MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen says the federal Environmental Protection Agency wants to add a former west Tennessee munitions factory to a list of prioritized Superfund toxic cleanup sites. The Memphis Democrat says the EPA has proposed adding the National Fireworks site in the Memphis suburb of Cordova to its Superfund National Priorities List for removal of…
JACKSON, Tenn. — How would you like your kid to leave their mark in Jackson for future generations? A downtown Jackson venue is allowing kids to help bring color to the lives of thousands of West Tennesseans. “This is Colors of the Bicentennial, a kids community mural painting event. We are at the Ned,” said Lizzie Emmons, Executive Director of…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Jackson-Madison County School System leaders met for their monthly board meeting on Thursday. Among some of the items discussed, board leaders passed a motion to increase health insurance premiums on employees that would like a broader network of doctors. Plus, the school system received a generous donation of $10,000 from Dr. Keith Taylor of West Tennessee Oral…
PARIS, Tenn. — LIFELINE Blood Services announced their 2021 car giveaway winner. Joe Mahan and LIFELINE partnered together to give away a 2019 Ford EcoSport to one lucky LIFELINE donor. “Joe Mahan Ford has been in business since 1974, and needless to say, the Henry County and surrounding counties have been good to us, and we just decided it was…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department is suing Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution.” The lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal court in Texas, asks a federal judge to declare that the law is invalid, “to enjoin its enforcement, and to protect the rights that…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has announced sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100 million Americans in an all-out effort to increase COVID-19 vaccinations and curb the surging delta variant. The government’s expansive new rules, announced Thursday, mandate that all employers with more than 100 workers require them to be vaccinated or test for the virus…
JACKSON, Tenn. — After switching to a virtual event last year, the Heart Walk is returning to West Tennessee this weekend. “We are so excited to be hosting the West Tennessee 2021 Heart Walk and Red Dress Dash 5K,” said Christy Futrell, Regional Director of the American Heart Association. While the event is being held outdoors, masks and social distancing…
JACKSON, Tenn. — COVID-19 cases in Madison County have seen a rapid increase, but what about other counties in West Tennessee? Some have seen cases jump from over 1,000 to now over 4,000 cases, including over 9,000 one county. Gibson County Mayor Tom Witherspoon says they are seeing COVID-19 numbers similar to the beginning of the pandemic. “Our numbers have…
PARIS, Tenn. — A Henry County correctional officer has been arrested for allegedly having inappropriate contact with an inmate. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says the investigation began last week after a report said an officer was having inappropriate contact inside an inmate’s cell. The TBI says that Richard Wade Sanders was arrested Thursday afternoon as a result of the…
*Some contents of the story may be disturbing* DYERSBURG, Tenn. — The Dyersburg Police Department says it is searching for a suspect in relation to two incidents. The department says that on Aug. 15, around 1:20 a.m., an officer saw a woman walking down the road who seemed to be in distress. The woman told the officer that a man…
