Jennifer Dawn Valentine Boyd, age 44, resident of Somerville, Tennessee and wife of Brian Boyd, departed this life Wednesday evening, September 8, 2021 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, Mississippi. Dawn was born May 8, 1977 in Memphis, Tennessee, the daughter of Cliff and Norma Quick Valentine. She graduated from Rossville Academy and the University of Memphis where she was…
Karen Etta Freeland Winfrey was born in Laconia, Tennessee on the 14th of July, 1925. She was the second child and first daughter of James Dinwiddie Freeland and his wife Betty Greene Morris Freeland, more widely known as Elizabeth Freeland. As a middle child, Karen had two siblings: an older brother, James Walter Freeland, and a younger sister, Anne Frances…
Brenda Dean Aldridge Robbins, age 62, resident of Oakland, Tennessee and wife of Mr. Jesse Robbins, departed this life Thursday evening, September 9, 2021. Brenda was born March 13, 1959 in Booneville, Mississippi, the daughter of the late Cecil Aldridge and Ruby Kirby Aldridge. She graduated from New Sight, Mississippi and was married in 1975 to Jesse Robbins. She enjoyed…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Lane College announced on Friday that select in-person Homecoming events will be cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns. The college says cancelled in-person events include the Homecoming Gospel Concert, prayer breakfast, parade, and tailgate extravaganza. “The parade and tailgate typically attract thousands of alumni and visitors,” said Alumni Affairs Director Braylin Laster. “It is our desire to be…
JACKSON, Tenn. — The tragic event on Sept. 11 changed law enforcement forever. “When I got in the building and got upstairs, they said an airliner had just hit it. And I said ‘Oh. That’s not an accident,’” said Fred Godwin, Legal Advisor for the Madison County Sheriff’s Office. Sept. 11 is remembered as a day of loss for American…
UNION CITY, Tenn. — The Discovery Park of America is holding tribute to the lives lost on Sept. 11. Photo courtesy: Discovery Park Of America On Facebook The park is hosting the annual Memorial Star Climb with the Union City Fire Department on Saturday. The park says the memorial will begin at with an opening ceremony at 9:11 a.m. The…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin woman who admitted to helping stab a classmate to please the horror character Slender Man will be freed Monday from a mental health institution. A judge ruled Friday that 19-year-old Anissa Weier will be released after spending almost four years at the Winnebago Mental Health Institute. Weier and friend Morgan Geyser lured classmate Payton…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A panel of federal judges has reversed course and blocked a Tennessee restriction that outlaws abortions because of a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome, or because of the race or gender of the fetus. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruling Friday also kept a six-week abortion ban blocked. Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Students across Madison County have the chance to show off their creativity. The city is hosting a Bicentennial Creative Expressions Contest, which ends on Oct. 29, according to a news release. The contest gives students the chance to show their expression in an essay, poem, and through art. The contest is open to anyone from kindergarten to…
WHITEVILLE, Tenn. — Whiteville Elementary School is gearing up to host their annual fall festival. WES Fall Fest will be held Saturday, September 25 beginning at noon. It will be a day full of activities for the whole family, including a car show, a dog show, wrestling, a petting zoo with pony rides, live music, and more. Vendors and food…
