JACKSON, Tenn. — Area Relief Ministries and Room in the Inn plan to host the annual Salt & Light Benefit Dinner on Sept. 14. This year’s keynote speaker is Eddie George, according to a news release. The benefit is set to start at 6 p.m. at the Carl Perkins Civic Center, with George set to take the stage at 7…
JACKSON, Tenn. — The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department hosted an update Thursday morning due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Madison County. Health department director Kim Tedford says the department currently does not plan to reissue a mask mandate in Madison County. However, Tedford says residents are recommended to still follow guidelines from the Centers for Disease…
MARTIN, Tenn. — Martin police have identified a woman killed in a crash Wednesday afternoon. Police say officers responded to the crash around 1:37 p.m. at Skyhawk Parkway and Courtright Road. Police say 70-year-old Alice Kay Jackson and a 20-year-old Dyer man were involved in the crash. Jackson and the other driver were taken to Volunteer Hospital in Martin, where…
JACKSON, Tenn.– “As our hospital fills up, we are making plans to transition into help care for that in other ways. As we get more COVID patients it backs up even down into our emergency department,” said Doctor Jackie Taylor, Chief Physician Executive for West Tennessee Healthcare. “If you drive by the hospital you’ll see a tent out front,…
SOMERVILLE, Tenn. — A seventh person has been indicted in connection to a 2020 shooting. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced Wednesday the indictment of 20-year-old Bianca Jackson. The TBI says Jackson was taken into custody on Wednesday in Millington. The TBI says she is facing charges of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder with bodily injury, conspiracy to commit first-degree…
LEXINGTON, Tenn. — A local man who wore several hats across Tennessee was remembered Wednesday. Friends and family gathered at First United Pentecostal Church in Lexington to celebrate the life of Jerry Stanfill. He owned 19 Sonic Drive-Ins across West Tennessee and Missouri. Stanfill died this past Saturday after a battle with cancer. Stanfill’s best friend and business partner, Mark…
JACKSON, Tenn. — There are high hopes surrounding the 2021 Jackson Christian football program, a team that won it’s first 7 games of the season a year ago. Led by a strong group of seniors at key positions, the Eagles finished the 2020 year 5th in the region standings, advancing to the Division II-A state quarterfinal round. Heading into the…
SWEET AS LEMONADE: The tip jar at a lemonade stand run by two 9-year-old twins was stolen. Take a look at how their community in Ames, Iowa came out in droves to help turn their days from sour to sweet.
MILAN (AP) — Italy has won a legal victory in its bid to reclaim an ancient marble statue it asserts was stolen after it turned up in the possession of a New York antiquities dealer. A U.S. district court in New York on Monday threw out a case brought by the Safani Gallery, which paid $152,625 in 2017 for the…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is taking the first steps toward requiring nearly all foreign visitors to the U.S. to be vaccinated for the coronavirus, a White House official says. The requirement would come as part of the administration’s phased approach to easing travel restrictions for foreign citizens to the country. No timeline has yet been determined, as interagency…
