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| FATAL AX Return to index of stories... |
WE BEGIN WITH AN EARLY MORNING ACCIDENT THAT CLAIMS THE LIFE OF A YOUNG MAN IN GIBSON COUNTY. GOOD EVENING I'M ALISON MONTOYA. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THIS PICTURE YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS SAID TO BE THE VEHICLE OF 17-YEAR-OLD MATTHEW MORRIS WHO DIED IN THE ACCIDENT, JUST OUTSIDE OF TRENTON. ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL MORRIS WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON SIMMONS ROAD ABOUT 2:30 IN THE MORNING. HIS CAR LEFT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HE OVER CORRECTED. AFTER OVER CORRECTING FOR THE SECOND TIME, HIS VEHICLE LEFT THE ROADWAY AND WOULD ROLL INTO A TREE. FRIENDS TELL US MATT, NUMBER 28 SEEN HERE, WAS A SENIOR AT PEABODY HIGH SCHOOL.AND A PART OF THE GOLDEN TIDE FOOTBALL TEAM. JUST LAST NIGHT.MATT PLAYED IN PEABODY'S GAME AGAINST LAKE COUNTY. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THIS STORY TOMORROW. |
| GOLF BENEFIT Return to index of stories... |
IT WAS MORE THAN JUST A GAME OF GOLF TODAY AT THE FALCON RIDGE GOLF COURSE. 25 TEAMS WOULD PLAY IN A SCRAMBLE EARLIER THIS MORNING, AND 25 MORE GOLFERS TEE'D OFF THIS AFTERNOON ALL IN THE NAME OF THE MORGAN LEAH MCCARTY MEMORIAL GOLF CLASSIC. THIS IS THE SECOND ANNUAL EVENT TO RAISE MONEY IN HONOR OF MCARTY. MCCARTY WAS KILLED BY A HIT AND RUN OFFENDER IN 2006. |
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A SUMMERTIME TRADITION RETURNS TO THE HUB CITY THIS WEEKEND. TONIGHT, MANY PEOPLE HEADED TO THE STARLIGHT SYMPHONY ON THE LAWN OF FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ON NORTH HIGHLAND. THE NIGHT OF FREE ENTERTAINMENT WAS FILLED WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF MUSIC, INCLUDING THEMES FROM THE JAMES BOND MOVIES AND DISNEY'S PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN TO NAME A FEW. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MATTHEW STOVER SAYS THE STARLIGHT SYMPHONY HAS BEEN A GREAT FAMILY TRADITION IN JACKSON FOR YEARS. |
| MOVIE Return to index of stories... |
FROM NORTH JACKSON, ANOTHER FUN AND FREE EVENT FOR THE FAMILIY TOOK PLACE CALLED MOVIES IN THE PARK.FEATURING THE WIZARD OF OZ. EVENT GOERS WERE ABLE TO VIEW THE CLASSIC MOVIE FROM THE COMFORT OF THEIR OWN BLANKETS AND LAWN CHAIRS. THIS EVENT IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND FOR THE THE CITY OF JACKSON'S PARK AND RECREATION. |
| PLANE CRASH Return to index of stories... |
INVESTIGATORS IN UTAH ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAUSED A DEADLY PLANE CRASH TODAY. ALL TEN PEOPLE ABOARD THE BEECH A100 KING AIR PLANE WERE KILLED. LOCAL AUTHORITIES SAY THE TWIN-ENGINE PLANE WAS TAKING OFF FROM AN AIRPORT IN MOAB WHEN IT CRASHED FRIDAY EVENING. THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD SAYS THE TWIN-ENGINE PLANE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES WHEN RESCUERS ARRIVED. THE VICTIMS ARE DESCRIBED AS A DOCTOR WHO MAKES MONTHLY VISITS TO A MEDICAL CENTER IN MOAB, AND THE DOCTOR'S MEDICAL STAFF. NO WORD YET ON THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH. |
| FAY Return to index of stories... |
TROPICAL STORM FAY IS PROVING TO BE A MUCH GREATER PROBLEM FOR FLORIDA THAN MOST ANTICIPATED.
THE STORM JUST WON'T QUIT AS IT MAKES A RECORD FOURTH LANDFALL IN FLORIDA TODAY. TROPICAL STORM FAY CHUGGED WESTWARD ACROSS THE GULF COAST AND CITIES FROM PENSACOLA TO NEW ORLEANS PREPARED FOR INCHES OF RAIN. EMERGENCY CREWS IN TALLAHASSEE WERE BUSY DEALING WITH DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES WHILE AREA HOMES AND BUSINESSES WERE INUNDATED WITH FLOOD WATERS. |
| GATOR Return to index of stories... |
LATER, GATOR.
ANIMAL SERVICES OFFICIALS IN LOS ANGELES TOOK ZIGGY THE HOUSE ALLIGATOR TO HIS NEW HOME TODAY. POLICE WERE AT A MAN'S HOUSE ON AN UN-RELATED CALL WHEN -- SURPRISE -- THEY FOUND THE FIVE-AND-A-HALF-FOOT REPTILE INSIDE. THE OWNER SAID HE GOT ZIGGY FIVE YEARS -- AND ABOUT FIVE FEET -- AGO. ZIGGY'S REPORTED TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE -- EVEN THOUGH HE WASN'T EXACTLY LIVING IN A NATURAL HABITAT. HE'S HEADED TO A REPTILE FACILITY WHERE HE CAN GET EXPERT CARE. |
| MEDALCOUNT Return to index of stories... |
AS THE GAMES OF THE 29TH OLYMPIAD WIND TO A CLOSE, WITH THE CLOSING CEREMONIES TOMORROW NIGHT, THE UNITED STATES STILL HOLDS THE LEAD IN OVERALL MEDALS, 107 TO CHINA'S 96. CHINA STILL LEADS IN TOTAL GOLD MEDALS WITH 49. TWO OF AMERICA'S 34 GOLD MEDALS CAME FROM THE BEACH VOLLEYBALL COURT. MISTY MAY-TREANOR AND KERRI WALSH WON THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL, DEFEATING THE CHINESE FOR THE WOMEN'S GOLD. ON THE MEN'S SIDE, THE PROFESSOR TODD ROGERS AND THE "THIN BEAST" PHIL DALHAUSSER BEAT A TOUGH BRAZILLIAN TEAM FOR GOLD. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN OLYMPIC HISTORY THE SAME NATION HAS WON THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S BEACH VOLLEYBALL GOLD. RUSSIA SITS IN THIRD WITH 69 MEDALS, 19 GOLD. |