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Hardin Co. Adventure Tourism district could bring big business

[gtxvideo vid="s31Wmpl2" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/s31Wmpl2.jpg" vtitle="Hardin Co Brings Business”] HARDIN COUNTY, Tenn. -- Pickwick Lake, the campgrounds and other attractions in Hardin County bring in 1.5 million visitors that spend more than $37 million. "We're off the beaten path in…

Local beef production is slowly on the rise

[gtxvideo vid="OKnjRYBT" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/OKnjRYBT.jpg" vtitle="Local Beef Production”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Here's a question — do you know where your burger was born? Even though Tennessee is home to a whole lot of cattle, most of the beef we eat…

YouthTown plans renovations for girls' facility

MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Officials from YouthTown ask Madison County commissioners Monday for $50,000 for renovations to the new girls-only facility called Eden of YouthTown. During a presentation Monday morning, leaders of the residential treatment facility say renovations to the…

Jackson woman celebrates 105th birthday

[gtxvideo vid="mGSjb1me" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/mGSjb1me.jpg" vtitle="Cobb 105th Bday”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- We have news of a special birthday as Ms. Katie Cobb turns 105 years old. Her birthday was Monday, but she celebrated Saturday, receiving a key to the city…

SAVIN program keeps victims updated on inmates

[gtxvideo vid="dtwEcIkh" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/dtwEcIkh.jpg" vtitle="TN Savin Program”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Organizations teamed up Monday to help crime victims in West Tennessee learn about a nationwide program to keep victims updated. SAVIN stands for Statewide Automated Victim Information Notification.…

City, county to split cost of road repair

[gtxvideo vid="cGgJ2PHr" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/cGgJ2PHr.jpg" vtitle="Madison Tech Repair”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Commissioners voted Monday to split road work on railroad tracks that are in the city limits of Jackson but are owned by the County. This area off Dr.…

Dairy Queen celebrates 75 years with free ice cream

[gtxvideo vid="dJtvjMsN" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/dJtvjMsN.jpg" vtitle="Dairy Queen Free Ice Cream”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- It may melt if you keep it out too long in this early spring heat, but that shouldn't deter you from getting an ice cream cone on…

Charlie Pittman appears in court; plea agreement deadline extended

[gtxvideo vid="m2wZWzbF" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/m2wZWzbF.jpg" vtitle="Pittman In Court”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Charles Pittman, the 22-year-old former Union University student accused of killing his fiancee on campus, returned to court Monday. It was only for a brief hearing. We spoke with…

Rutherford man accused of shooting neighbor

[gtxvideo vid="06JU8Gf1" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/06JU8Gf1.jpg" vtitle="Rutherford Shooting”] GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A Rutherford man is in jail on accusations of shooting his neighbor. John Landrum, 50, is being held in lieu of a $100,000 bond in the Gibson County Correctional…

Man faces assault charge after alleged threat outside Jackson restaurant

[gtxvideo vid="pWYqyrEd" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/pWYqyrEd.jpg" vtitle="Newman Chilis Assault”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man is charged with aggravated assault after court papers say he threatened to hurt a man in the Chili's parking lot. Robert Charles Neumann allegedly went to grab…

Federal officials to assess damage from Tennessee ice storm

[gtxvideo vid="t97tSwgv" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/t97tSwgv.jpg" vtitle="FEMA Touring TN”] CROSSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Workers with the Federal Emergency Management Agency will be visiting areas of Cumberland County to assess the damage from last month's ice storm. Cumberland County Emergency Management Director…

Pastor from snake TV show charged with assault, endangerment

[gtxvideo vid="08WXDyqU" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/08WXDyqU.jpg" vtitle="Snake Pastor Charges”] LAFOLLETTE, Tenn. (AP) - An East Tennessee pastor who has appeared on a reality television show about handling snakes in church faces charges of assault and reckless endangerment. Media outlets report that…

Jackson man accused of having 200 pills, gun in car

[gtxvideo vid="b77o6zPB" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/b77o6zPB.jpg" vtitle="Higgins Drug Possession”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- Accusations of drug possession and the ownership of a firearm during the alleged crime had one Jackson man before a judge Monday morning. James Patrick Higgins was pulled over…

Undercover prostitution sting nets multiple arrests in Jackson

[gtxvideo vid="lVEyGOTg" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/lVEyGOTg.jpg" vtitle="Prostitution Arrest”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- An undercover prostitution sting nets multiple arrests at two Jackson hotels. Police make five prostitution arrests in two days. Three of the arrests, according to court documents, at hotels along…

Bolivar marathoner survives cancer, runs to inspire others

[gtxvideo vid="cuirhwUH" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/cuirhwUH.jpg" vtitle="Colleen Johnson Profile”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A West Tennessee woman says instead of killing her, cancer saved her. Bolivar native Colleen Johnson has been running for less than two years. "When I first began, I…

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