; no injuries

JACKSON, Tenn. -- A scare in east Jackson happened along Burton Street after reports of gunfire into a car just before 9 p.m. Thursday. Officers on the scene told WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News it was actually pellets from a BB…

Dyer Co. woman accused of sex with 2 teen boys

[gtxvideo vid="eUiJh7vg" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/eUiJh7vg.jpg" vtitle="Statutory Rape Arrest”] TRIMBLE, Tenn. -- Jamie Jones, 32, appeared in Dyer County court Thursday to face accusations of having sex with two teenage boys. Jones was arrested Monday during a search for a missing…

Police searching for accused cigarette thief in Milan

[gtxvideo vid="OkwS5gy9" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/OkwS5gy9.jpg" vtitle="Milan Cigarette theif”] MILAN, Tenn. -- Police in Milan are looking for a man that supposedly took hundreds of dollars worth of cigarettes in one trip to the store. Investigators said last night a man…

UTM edges Eastern Illinois in overtime 75-73

CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) - Marshun Newell scored a career-high 24 points and Twymond Howard tipped in the winning bucket in overtime to lift Tennessee-Martin to a 75-73 win over Eastern Illinois on Thursday night. Tied at 73 with five seconds…

Union falls in home finale

[gtxvideo vid="FeT22eVw" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/FeT22eVw.jpg" vtitle="North Alabama vs. Union men”] JACKSON, Tenn. - University of North Alabama's men's basketball team defeated Union University 93-70.

Union captures number one seed in GSC tournament

[gtxvideo vid="zuwb9P6F" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/zuwb9P6F.jpg" vtitle="North Alabama vs. Union Women”] JACKSON, Tenn. - Union's women's basketball team defeated University of North Alabama 97-84. The win gives the Lady Bulldogs the number one seed in the Gulf South Conference tournament. Senior…

'Frost quakes' startle Chester County residents

[gtxvideo vid="R0RQ6Jxr" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/R0RQ6Jxr.jpg" vtitle="CHESTER CO QUAKE”] CHESTER COUNTY, Tenn. -- Mysterious "boom" noises are startling people across West Tennessee. Early Thursday morning, the "frost quakes" were reported widely across Chester County. "It just sounded like a big boom,"…

Man officially charged in Humboldt robbery

HUMBOLDT, Tenn. -- A man police say robbed a Humboldt business has been officially charged. Darius Terrell Barnett is charged in the Wednesday robbery of Cash Express on 22nd Avenue. He faces counts of aggravated robbery, aggravated assault, theft of…

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