Archives: 2021

Mr. Bobby Joe Bowen

Services for Mr. Bobby Joe Bowen, age 65 of Alamo, Tennessee will be held on Saturday, July 17, 2021, 3:00 P.M., at the Williams Chapel Baptist Church in Friendship, Tennessee. The interment will be in the Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Friday, from 7:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M., at the Stephenson-Shaw Chapel. For more information contact Stephenson-Shaw…

Storms Expected to Return Friday Evening and Stay Through the Weekend!

Thursday Night Forecast Update

Thursday Night Forecast for July 15th: After a hot, humid and mostly dry day across West Tennessee, changes are in the forecast starting on Friday. The timing of the storms on Friday vary in forecast models from as early as 3 PM and some showing storms not showing up until after sunset. All forecast models are showing storm chances all…

Crashes block traffic on Interstate 40 in Henderson County

UPDATE: HENDERSON COUNTY, Tenn. — The Tennessee Highway Patrol says lanes are open and beginning to move. Traffic has not returned to normal, according to THP. THP says to remain cautious while driving in the area. HENDERSON COUNTY, Tenn. — The Tennessee Highway Patrol has confirmed two crashes on Interstate 40 have blocked the westbound lanes. THP says both crashes…

Discovery Park of America hosting LEGO Competition

UNION CITY, Tenn. — Discovery Park of America and the Obion River Regional Library Center are presenting the 2021 LEGO Competition this fall. Discovery Park says the competition will run from August through November, with a new theme each month. Participants are asked to submit their entries to libraries in the Obion River region, and one winner will be selected…

Suspect charged in Martin Slide & Ride parking lot shooting

MARTIN, Tenn. — Martin police have confirmed an individual is charged in connection with a shooting outside Slide & Ride early Sunday morning. Investigators say this incident happened outside in the parking lot of the bar. Charleston Kimble, 20, of Tiptonville, is accused of shooting four people in a vehicle in the parking lot, damaging the vehicle, according to a…

Ted Gilbert Birmingham

Services for Ted Gilbert Birmingham, 83, will be held Friday, July 16, 2021 at 3:00 pm at Brummitt-McKenzie Funeral Home with Brother Dennis Trull officiating.  Interment will follow at Carroll Memorial Gardens.  The family will receive friends on Friday, July 16, 2021 from 1:00 pm until service time.  Mr. Birmingham, a retired Auto mechanic and wrecker operator, died Wednesday, July…

Concerns rise for COVID-19 Delta variant in West Tennessee

JACKSON, Tenn. — The surge of the COVID-19 Delta variant is now causing concern for some people in West Tennessee, leaving health experts to answer the question how did something like this happen? “Toward the end of 2020, we started to see these variants pop up, which essentially are just slightly different versions of the virus,” said Dr. Nick Hysmith,…