JACKSON, Tenn. — What better day to celebrate Jackson than July 31 — better known as 731 Day. Katie Howerton This is the second year for Our Jackson Home, a blog and journal about stories happening in Jackson, to put on the event. There are events happening all day including a pop-up shop, a water balloon fight and a night of…
JACKSON, Tenn. — A man appeared Monday in Jackson City Court on accusations of hitting a police officer. Destion Rogers Destion Rogers, 26, faces counts of assault on an officer and resisting arrest. Rogers was reportedly found hiding in a hallway closet Saturday night by SWAT officers. When they ordered him to show his hands, police say Rogers came out…
JACKSON, Tenn. — A man was arrested over the weekend at a Jackson motel on accusations of having drugs in his room. Jarmal Delk Jarmal Delk was charged Monday in Jackson City Court with possession of marijuana with intent to resell. Delk was staying at Motel 6 when a hotel clerk told police they could smell marijuana from Delk’s room. Police…
JACKSON, Tenn. — A man appeared Monday in Jackson City Court charged with hitting a young boy. Brian Overton Brian Overton, 45, was arraigned on one count of simple assault. A woman reported to Jackson police at the end of June that Overton elbowed her 9-year-old son in the back of the neck, knocking him to the ground, because he…
BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. — Police are investigating a man’s death as a homicide after he was found dead early Sunday morning with a gunshot wound. Investigators say they found Jeffery Pickens, 45, unconscious on the steps of a residence in the 500 block of Dove Street. Pickens suffered from a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to…
Weather Update – 10:45 p.m. Monday Mainly clear skies will become partly to mostly cloudy overnight. This should keep temperatures to cooling to only the middle 60s after we started out in the upper 50s this morning! Winds will remain calm tonight. Cloudy skies will be accompanied by scattered showers and thunderstorms tomorrow between the morning and early evening, though…
McKENZIE, Tenn. — An early Sunday morning shooting leaves a man in critical condition with gunshot wounds to his face. Bryan Michael Townes, 31, was airlifted to Nashville where he was admitted in critical condition after the early morning shooting, according to a release from the McKenzie Police Department. Officers responded around 12:40 a.m. to the shooting in Walnut Circle,…
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) — A former East Tennessee State University student accused of civil rights intimidation during a Black Lives Matter demonstration could have the charges dismissed. The Johnson City Press reported Sunday the ex-student’s attorney filed a motion last week to have his charges dismissed. The 19-year-old was a freshman when he attended the September 2016 rally at…
Lane College has been selected as the Tom Joyner Foundation School of the Month for August 2017. The college hopes to raise $100,000 for scholarships by the end of the year. Here’s how you can help: Text LANECOLLEGE2 to 71777 to donate Donate online: Go to www.lanecollege.edu and click the SOTM campaign link Mail a Donation to: Lane College School…
Weather Update 12:37 PM CDT It will be another beautiful day for West Tennessee. Temperatures will quickly rise through the 70s and 80s this afternoon. It will be a tad more humid today than this weekend. However, compared to where we were a week ago. It won’t be bad at all. Chief Meteorologist Tom Meiners will be in with an…
