JACKSON, Tenn. — The villains celebrate a night out. It’s time for the villains to have their night to shine. Ballet Arts of Jackson hosted their annual fundraiser, the 2nd Annual Villains Gala at New Southern Hotel this evening. Musical guests included the Claudie Hines Band! And some of your favorite villains (and super heroes alike) made an entrance including,…
JACKSON, Tenn. — A local teacher who made an impact on everyone around him, is remembered Saturday after recently passing away. Past and present students, as well as faculty and friends of Steven R. Webster came out to Lincoln Elementary to reflect on who he was as a person and the legacy he leaves behind. Webster was a teacher at…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Two local car clubs bring a ‘trunk or treat’ to Jackson, but with a twist. After there were no scheduled trunk or treats this year in Jackson, BZRK and Savg Alliance partnered to host their first ever ‘Cars & Candy’. “It just makes sense. We’re into cars and it all is done out of a car so,…
JACKSON, Tenn. — October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month and West Tennessee Down Syndrome Association is hosting their annual Buddy Walk. After being cancelled last year families and friends were excited to spend the afternoon together. The walk had face painting, pumpkin painting, and yard games. Several awards were given out to youth and their families just to show appreciation…
HENDERSON COUNTY, Tenn. — The West Tennessee Dive Team is hosting their annual fundraiser. The West Tennessee Dive Team is a non-profit organization that is made up of a majority of volunteers. Today’s fundraiser is to raise funds for the organization to help their volunteers, employees, and their work efforts. Everything the dive team does is paid for straight from their…
JACKSON, Tenn. — The waste collection is finally back. Hazardous waste could be dangerous if not thrown away correctly, and the City of Jackson wants to help you properly dispose of those items. “Today we’re having our household hazardous waste collection day. And we are collecting hazardous waste from around your home and this year we are adding recycling,” said…
THREE RIVERS, Calif. (AP) — The California highway connecting visitors to the world’s two largest sequoia trees will stay closed so crews can remove as many as 10,000 trees weakened by wildfires, drought, disease or age. A fire closed the highway and it will stay closed after the blaze is out so that crews can remove the trees. Officials at…
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) – A plea deal between musician Rod Stewart and Florida prosecutors in a battery case has fallen through. And that means the British rock icon and his son are again facing charges stemming from a 2019 New Year’s Eve party. Recently it was reported that a plea deal was reached – and would be announced…
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A Virginia museum wants to melt down the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was the focus of a violent white nationalist rally in Charlottesville in 2017. The proposal would see the statue crafted into a new work of public art. The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center submitted a bid last week to…
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado day care owner convicted of keeping 26 children hidden in the basement of her business in 2019 has received a six-year prison sentence. A judge issued the sentence Thursday to Carla Faith after she was convicted by a jury in August. The case unfolded after police went to Faith’s Colorado Springs day care…
