Archives: 2021

Pleasant Conditions Continue This Weekend With A Warm Up In Store

Friday Weather Forecast

Weather Update – Friday, Sept 10  – 3:30 PM TODAY: Pleasant weather has stayed in West Tennessee for most of this past week. A passing cold front yesterday continues these conditions for a few more days. We saw lows in the 50’s this morning but have quickly warmed up into the lower 80’s. Winds have shifted southerly today which should…

Educator of the Week: Andrew Johnson

It’s time for this week’s Educator of the Week , brought to you by the Tennessee Education Lottery. Andrew Johnson is bringing some chemistry to his classroom at Chester County High School, and he’s loving what he does. “I have no complaints. I just enjoy the job. I think it’s fun, and any negative is just mitigated by the wonderful,”…

Local students honor 9/11 victims with song, prayer

JACKSON, Tenn. — St. Mary’s Catholic School students honored the victims of 9/11 Friday. Students first started with a prayer in mass, then came outside to form a circle around the flagpole to say the Pledge of Allegiance and sing “God Bless America.” “Our school comes together as a community to pray for and honor all the victims of 9/11…

20 years later, fallout from toxic WTC dust cloud grows

NEW YORK (AP) — Two decades after the collapse of the World Trade Center, people are still coming forward to report illnesses that might be related to toxic dust that billowed over the city after the terror attack. To date, the U.S. has spent $11.7 billion on care and compensation for those exposed to the dust. More than 40,000 people…

Queen representative says royals back BLM movement

LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II and the royal family back the Black Lives Matter movement, one of her senior representatives has said in a television interview to be broadcast later Friday. Philanthropist Kenneth Olisa, the first Black Lord Lieutenant of Greater London, told Channel 4 News that he had discussed the issue with members of the royal family since…

99-year-old report card found in Waverly flood debris

WAVERLY, Tenn. — An unexpected item was found among the debris left behind by August’s devastating flood in Middle Tennessee: a report card dating back to 1922. Amy Miller, coordinator for Tennessee’s National Flood Insurance program, made the discovery while surveying damage in Waverly. Miller spotted the yellowed, dog-eared card stuck in dry mud on a street. The nearly 100-year-old…

5 deaths, 276 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Madison County

JACKSON, Tenn. — The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department has confirmed another five Madison County residents have died due to COVID-19 complications. The health department confirms those individuals are: A 41-year-old male who died September 1 A 54-year-old female who died September 2 A 76-year-old male who died September 3 A 50-year-old male who died September 5 A 50-year-old female…