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Health Experts Looking at Infant Mortality in MS

Health experts are gathering Wednesday in Jackson to discuss ways to reduce Mississippi's infant mortality rate, which is the highest in the nation. In 2011, Mississippi had 9.4 deaths per one-thousand live births. The national rate was six deaths per…

New App Offers Sex Offender Alerts

This video is no longer available. JACKSON Tenn. - A new smartphone application that allows users to track sex offenders living in their neighborhood is now available in Tennessee. AlertID is a free app available for parents to use on…

MD Anderson Memorial Plaza Dedicated

This video is no longer available. JACKSON, Tenn. - M.D. Anderson is a name synonymous with cancer research and treatment. But many West Tennesseans may not know that M.D. Anderson was from Jackson. Tuesday, in downtown Jackson, the plaza between…

Truck Overturns on Highway 70

This video is no longer available. JACKSON, Tenn. - A tractor trailer crash near the Love's Truck Stop in east Madison County, Tuesday morning, caused problems for drivers along Highway 70. According to witnesses, the truck was trying to turn…

Copper Stolen from Church A/C Units

This video is no longer available. MCNAIRY COUNTY, Tenn. - McNairy County investigators are looking for a brazen thief who dismantled a 5-ton air conditioner from a church in Bethel Springs. When pastor Randy Smith came to the Bethel Springs…

Bus Catches Fire in Carroll County

This video is no longer available. CARROLL COUNTY, Tenn. – A bus fire held up traffic for a short time on Highway 70 in Carroll County, Tuesday morning. The driver said he smelled smoke, pulled over and saw flames coming…

New Tennessee Arts Commission Exec. Director Visits Jackson

This video is no longer available. JACKSON, Tenn. – The Tennessee Arts Commission‘s Executive Director visited Jackson at speak with artists and supporters of the arts. Ann Pope, who took the position in May, met with West Tennesseans at the…

Carroll County Recieves $2.1 Million Grant

This video is no longer available. HUNTINGDON, Tenn. - A state grant is set get some help from a state grant that will help with infrastructure and the fight against child abuse. Governor Bill Haslam announced $2.1 million in block…

Finger Fire Department Gets Million Dollar Grant

This video is no longer available. FINGER, Tenn.- The city of Finger has been given a million dollar federal grant for the construction of a new fire station. Four years ago, a tornado swept through the area and did heavy…

Michigan 'Batman' says he has good intentions

PETOSKEY, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan man is facing charges for his effort to keep an eye on his community while wearing a Batman outfit. Mark Wayne Williams tells the Petoskey News-Review that dressing in costume is his way of…

Teen Killed in Apparent Accidental Shooting

This video is no longer available. LEXINGTON, Tenn. - Lexington Police are investigating an accidental shooting that claimed the life of a teenager Monday night. Officials tell us the 15-year-old was at home with his 18-year-old brother Monday. The older…

Sex Offender Accused of Victimizing Church Members

This video is no longer available. JACKSON Tenn.- A Jackson man is accused of snapping pictures under women's clothing during a church function at Cornerstone Pentecostal Church. According to officials, Richard Rushton was arrested October 4, accused of using a…

Operation UNITE Burns One-Millionth Pill

Law enforcement agencies in eastern Kentucky have burned the millionth pill area police have confiscated. The ceremony took place Monday in Owsley County. U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers attended the event in Booneville and presented lock boxes to area sheriff's departments…

Missing Woman Now Wanted for Embezzlement

Linda Gale Reed, a Copiah County woman last seen on April 29, is now wanted for embezzlement. Sheriff Harold Jones says an audit and investigation have revealed money missing from the petty cash fund at Moore Fabrications and Machine, where…

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