JACKSON, Tenn. — The top 5 plays from Week 6 of the high school football season are as followed: #5: McKenzie’s Jackson Cassidy connects with Zavier Webber for an early touchdown. #4: Westview’s Jackson Abel recovers his own onside kick against South Side. #3: North Side’s Dehmari Wallace breaks free through the Liberty Tech defense for a touchdown. #2: Lexington’s…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Gov. Bill Lee says Ford Motors is bringing a big investment to the Memphis Regional Megasite. Lee says the company is investing $5.6 billion to create a 3,600-acre mega campus called Blue Oval City. The site will be used to produce the 2025 all-electric F-Series trucks, and will bring 5,800 new jobs in West Tennessee, according to…
MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. — One West Tennessee woman was celebrated with a drive-by birthday party. Laura Collier celebrated her 56th birthday on Sunday with her friends and family. They danced, they laughed, and celebrated a new chapter. Remarks were given from special people in Collier’s life, like her sister, aunt, and especially her husband. Friends describe Collier as kind, strong,…
HARDIN COUNTY, Tenn. — “We have a great loss here at the sheriff’s department,” said Hardin County Sheriff Johnny Alexander. Hardin County sheriff deputies are mourning the loss of one of their own. Authorities responded to a residence on Nance Bend Road in Clifton regarding a domestic dispute Saturday night. Todd Stricklin was at the residence and armed when they…
UPDATE (9/29/21): The Henry County Sheriff’s Office says Kristen Warren died Wednesday as a result of her injuries. HENRY COUNTY, Tenn. — A man is dead and a woman is injured following a Monday morning incident in Henry County. According to a Facebook post, the Henry County Sheriff’s Department received notice at 9:40 a.m. of two people being found bleeding…
Mr. Francisco Gonzalez Ochoa, age 78, passed away on Friday, September 24, 2021, at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. A Memorial Service to Celebrate the Life of Mr. Francisco will be conducted on Thursday, September 30, 2021, at 2:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Bells Funeral Home. A visitation for the Gonzalez family will be held on Thursday,…
Monday Night Forecast Update for September 27th: The nice weather streak continued on Monday and is expected to stick around again for our Tuesday. Some isolated weak showers will be possible on Wednesday and we will pick up a better chance for rain on Thursday. The amazing weather continues across West Tennessee as we finish September. Some showers are expected…
NEW YORK (AP) — R. Kelly has been convicted in a sex trafficking trial after several accusers testified in lurid detail how he subjected them to perverse and sadistic whims when they were underage. A New York City jury of seven men and five women found Kelly guilty Monday on a racketeering charge. Kelly was accused of running a Chicago-based…
JACKSON, Tenn. — The West Tennessee Medical Group is offering a new specialty: cardiology. A news release from West Tennessee Healthcare this new practice can be found at 587 Skyline Drive in Jackson. The release says the team will be led by Dr. John Baker, and offers offers treatment for heart conditions like heart failure and disease, rheumatic heart disease…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — A jury has convicted a woman of vehicular homicide by intoxication in the hit-and-run death of a Chattanooga police officer. News outlets report jurors deliberated at the Hamilton County Courthouse for nearly 15 hours before returning the verdict on Saturday for Janet Hinds in the 2019 death of Officer Nicholas Galinger. She also was convicted of…
