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Brownsville police: Teenagers behind high school fire

[gtxvideo vid="8pZuu3Eb" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/8pZuu3Eb.jpg" vtitle="Haywood High School Fire 10pm PKG”] BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. -- Brownsville police said Tuesday they are now declaring Monday's fire at Haywood High School, an act of vandalism. According to the police report, dispatch received an…

Jackson police ID victim in Tuesday shooting

[gtxvideo vid="EvjnC2Z5" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/EvjnC2Z5.jpg" vtitle="Woodberry Trail Shooting 10pm PKG”] WEST JACKSON, Tenn. -- A city-wide manhunt as officers swarm scene after scene in the search for a masked killer who for now remains on the run. Gunfire Tuesday morning…

Madison Co. commissioners address Juvenile Detention Center overcrowding

[gtxvideo vid="e9LeIr5n" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/e9LeIr5n.jpg" vtitle="Juvenile Detention Overcrowding”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- County Commissioners approve nearly $25,000 in additional funding to house inmates at the Madison County Juvenile Detention Center in other counties. "We are having an overcrowding situation at the…

Deadly west Jackson shooting shocks neighbors

[gtxvideo vid="RGFwXhGU" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/RGFwXhGU.jpg" vtitle="Neighborhood Reaction”] WEST JACKSON -- People living near the scene of Tuesday‘s deadly shooting on Woodberry Trail said they are shocked and scared. Akedra McKinnie lives not far from the driveway where police said a…

Henderson Co. firefighters save home from grass fire

[gtxvideo vid="fxNhDtt6" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/fxNhDtt6.jpg" vtitle="Henderson Grass Fire”] HENDERSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Firefighters saved a home Tuesday afternoon from a fast-moving grass fire. Fire officials say the fire that put the home in danger started with a neighbor burning leaves.…

Fire chief: Blaze at Jackson factory caused by faulty cooling system

[gtxvideo vid="RXom74GN" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/RXom74GN.jpg" vtitle="UGN Fire Update”] EAST JACKSON -- Officials say a Monday fire at a Jackson manufacturing facility was caused by a faulty cooling system on a machine. Jackson Fire Department Fire Chief Max Stewart said the…

Tuesday marks official start of tax season

[gtxvideo vid="tTGAznSj" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/tTGAznSj.jpg" vtitle="tax season 5pm”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- As of Tuesday, the official start to tax season, you can officially file your 2014 federal tax return. It's about two weeks earlier than last year's start date. Local…

Jackson woman in court accused of stabbing uncle

[gtxvideo vid="SfXGmBAU" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/SfXGmBAU.jpg" vtitle="Willis Knife Assault”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A Jackson woman faces charges after police say she used a kitchen knife to cut her uncle during a Saturday morning fight. Virginia Willis was charged Tuesday with aggravated…

Traffic stop lands Jackson teen in court on gun, drug charges

[gtxvideo vid="cuiHPgK1" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/cuiHPgK1.jpg" vtitle="Williams Theft Possession”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A Jackson teen faced a judge Tuesday on firearm, theft and drug charges. Jaquinn Laron Williams, 19, was pulled over Saturday by police. During a search, officers say they…

Man charged in north Jackson shooting appears in court

[gtxvideo vid="lxIhbqqU" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/lxIhbqqU.jpg" vtitle="Kirby Attempted Murder”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- The wanted man who turned himself in after a week on the run faced a judge Tuesday on charges stemming from a north Jackson shooting. Kirby Ross, 22, is…

JFD: Fire reported at UGN plant in east Jackson

[gtxvideo vid="pTKayew4" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/pTKayew4.jpg" vtitle="East Jackson Fire”] EAST JACKSON -- Jackson firefighters were called to the scene of a fire at the UGN plant off Dr. F.E. Wright Drive in east Jackson around 9 p.m., Monday. Firefighters said they…

Sheriff: Trenton man stabbed several times while in bed during home invasion

[gtxvideo vid="2QQI8X1J" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/2QQI8X1J.jpg" vtitle="Gibson Co home invasion”] GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Police are investigating a mystery in Gibson County after a man is attacked in his own home, stabbed several time as he slept. Officers say the intruder…

Lane College, Union Univ. presidents talk about diversity in Jackson

[gtxvideo vid="2egDppXd" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/2egDppXd.jpg" vtitle="Lane and union Unite”] JACKSON, Tenn.-The presidents of Lane College and Union University unite to break down a barrier. Dr. Samuel "Dub" Oliver, president of Union University, and Dr. Logan Hampton, president of Lane College…

Man arrested following restaurant break-in

[gtxvideo vid="8XO0ZFsI" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/8XO0ZFsI.jpg" vtitle="Trenton Burglary update”] TRENTON, Tenn. -- Trenton police make a quick arrest after a local restaurant is broken into late Sunday night. Thomas McElrath is jailed without bond on counts of burglary and felony theft.…

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