DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man went before a judge Tuesday on accusations of threatening and assaulting a woman last year. Keiara Hines is accused of threatening to kill a woman related to his ex-girlfriend on Feb. 15, 2014, according to…
DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A woman accused of trying to steal teeth whitening strips and razor blades from Walmart appeared Tuesday in city court. Jessica McCaskill was detained at Walmart in north Jackson after a store loss prevention officer allegedly saw…
[gtxvideo vid="MN58bdiE" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/MN58bdiE.jpg" vtitle="Macedonia Church Robbery PKG”] EAST JACKSON, Tenn. -- Police search for a man on a bicycle accused of robbing another man at gunpoint outside an east Jackson church. Officers said the robbery happened Monday night…
[gtxvideo vid="PBa1vEEQ" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/PBa1vEEQ.jpg" vtitle="Beer Board Meeting PKG”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- The Jackson Beer Board revoked a local business' beer license Tuesday morning after a show cause hearing. The board revoked the beer license for Pandora's Box, a lounge…
[gtxvideo vid="r7Rv8H4O" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/r7Rv8H4O.jpg" vtitle="Identity Milan Shoppers”] MILAN, Tenn. -- Milan police are offering a reward if you can help them identify who tried to take $1,500 in merchandise from Walmart. Officers said when two men were caught at…
[gtxvideo vid="jlQjXyBP" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/jlQjXyBP.jpg" vtitle="Vision 2020 Presention PKG”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Jackson-Madison County School System's "Vision 2020" plan seems to be coming into focus. Three possible restructuring plans were presented Monday night. Each of the three would close…
[gtxvideo vid="ZbEVIkna" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/ZbEVIkna.jpg" vtitle="Westlee Yates PKG”] BENTON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A Benton County man pleads guilty Monday to beating a 7-month-old baby to death last August. With that guilty plea, he will spend nearly half a century behind…
[gtxvideo vid="VtqdwTdz" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/VtqdwTdz.jpg" vtitle="Ideas For Vision 2020”] JACKSON, Tenn.-Jackson-Madison County School System's "Vision 2020" is coming a bit more into focus. Monday morning, consultants unveiled three potential restructuring plans to the school board. Each of the concepts would…
[gtxvideo vid="1Knd6nWT" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/1Knd6nWT.jpg" vtitle="Cicadas PKG”] PINSON, Tenn. -- Cicadas are emerging this year in West Tennessee in one of their loudest debuts since 2008. Some of these noise-making bugs that some residents are calling a "front-yard nuisance" are…
[gtxvideo vid="xnLjcAlw" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/xnLjcAlw.jpg" vtitle="Obion Double Death Update PKG”] OBION, Tenn. -- Neighbors said the couple who lived in a home on Troy Avenue were quiet. Both were physically disabled and usually stayed inside, but it was a shock…
[gtxvideo vid="FsC9Jpjy" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/FsC9Jpjy.jpg" vtitle="Battle of the Badges”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Some local officials are taking time this week to help save lives in a different way. For the next 11 days, Jackson's own "Battle of the Badges" blood…
[gtxvideo vid="AbV67Bpk" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/AbV67Bpk.jpg" vtitle="Pitbull Ordinance PKG”] BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. -- A man is jailed Sunday and his six pit bulls were in an animal shelter after police seized them as part of a Tennessee law against certain convicted felons.…
[gtxvideo vid="sBROygVF" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/sBROygVF.jpg" vtitle="Special Needs Vouchers PKG”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A controversial bill that would pay thousands of dollars toward disabled students‘ education heads to Gov. Bill Haslam‘s desk for approval. A parent could opt out of sending…
MERIDIAN, Miss. -- Authorities have arrested a man in Mississippi accused of trying to kidnap a woman and her daughter in Martin. Derrick Nicholson was arrested in Meridian, Miss., after U.S. Marshals got a tip he was in the state…
[gtxvideo vid="eO5H0AI6" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/eO5H0AI6.jpg" vtitle="Abernathy Joins Star Center”] NORTH JACKSON -- The STAR Center has a new director of development. Jon Abernathy will oversee donor relations and fundraising for the nonprofit, which serves adults and children with disabilities. Abernathy…
