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Weakley Co. sheriff, longest serving in state, gets raise

[gtxvideo vid="KHvPekfZ" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/KHvPekfZ.jpg" vtitle="weakley Commission meeting”] WEAKLEY COUNTY, Tenn. -- The longest-serving sheriff in the state of Tennessee is finally getting what he deserves, according to Weakley County commissioners. Sheriff Mike Wilson has been the sheriff of Weakley…

Weakley Co. deputies arrest 4 in drug sweep

[gtxvideo vid="7I7nR9KQ" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/7I7nR9KQ.jpg" vtitle="Weakley Co Drug Arrests”] WEAKLEY COUNTY, Tenn. -- Deputies made four drug arrests Monday after executing a search warrant at an apartment outside Martin. The sheriff's office searched the Highway 431 residence Monday and recovered…

State rep. hopes to change name of Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park

[gtxvideo vid="f8ftMhy7" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/f8ftMhy7.jpg" vtitle="NBF Park”] BOLIVAR, Tenn. -- A local lawmaker says he plans to introduce legislation to change the name of Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park in Benton County. Rep. Johnny Shaw, a Democrat representing District 80…

Results are in for night one of Miss Tenn. Scholarship Pageant

[gtxvideo vid="EZKkSjFY" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/EZKkSjFY.jpg" vtitle="Results MISS TN Prelim”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- The results are in for the first night of competition on the road to Miss Tennessee 2015. The winner of the preliminary swimsuit competition is Miss Greene County,…

Miss Tennessee Scholarship Pageant contestants arrive in Hub City

[gtxvideo vid="4MOFTGGp" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/4MOFTGGp.jpg" vtitle="pagent moves in”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Nearly 40 contestants have traveled to the Hub City for the Miss Tennessee Scholarship Pageant. Competitors will be staying at the All Suites Hotel off Carriage House Drive. "You're…

2 people suspected in heavy equipment theft sought

WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Haywood County sheriff's deputies are seeking two people suspected of stealing and trading heavy equipment in North Carolina and surrounding states. Detectives tell the Asheville Citizen-Times (http://avlne.ws/1JSCLk1 ) 44-year-old Robert Eugene Woodward, of Gastonia, and 19-year-old…

Official: Seniors 'prank' school using trash, urine, animals

MADISONVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Officials say a senior "prank" at an East Tennessee high school that left the floors littered with trash, hay, urine and dead animals took things too far. Monroe County Director of Schools Tim Blankenship told media…

2014-15 TSWA Girls' All-State Basketball Teams

[gtxvideo vid="BJVDZdZC" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/BJVDZdZC.jpg" vtitle="All-State - SPORTS”] Here's a look at local basketball standouts that earned honors on the 2014-15 Girls All-State team. Class A Erin Lannon (Gibson County) Averyale Joy (Middleton) Madison Heckert (West Carroll) Class AA Jamirah…

All Star Basketball Rosters: Girls and Boys

[gtxvideo vid="hPwqPLox" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/hPwqPLox.jpg" vtitle="All Star Game”] The Tennessee Athletic Coaches Association 2014-15 All Star Game rosters have been released. Some of the states' best seniors will take their talents to Riverdale High School in Murfreesboro on Saturday, March…

Final Scores: Basketball Region Quarterfinals

Girls Liberty 57, Raleigh Egypt 26 Middleton 73, Memphis Northside 28 Mitchell 52, Scotts Hill 49 Craigmont 89, North Side 36 Riverside 55, B.T. Washington 24 Covington 80, Douglass 62 Haywood 61, Trezevant 43 Dyer Co. 88, Bolton 70 TCA…