Good Morning West Tennessee: Tuesday, September 21 — Good Morning West Tennessee. We have a mild start to the morning. Clouds have moved back in as expected. They are actually associated with a weak but present quasi stalled frontal boundary from yesterday. In addition to those clouds, there is also cloudy debris from the ongoing showers and storms that are…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Last week USJ’s Morgan English not only surpassed a total of 150 goals for her high school career, but now holds the all-time school record for the Lady Bruins for career goals scored. She has reached the milestone in just her junior season. Currently sitting at 152 entering the week, English now etches her name in the…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — George Holliday, the Los Angeles plumber who shot grainy video of four white police officers beating Black motorist Rodney King in 1991, has died of complications of COVID-19. Longtime friend Robert Wollenweber says the 61-year-old died Sunday at a hospital, where he had been for more than a month. Holliday was awakened by a traffic stop…
TORONTO (AP) — Canadians have given Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party a victory in parliamentary elections. But it is unclear whether his gamble to win a majority of seats paid off in Monday’s election. The 49-year-old Trudeau channeled the star power of his father, the Liberal icon and late Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, when he first won election in…
GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. — A local sheriff’s department is honoring one of its fallen deputies. The Gibson County Sheriff’s Office held a law enforcement procession called the Sea of Blue. Several police cars went through different cities of Gibson County with their lights on, where Deputy Josh Hayes served. Colleagues say he was an exemplary man. “He was a very…
JACKSON, Tenn. — A local cemetery is having numerous issues that made it close its doors to the public. On Sept. 14, a burial services program investigator went to Highland Memorial Gardens after reports that its mausoleum air conditioning had not been working for several months, and that a strong stench was being smelled by people visiting grave sites in…
MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. — The Madison County Sheriff’s Office held a conference Monday afternoon, helping agencies learn more about hemp plants. “We’re having a training on hemp for law enforcement across West Tennessee. This is the first time the state has even done it,” said Madison County Sheriff John Mehr. Commonly mistaken for the illegal drug marijuana, there has been…
JACKSON, Tenn. — The top 5 plays from Week 5 of the high school football season are as followed: #5: Lake County’s Jeremy Ceasar finds Malachi Clay for the easy touchdown. #4: South Gibson’s Brannon Brown breaks several tackles on his way to the end zone. #3: Union City’s Jackson Chism breaks loose up the middle for a huge gain….
JACKSON, Tenn. — A local non-profit broke ground on Monday. RIFA unveiled the lot where their new warehouse space will be built. RIFA Executive Director Lisa Tillman says the almost 10,000 square foot building will be used to continue growing ministries, to increase capacity in fighting hunger in the community. Tillman says this is phase one of a two phase…
WATCH: A string quartet played music for onlookers on top of a giant violin-shaped boat in Venice, Italy on Saturday. Artist Livio De Marchi built the boat, known as the “Violin of Noah,” as a tribute to COVID-19 victims and to symbolize the rebirth of the city following the pandemic. Categories: News, Video
