[gtxvideo vid="bup0xKGx" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/bup0xKGx.jpg" vtitle="Burn Awareness Week”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Local fire officials are bringing awareness to the importance of staying alert with Burn Awareness Week. Experts say 70 to 80 percent of all house fires are cooking related.…
[gtxvideo vid="6S8y5fUu" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/6S8y5fUu.jpg" vtitle="Agstar Annual Convention”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Local farming students continued their work with one of Tennessee's best known agriculture programs Wednesday, learning how to best communicate with customers. The AgStar program started in 2002 as…
The following school systems have announced closings due to the threat of inclement weather and student absences due to sickness. McNairy County Schools closed Thursday and Friday Hardeman County Schools closed Thursday and Friday
[gtxvideo vid="i39OIbrL" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/i39OIbrL.jpg" vtitle="JPD Check Fraud”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Police are asking for help finding a woman they say cashed stolen checks belonging to a Jackson man. A man reported the checks had been stolen Oct. 28 from…
[gtxvideo vid="OYpzYXVP" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/OYpzYXVP.jpg" vtitle="Hoyle Auto Theft”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man police say stole a car and then wrecked it near Lincoln Courts in Jackson before fleeing on foot was in court Wednesday. Juan Deshaun Hoyle, also known…
[gtxvideo vid="hi5iQTNc" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/hi5iQTNc.jpg" vtitle="Insure TN Law 6pm”] NASHVILLE (AP) -- Gov. Bill Haslam's proposal to extend health coverage to 280,000 low-income Tennesseans has failed during a special legislative session. The Senate Health Committee defeated the Republican governor's Insure…
[gtxvideo vid="J6NgZ3r5" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/J6NgZ3r5.jpg" vtitle="Weakley Co. Stabbing”] WEAKLEY COUNTY, Tenn. -- Investigators at the Weakley County Sheriff's Office say a woman is being treated at a Memphis hospital for stab wounds and bleeding around her brain. Capt. Randall McGowan…
[gtxvideo vid="SDuE8U6K" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/SDuE8U6K.jpg" vtitle="Old Hickory Incident”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Jackson Police Department said they are investigating an assault at the Old Hickory Inn. Investigators said the man who was assaulted may have also been robbed. The victim…
[gtxvideo vid="UgCMSfQZ" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/UgCMSfQZ.jpg" vtitle="Savannah SGT Terminated”] SAVANNAH, Tenn. -- The police chief in Savannah said he has terminated a sergeant from the town's police force. Sgt. Tim Kelley was terminated for violating department policies, according to Police Chief…
[gtxvideo vid="viAmNuLQ" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/viAmNuLQ.jpg" vtitle="Car Causes Fire”] MEDINA, Tenn. -- Investigators say a car fleeing the scene of a wreck caused quite the mess Tuesday evening in Gibson County. Burned grass could be seen along the sides of Highway…
[gtxvideo vid="1KYG8TtM" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/1KYG8TtM.jpg" vtitle="NAACP Body Cams”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Officials at the Jackson Police Department said they are working to better arm their officers — not with weapons, but with on-officer cameras to give a video account of…
[gtxvideo vid="OBDNVDfY" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/OBDNVDfY.jpg" vtitle="Easley In Court”] DRESDEN, Tenn. -- New details emerged Tuesday as a suspected killer goes before a judge in Weakley County. Marcus Easley is charged with second-degree murder in a January shooting in Martin. Easley…
[gtxvideo vid="X5hNn0Op" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/X5hNn0Op.jpg" vtitle="JPD New Evidence Room”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Jackson Police Department will now keep its own evidence from drug cases as opposed to letting the sheriff's office house it. The city council approved $8,500 Tuesday…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Help is on the way for West Tennesseans trying to overcome drug and alcohol addictions. The city council on Tuesday approved transferring a midtown property to Aspell Recovery Center free of charge. The center's executive director says…
[gtxvideo vid="rnvBFoky" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/rnvBFoky.jpg" vtitle="Insure TN Plan Supported”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Jackson City Council voted Tuesday to support governor Haslam's Insure Tennessee plan. The resolution's unanimous vote came after a speech of support from Councilman Ernest Brooks. In…
