SUNDAY 5:30PM NEWS, Sunday, 8/24/2008
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script iconFATAL AX script iconPLANE CRASH
script iconHANEY script iconTROOPS
script iconDENMARK script iconFAY
script iconGOLF BENEFIT script iconREDEEMTEAM
script iconSYMPHONY script iconREDEEMGFX
script iconMOVIE  

script iconFATAL AX
Return to index of stories... 		WE BEGIN THIS EVENING FROM GIBSON COUNTY WHERE A SATURDAY MORNING WRECK TAKES THE LIFE OF A TRENTON PEABODY HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER.GOOD EVENING I'M ALISON MONTOYA, THANKS FOR JOINING US.
THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND TWO THIRTY SATURDAY MORNING.
17-YEAR-OLD MATT MORRIS WAS DRIVING ON SAMMONS ROAD WHEN HE BEGAN TO SWIRVE.
AFTER OVERCORRECTING TWICE. THE CAR LEFT THE ROAD,.FLIPPED. AND LANDED IN A DITCH.
MORRIS WAS A MEMBER OF THE PEABODY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM.
HIS TEAMMATES REMEMBER THEIR LAST CONVERSATIONS TOGETHER.
script iconHANEY
Return to index of stories... 		A LONGTIME RADIO BROADCASTER IN MILAN HAS PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 78 IN HIS HOME THIS WEEKEND.
BILL HANEY WAS KNOWN TO MANY AS A GREAT LEADER, CITIZEN AND A PERSON WHO WAS DEDICATED TO HIS LINE OF WORK. IN ADDITION TO HANEY'S 50 YEARS IN RADIO, HE ALSO DEVOTED HIS TIME TO THE GIBSON COUNTY AND MILAN GOVERNMENTS WHERE HE SERVED AS MAYOR AND COMMISIONER AT ONE POINT.
OUR OWN TOM BRITT WORKED WITH HANEY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS COVERING UT-MARTIN GAMES AND TELLS US HANEY LOVED SPORTS AND GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
script iconDENMARK
Return to index of stories... 		FROM DENMARK. IT'S BEEN MORE THAN SIX MONTHS, SINCE MEMBERS OF THE SAINT JOHN NUMBER TWO MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH MET FOR THE FIRST TIME, BACK ON THEIR HOME SOIL.
THEIR CHURCH WAS DESTROYED DURING THE FEBRUARY 5TH TORNADOES.
SINCE THEN, THE CONGREGATION HAS BEEN MEETING AT WEST ALUMNI BUILDING.
SATURDAY MORNING MARKED A NEW BEGINNING WITH A GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY.
MEMBERS SAY THEY ARE READY TO COME BACK.
script iconGOLF BENEFIT
Return to index of stories... 		IT WAS MORE THAN JUST A GAME OF GOLF TODAY AT THE FALCON RIDGE GOLF COURSE THIS WEEKEND.
25 TEAMS WOULD PLAY IN A SCRAMBLE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, AND 25 MORE GOLFERS TEE'D OFF SATURDAY 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.
script iconSYMPHONY
Return to index of stories... 		A SUMMERTIME TRADITION RETURNED TO THE HUB CITY THIS WEEKEND.
SATURDAY NIGHT, 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.
script iconMOVIE
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.
script iconPLANE CRASH
Return to index of stories... 		IN WORLD TONIGHT.DOZENS OF PEOPLE WERE KILLED TODAY IN A PLANE CRASH IN KYRGYZSTAN.
A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL QUOTED BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAYS AT LEAST 71 PEOPLE DIED WHEN THE IRANIAN JETLINER CRASHED SHORTLY AFTER TAKING OFF FROM KYRGYSTAN'S MAIN AIRPORT.
OFFICIALS SAY 120 PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD.
THE BOEING 7-37 WAS HEADED FOR YEHRAN.
script iconTROOPS
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RUSSIA'S DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS RUSSIAN TROOPS HAVE COMPLETED THEIR PULLBACK FROM GEORGIAN TERRITORY.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE BACK HOME.
RUSSIA HAS SAID IT WILL POLICE "BUFFER ZONES" AROUND GEORGIA'S BREAKAWAY PROVINCES -- AND KEEP FORCES POSITIONED WITHIN SOUTH OSSETIA AND ABKHAZIA THEMSELVES.
script iconFAY
Return to index of stories... 		THEY'RE CALLING IT HISTORIC FLOODING UP AND DOWN FLORIDA'S "SPACE COAST".
THE CITY OF MELBOURNE -- WEATHERING MORE THAN 25 INCHES OF RAIN.
SUSAN CANDIOTTI IS THERE WITH MORE.
script iconREDEEMTEAM
Return to index of stories... 		FOUR YEARS AGO, AMERICAN BASKETBALL HIT A LOW POINT ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE, LOSING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OLYMPIC PLAY SINCE 1992 ON THEIR WAY TO A BRONZE MEDAL IN THE ATHENS GAMES.
EARLY THIS MORNING, ONLY A TOUGH SPAIN TEAM STOOD BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES, AND BASKETBALL REDEMPTION.
JONATHAN DOES HIGHLIGHTS, CALLS FOR SCORE.
script iconREDEEMGFX
Return to index of stories... 		THIS WAS HARDLY THE SAME GAME AS WHEN THESE TWO TEAMS MET IN POOL PLAY, WITH THE UNITED STATES WINNING BY 37.
AT TIMES SPAIN'S ZONE DEFENSE SEEMED TO CONFUSE THE AMERICANS AT THE SAME TIME AS THE OUTSIDE SHOOTING WENT COLD, ALLOWING SPAIN TO REMAIN CLOSE FOR THE ENTIRE BALLGAME.
DWYANE WADE CAPPED A TREMENDOUS OLYMPIC RUN, SCORING 27 POINTS OFF THE BENCH.
KOBE BRYANT WAS NEXT IN LINE WITH 20 TO GO WITH 3 BOARDS AND 6 HELPERS.
FORMER MEMPHIS GRIZZLY PAU GASOL LED THE SPANIARDS WITH 21 POINTS.
HIS BROTHER AND *CURRENT* MEMPHIS GRIZZLY MARC ADDED 11 OFF THE BENCH.
THE GOLD IS THE AMERICANS' FIRST SINCE THE 2000 OLYMPICS, AND IT SEEMS AS IF THE NEW AMERICAN BASKETBALL SYSTEM. IS WORKING.
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