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Kindergarten students raise money with lemonade stand

[gtxvideo vid="wyJUo3Hg" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/wyJUo3Hg.jpg" vtitle="Lemonade stand”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Two kindergarten students raised money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Saturday by setting up their own lemonade stand. The lemonade stand raised more than $300 in just two hours.…

Truck flips, ejects driver on Cotton Grove Road

[gtxvideo vid="e6UkUwNi" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/e6UkUwNi.jpg" vtitle="Car Wreck”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A vehicle ran off Cotton Grove Road Saturday night near Highway 412. First responders on the scene said the driver ran off the road, flipped his truck and was…

Volunteers rescue puppies from Dresden home

[gtxvideo vid="OVh6iOKn" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/OVh6iOKn.jpg" vtitle="Dresden Animal Sizure PKG”] DRESDEN, Tenn. -- Multiple West Tennessee rescues teamed up Saturday to save more than forty puppies from a hoarder's home in Dresden. "We see a lot of cases of people not…

Woman charged in Gibson County stabbing incident

[gtxvideo vid="OcmGcGkb" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/OcmGcGkb.jpg" vtitle="Gibson Co Stabbing Arrest”] GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A Gibson County woman has been charged in connection with a stabbing incident in Trenton, according to a release from the TBI. After Gibson County investigators spoke…

Beau the dog leaves shelter after negotiations

[gtxvideo vid="8k2Acifr" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/8k2Acifr.jpg" vtitle="Beau Update 10pm”] DYERSBURG, Tenn. -- Beau the dog, once scheduled to be euthanized, will be taken to a new home instead. This comes after months of tug-of-war between the dog's owner and the city…

Police: Juveniles caught living, cooking bacon inside someone else's home

[gtxvideo vid="c49SYgjL" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/c49SYgjL.jpg" vtitle="Squatters Found In House 10 PKG”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A south Jackson home was left ransacked Thursday afternoon after police say two teens sneaked into a man's home and were living there while he was…

Youth Town unveils program for teen girls

[gtxvideo vid="nDPPD2G4" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/nDPPD2G4.jpg" vtitle="Youth Town EDEN”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Youth Town announced Friday they will be opening a treatment facility specifically for teenage girls called Eden of Youth Town. Until now, they were a boys-only program. Officials…

Officials: Measles not a threat to vaccinated students

[gtxvideo vid="fzh7Vkru" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/fzh7Vkru.jpg" vtitle="Measles Vaccination”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- As measles cases spread across the U.S., school staff in Jackson said parents should not be worried. "People that have had their children have their shots shouldn't be concerned," said…

Brothers injured in Brownsville shooting

BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. -- Suspected gunmen are still on the loose after a shooting Thursday night injured two brothers, according to police. According to the police report, brothers Joseph and Adrian Perry were sitting in a vehicle in a carport on…

Police find dead puppies in abandoned rental home

[gtxvideo vid="UahKnm1n" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/UahKnm1n.jpg" vtitle="Dyersburg Abandoned Dogs”] DYERSBURG, Tenn. -- Police say they knocked down the door of a home in Dyersburg and found something horrifying. "The property owner let police in, and they found three small puppies in…

Fire continues to burn at Madison Co. timber company

[gtxvideo vid="272OL4AR" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/272OL4AR.jpg" vtitle="Lumber Yard Update”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- For a second straight night, a fire at Hooper Timber company in west Madison County burns out of control. Madison County firefighters have been on the scene since…

Former USJ employee sentenced to prison; must repay $749K

[gtxvideo vid="0u5Oogcf" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/0u5Oogcf.jpg" vtitle="Pinkerton In Court”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A former University School of Jackson employee who pleaded guilty to wire fraud was sentenced Friday. According to the investigation, Jessica Pinkerton lied to the IRS and transferred school…

Madison Co. sheriff: Beware of scam calls asking for money to pay fines

[gtxvideo vid="ZoP3miVX" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/ZoP3miVX.jpg" vtitle="Mad County Scam”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Someone has been running a scam in the Madison County area, and the sheriff's office says the scammer is pretending to be working for them. An unknown male…

One killed in Madison County wreck

[gtxvideo vid="9NwN6ihg" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/9NwN6ihg.jpg" vtitle="Madison Co Fatality - Antioch Crash”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A late night car crash in north Madison County takes the life of a Gibson County man. According to the sheriff's office, the crash happened…

Bemis students attempt to read 100 books in half an hour

[gtxvideo vid="jF3Qmfch" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/jF3Qmfch.jpg" vtitle="100th Day Of Reading”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Kindergarten students in Bemis set a big goal Friday — to read 100 books in 30 minutes. The students at The Montessori School at Bemis made the…

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