WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama this week will test whether he still has the sway to keep Washington focused on his own priorities, even as a new Republican-run Congress descends on the Capitol eager to take him on. Fresh…
[gtxvideo vid="aOjPnClJ" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/aOjPnClJ.jpg" vtitle="TDOT”] NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The state Transportation Department is looking for a few good safety slogans. TDOT is asking the public to submit ideas for the electronic message boards that grace the state's highways,…
[gtxvideo vid="F1u9aO3b" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/F1u9aO3b.jpg" vtitle="D Tate New Admin”] NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Supreme Court has appointed former Federal Communications Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate as director of the Administrative Office of the Courts. Tate began her professional career…
[gtxvideo vid="4SOyb8KI" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/4SOyb8KI.jpg" vtitle="Divorce Filing Delay”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Bar Association is pushing for a delay in when divorce filings are made public. The bar association director says the new legislation would close what could be…
[gtxvideo vid="VCCeEbNj" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/VCCeEbNj.jpg" vtitle="Low Gas Prices”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Low gas prices aren't just proving good for the consumer — they're proving good for the car salesman as well. Both GM and Fiat-Chrysler saw double-digit sales increases last…
[gtxvideo vid="fIT3iqIK" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/fIT3iqIK.jpg" vtitle="JC Audio”] NORTH JACKSON -- Authorities are looking into a post-holiday burglary where a reported $15,000 of equipment was stolen from J.C. Audio in Jackson. Early Friday morning, police say surveillance footage caught two people,…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A Jackson man is jailed after police say they intervened during a meeting he had scheduled with an underage girl. Cody Agee, 25, is charged with two counts of solicitation of a minor. Court papers say Agee…
[gtxvideo vid="b9Jt34Cj" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/b9Jt34Cj.jpg" vtitle="Douglass Theft”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A woman was in Jackson court Monday on a charge of felony theft. Melissa Douglas was officially charged with felony theft from Belk at the Old Hickory Mall. According to…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Police arrested a man accused of kidnapping and raping a woman at a Jackson hotel. Investigators say the alleged attack was not random. A Jackson judge formally charged Daniel Lee Doran, 23, with kidnapping and rape on…
[gtxvideo vid="QuR9RYlM" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/QuR9RYlM.jpg" vtitle="Seaport - McKellar Sipes”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Monday marked the last day comments could be submitted for which airline residents believe will be best for Jackson. After Jan. 7, the airport authority will make its…
[gtxvideo vid="sbMaiKyw" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/sbMaiKyw.jpg" vtitle="Carter Rape”] DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A man appeared in Jackson court Monday on accusations of rape. Police spoke with a victim who says Antonius Fitzgerald Carter forced her to have sex with him. The victim…
DOWNTOWN JACKSON -- A woman charged with shoplifting from Belk in the Old Hickory Mall appeared Monday in Jackson City Court. Store officials with the Belk on North Highland Avenue identified Gina Massengill, saying she took $663 worth of merchandise…
MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Authorities are on the lookout for four juveniles who fled Sunday from Youth Town in Pinson, according to a release from the Madison County Sheriff's Office. Five juveniles left the facility and one was later located,…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Former state senator and Jackson businessman Bobby Carter has died, according to state officials. He was 75 years old. Carter passed away around 4:30 a.m. Monday, according to a statement from the office of state Senator Delores…
[gtxvideo vid="pO7Imln7" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/pO7Imln7.jpg" vtitle="School Student Routines”] JACKSON, Tenn. --The Holiday break is in the rear view mirror, which means it's time for students and parents to start thinking about hitting the new school semester head on. For Jackson-Madison…
