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Names of Superintendent Candidates Revealed

This video is no longer available. JACKSON, Tenn.-The Jackson-Madison County School Board met Monday evening with consulting firm, BWP to learn the names of candidates submitted for the position of Superintendent of Schools. The names of the six candidates are:…

Fire on Berry Street Destroys Large Garage

This video is no longer available. JACKSON, Tenn.- Jackson firefighters are investigating an early morning fire in east Jackson that could have been the result of last night's passing storms. The initial call came in just after 1 a.m. of…

Whitehall Pre-K Resumes School

This video is no longer available. JACKSON, Tenn. - Hundreds of students are going back to school after recovering from the widespread flu outbreak, Monday. Whitehall Pre-K, The University School of Jackson and Trinity Christian Academy were all out of…

Police Link Burned SUV to Grocery Store Robbery

This video is no longer available. JACKSON, Tenn. – Jackson police have linked a burned sport utility vehicle found on Henderson Road to the armed robbery of a local grocery story. According to investigators, two masked gunmen stormed the Food…

Man Arrested in Bells Charged with Rape

This video is no longer available. BELLS, Tenn. - Bells Police are investigating the alleged rape of a handicapped girl. Authorities arrested Antonio Cardenas, 36, and charged him with the rape of a mentally disabled girl. Investigators said the suspect…

Tennessee State Guard Holds Christmas Ball

JACKSON, Tenn. - Tennessee State Guard officials held their annual Christmas Ball in Jackson, Saturday night. Officials met at the Double Tree Hotel for dinner and a ceremony that celebrated past year's accomplishments. Guard officials said they are proud of…

TVA has special meeting on delegating authority

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Valley Authority is expected to have a special meeting Monday morning to discuss delegating authority to the utility's new chief executive until it fills several vacancies on its board. The board is made up…

Museum will take reservations for famous document

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Visitors wanting to see the original Emancipation Proclamation at the Tennessee State Museum in February will be able to make reservations for a small fee beginning on Monday. The famous document is part of the Discovering…

Predatory beetles may control hemlock pest

NEWPORT, Tenn. (AP) - The state Agriculture Department's Forestry Division has released predatory beetles at the Martha Sundquist State Forest in Cocke County. The beetles feed on hemlock woolly adelgids (ah-DEL'-jids), an invasive pest killing hemlock trees from Maine to…

UT to hold boot camps for farmers market vendors

SPRING HILL, Tenn. (AP) - The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture is holding boot camps to help people who sell farm products at farmers markets be more effective. The seminars are aimed at helping vendors better understand how to…

Names of homeless dead read at street memorial

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Homeless people who died in Nashville this year have been remembered at a memorial. The Tennessean reported among those who gathered Sunday under the Jefferson Street Bridge was Charles Strobel, a retired Roman Catholic priest. Strobel…

Dr. Ernest Brooks Laid to Rest

This video is no longer available. JACKSON, Tenn. - West Tennessee NAACP leader Dr. Ernest Brooks was remembered as he was laid to rest, Sunday. Friends and family gathered at Jackson's New St. Luke's Missionary Baptist Church for the funeral…

Food Giant Robbed at Gunpoint

This video is no longer available. JACKSON, Tenn. - Two masked gunmen stormed the Food Giant on Christmasville Road around 8 p.m., Sunday. Victims told officers that everyone inside, both employees and customers, was held at gunpoint as the store…

Patients Wait for Hours to Get Help for the Flu

This video is no longer available. JACKSON, Tenn.- Tennessee is now one of five states in the nation with the highest rate of influenza cases, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Heath experts said this year the…

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