WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has announced plans to deliver 500 million free COVID-19 tests to Americans, increase support for hospitals and expand the availability of vaccines to confront a winter surge of coronavirus cases driven by the fast-spreading omicron variant. Biden said in a speech to the nation Tuesday that it’s Americans’ “patriotic duty,” as well as a…
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal watchdog says the Trump administration overpaid corn farmers by about $3 billion in federal aid in 2019 and that farmers in the South were paid more for the same crops than elsewhere in the country. The Government Accountability Office said in a report released Monday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s methodology for…
Mrs. Martha Jo Willis was born in Chester County on June 13, 1943. She departed this life on December 17, 2021, in Jackson, Tennessee. A Memorial Service will be at 10:30 am on Tuesday, December 28, 2021, Middlefork Road Baptist Church in Luray, Tennessee. Please continue to keep this family in prayer. For more information, please call 731-427-1521 or log…
JACKSON, Tenn. — The Jackson Transit Authority announced its holiday schedule for New Year’s Day. JTA says it will not be operating its regular bus hours, and says it will resume its services on Jan. 3 at 6 a.m. You can call JTA at (731) 423-0200 for more information. Categories: Local News, News
Last August, Vince Patton was watching a YouTube video of a Tesla owner who had made a startling observation: Tesla drivers could now play a video game on their car’s touch-screen dashboard – while the vehicle is moving. Curious to see for himself, Patton drove his own 2021 Tesla Model 3 to an empty community college parking lot, activated a…
JACKSON, Tenn. — United Way of West Tennessee announced they will offer virtual agency training sessions in January for local nonprofits interested in becoming a United Way partner agency. “These agency training sessions are a great opportunity for area nonprofits to learn how they can partner with United Way to better serve our community,” United Way of West Tennessee President…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Carlos Marshall Jr. had a career-high 26 points as Tennessee State routed Campbellsville-Harrodsburg 108-66. Mason Blair led the Pioneers on Tuesday with 16 points. Categories: Sports
Tuesday, Dec. 21 EAST Pittsburgh 64, Jacksonville 55 SOUTH East Carolina 68, Southern Miss. 67 Tennessee St. 108, Campbellsville 66 MIDWEST Bowling Green 129, Carlow 50 Illinois St. 81, UTSA 64 Miami (Ohio) 80, Spalding 56 Ohio 85, SC-Upstate 70 Olivet 91, Hanover 87 Categories: Sports
Documentaries about Julia Child, “Black Woodstock,” the pandemic and The Velvet Underground and acclaimed international films like Japan’s “Drive My Car,” Iran’s “A Hero” and Norway’s “The Worst Person in the World” just got a little closer to scoring Oscar nominations. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Tuesday unveiled its shortlists for several categories, including documentary feature,…
NEW YORK (AP) — A strike at Kellogg that has gone on since early October has ended after workers voted to ratify a new labor contract at the company’s four U.S. cereal plants. The contract covers approximately 1,400 workers represented by the union at plants in Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. Kellogg said Tuesday that the new contract provides immediate,…
