UPDATE (9/30/21 11:50 a.m.) — Police say the suspect has been detained. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Thursday morning shooting at a Memphis elementary school has left one in critical condition. According to the Memphis Police Department, officers responded to Cummings School around 9:15 a.m. after a report of shots fired. Officers located one male juvenile who had sustained injuries. He…
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Health care workers who were once saluted for saving lives in the COVID-19 outbreak are now being issued panic buttons and ditching their scrubs before going out in public to avoid harassment. Across the country, doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic are dealing with hostility, threats and violence from patients angry…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee officials say they are increasing the reimbursement rate the state pays child care providers on behalf of families who need help shouldering the cost of care. The Tennessee Department of Human Services says child care payment assistance rates will increase by 10% across all categories of care in the Child Care Certificate Program starting Friday….
Weather Update: Thursday, September 30 — Good Morning West Tennessee. Its been a tricky forecast this morning so far. Most of the area has been dry. And that will likely continue farther north and east. However, There are tw9o specific disturbances we are keeping an eye on. One is in northeast Arkansas will drift north into SE Missouri. The current…
JACKSON, Tenn. — After the first review of the problems at Highland Memorial Gardens by the state, a follow-up shows there are still unresolved issues. State representatives from the Department of Insurance revisited the property in late September and found some of the concerns had been fixed but several others were still present. According to the report, there remained a…
JACKSON, Tenn. — State leaders meet in Jackson after the Megasite announcement. During the meeting several state leaders including Governor Bill Lee and the commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development thanked local leaders for their support and help to bring Ford to the Memphis regional Megasite in Haywood County. Governor Lee says this is thanks to…
JACKSON, Tenn. — An overnight shooting has left one person dead. Around 11 p.m. Tuesday night, officers with the Jackson Police Department responded to a report of a shooting at Parkway East Apartments. Upon arrival, officers discovered a man had been shot. “We heard about 30 shots, and we hit the floor. I was glad my daughter didn’t get hit….
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tommy Kirk, a child star who played in Disney films such as “Old Yeller” and “The Shaggy Dog,” has died. He was 79. Kirk’s longtime friend and former child star, Paul Petersen, says he was found dead in his Las Vegas home on Tuesday. The cause of death has not been released. Petersen says Kirk lived a…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Sept. 29 marks World Heart Day. Jackson averages 100 sudden cardiac arrests events each year, with a 6% survival rate. West Tennessee Healthcare and Friends of Heart are partnering with Avive Solutions to start a program called the 4-Minute City. The goal of the initiative is to have neighbors help neighbors by providing lifesaving AEDs and hands…
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorian officials say the death toll from a gang battle inside a penitentiary in the coastal city of Guayaquil has risen to more than 100 as authorities find more bodies. Ecuador’s prison service said Wednesday that at least five of the dead had been beheaded. The country’s prisons bureau says in a tweet that “as of…
