Funeral service for Rosie Irene March Hobson, age 65, will be Saturday, August 7, 2021 in the Chapel of Mercer Brothers Funeral Home. Mrs. Hobson died Thursday, July 29, 2021 at Jackson General Hospital. Visitation and Family Hour for Mrs. Hobson will be Saturday, August 7, 2021 at Mercer Brothers Funeral Home from 2:00 PM until time of service. For…
Services for Calvin Neal “Jack” Murray, 92, will be held Saturday, August 7, 2021 at 2:00 pm at Brummitt-McKenzie Funeral Home with Steven Murray officiating. Interment will follow at Everetts Chapel Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Friday, August 6, 2021 from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm and Saturday, August 7, 2021 from 11:00 am until service time. Mr….
CROCKETT COUNTY, Tenn. — The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued an endangered child alert for a Crockett County teenager. The TBI says Talil Williams, 15, was last seen Wednesday in Crockett County. Williams has a known medical condition and does not have his medication, the TBI says. He was last seen wearing a black hoodie, gray pants and black…
WOW! You won’t bee-lieve what this beekeeper uncovered inside the walls of a Skippack, Pennsylavnia home.
TOKYO (AP) — Hiroshima has marked the 76th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing with the city’s mayor urging global leaders to unite to eliminate nuclear weapons, just as they have united against the coronavirus. Mayor Kazumi Matsui also again demanded that Japan sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which took effect in January after years…
Today’s Highlight in History: On August 6, 1945, during World War II, the U.S. B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb code-named “Little Boy” on Hiroshima, Japan, resulting in an estimated 140,000 deaths. (Three days later, the United States exploded a nuclear device over Nagasaki; five days after that, Imperial Japan surrendered.) On this date: In 1806, the Holy…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Leaders with the Jackson-Madison School System discussed several topics on Thursday including trying to keep one their leaders. During their monthly budget committee meeting, JMCSS leaders discussed multiple topics including budget amendments, funding and the superintendent’s contract. “My intent was to set a precedent where we can fix these benefits going forward for however long Dr. King…
White House tours are still on pause due to the coronavirus pandemic, but efforts to preserve historical items and the public rooms inside the two-century old building have continued from one administration to the next. The effort started in 1961 when former first lady Jackie Kennedy founded the White House Historical Association to transform parts of the Executive Manion into…
HUMBOLDT, Tenn. — It has been a productive summer for the Humboldt Vikings football program, who are looking to build off the late season momentum from a year ago. Towards the back end of the 2020 season, Humboldt found a spark, winning three of their last four games including two games against region opponents. Now under new leadership, the Vikings…
Apple is planning to scan U.S. iPhones for images of child sexual abuse, drawing applause from child protection groups but raising concern among some security researchers that the system could be misused by governments looking to surveil their citizens. The tool Apple calls “neuralMatch” will detect known images of child sexual abuse without decrypting people’s messages. If it finds a…
