[gtxvideo vid="ANuRBx3t" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/ANuRBx3t.jpg" vtitle="Johnstone Retires”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- The Madison County Commission voted Monday to approve the resignation of Mark Johnstone. As reported last week, Johnstone submitted his resignation after moving out of his district. Arthur Johnson…
[gtxvideo vid="Qj0VnmYP" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/Qj0VnmYP.jpg" vtitle="Fire Fighter Funeral Cost”] MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Madison County commissioners on Monday unanimously approve a motion to cover all funeral costs for fallen volunteer firefighter Chris Blankenship. County Mayor Jimmy Harris presented the proposal…
NORTH JACKSON -- Union University announced Monday the hiring of a new dean of theology and missions. Nathan Finn is set to begin July 1.He currently is a director and associate professor at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He assumes a…
DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A suspected car thief accused of driving all the way to Selmer to scrap a car for cash appeared Monday in Jackson City Court. Willie Cooper was officially charged Monday morning with felony theft. Officers say back…
[gtxvideo vid="ovoTysD2" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/ovoTysD2.jpg" vtitle="Battle Of Badges Blood Drive”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- First responders continue to face off as they enter the second week of the Battle of the Badges Blood Drive. A total of 104 people have come…
[gtxvideo vid="eCBNSE2H" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/eCBNSE2H.jpg" vtitle="TN River Tour”] PARIS, Tenn. -- An internationally recognized cleanup crew made their way to West Tennessee through the Tennessee River, and they've already picked up 20 tons of garbage. The nonprofit Living Lands &…
[gtxvideo vid="4hNPIDT3" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/4hNPIDT3.jpg" vtitle="Hockaday Broom Festival”] SELMER, Tenn. -- Jack Martin has helped turn the art of broom making into a nearly 100-year tradition. It takes 200 broomcorn plants to make one Hockaday Handmade Broom, a business started…
[gtxvideo vid="JpbHafYp" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/JpbHafYp.jpg" vtitle="Carry The Load”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Honoring America's Heroes has one group trekking nearly 2,000 miles across the United States. The relay team for Carry the Load starts at the U.S. Military Academy in West…
[gtxvideo vid="yxDfJBSQ" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/yxDfJBSQ.jpg" vtitle="shooting investigation”] DECATUR COUNTY, Tenn. -- A man is in critical but stable condition Sunday evening after a shooting in Decatur county. Four men were arguing Saturday afternoon on Mount Zion Road when Wayne Maneus…
[gtxvideo vid="PkUHZJEs" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/PkUHZJEs.jpg" vtitle="Bemis Heritage Days”] BEMIS, Tenn. -- Residents both past and present along with historians were a part of a weekend to celebrate a community's history. Bemis was founded in 1900, and many worked at the…
[gtxvideo vid="czBlIWQX" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/czBlIWQX.jpg" vtitle="Milan Flooding”] MILAN, Tenn. -- Firefighters blocked off an area of Kefauver Drive in Milan where vehicles couldn't travel through. Cars were stuck in a nearby parking lot surrounded by several feet of water. First…
[gtxvideo vid="bT7i20KP" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/bT7i20KP.jpg" vtitle="Bolivar Firewise Expo”] BOLIVAR, Tenn. -- A West Tennessee fire department is looking to become the first of its kind in our area to be part of the Firewise program, an effort that could save…
[gtxvideo vid="7uwZ9Db4" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/7uwZ9Db4.jpg" vtitle="Benton Co. Drug Bust”] CAMDEN, Tenn. -- Thousands of dollars in drugs are off the streets and a couple is behind bars after a drug bust in Benton County. Benton County Sheriff Kenny Christopher is…
[gtxvideo vid="xVTvIbuH" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/xVTvIbuH.jpg" vtitle="Andy Bailey Memorial 5K”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- On-and-off rain showers did not stop runners from coming out to show support for Sgt. Andrew Bailey. Bailey was a Jackson police officer killed in the line of…
[gtxvideo vid="Pm4PbmJn" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/Pm4PbmJn.jpg" vtitle="Selmer Alcohol law”] SELMER, Tenn. -- Restrictions on restaurants that sell beer in Selmer could loosen, which is good news for some but a change many are not supporting. Any restaurant sitting within 1,000 feet…
