NEW YORK (AP) — After nearly four decades in the music business helping craft hits for icons like Michael and Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige and more, songwriting and producing duo Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis recently released their debut album, “Jam & Lewis, Volume One.” The 10-song project features a who’s who collection of R&B singers, including…
PARKERS CROSSROADS, Tenn. — West Tennessee Veterans Coalition partnered with Arrington Funeral Home of Jackson to create a memorial coin.”Today, we are presenting coins to the Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery at Parkers Crossroads to be presented to families of veterans who are interred here,” said Jackie Utley, chair of the West Tennessee Veterans Coalition. Moving forward, at the end of…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday glossed over his broken promise to keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan until the last Americans are out and offered the faint assurance — even with the last U.S. planes gone — that it’s never too late for U.S. citizens to leave. “There is no deadline,” Biden said. But with its forces withdrawn,…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee jury has convicted a man of fatally shooting a restaurant customer, and then running over and killing a police officer during a high-speed chase in Memphis’ downtown. The Shelby County district attorney’s office said a judge sentenced Justin Welch to life in prison without parole after he was found guilty of first-degree murder Tuesday….
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — The COVID-19 surge is stretching oxygen supplies tight and sending hospitals scrambling for more ventilators, even as there are glimmers of hope in some hotspots. In Tulsa, Oklahoma, a hospital recently called 911 after coming within just a few hours of running out of oxygen because they needed an emergency transfer for a patient on high-flow…
JACKSON, Tenn. — A local officer was remembered on Tuesday. Family and fellow officers paid their respects to Brownsville police officer Cpl. Daniel Wallace. Wallace was given a police escort from the funeral home to Fellowship Bible Church in Jackson, where the funeral was held. Wallace died last Wednesday at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital due to complications with his…
TRENTON, Tenn. — The Player of the Week award from Week 2 of the high school football season is presented to Peabody senior running back Khalik Ganaway. As the recipient of last year’s Class 2A Mr. Football trophy, Ganaway has picked up right where he left off when it comes to dominating the ground game. This past Friday in Peabody’s…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Heavy rains from Hurricane Ida have forced Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Tennessee to cancel as organizers say the waterlogged festival grounds are unsafe for driving or camping. The annual festival was scheduled to start Thursday on the site of a former farm in Manchester, about an hour southeast of Nashville. On social media Tuesday,…
UPDATE (9/12/25): Defendant found guilty of 2021 double homicide GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. — Gibson County Sheriff Paul Thomas is discussing the latest update in last week’s double homicide. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced Monday that a Milan man had been arrested in connection with the double homicide in Gibson County. The TBI says Fredrick Yates Jr. was charged with…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Unemployment numbers are continuing to drop in the state of Tennessee. COVID-19 has had a large impact on unemployment rates the past year and a half, but what changes could the delta variant bring? “Coming out of July, when incremental unemployment is being ended, people were coming in and we were doing more interviews,” said Ronnie Morris,…
