JACKSON, Tenn. — If you are planning to celebrate New Year’s Eve night, local law enforcement want to make sure you have a safe ride. Several agencies, including Gibson County, Henderson County, and the City of Milan will be offering free rides for those that are unable to drive themselves home. Henderson County Sheriff Brian Duke says they have been…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee has received its first shipments of oral antiviral treatments for COVID-19 as new cases surge in the state. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency use authorization for two pills, and the U.S. government is providing them for free. But supplies are currently limited. The Tennessee Department of Health said on Thursday…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say a Los Angeles business manager whose clients had included Nicki Minaj and the Kardashians has been killed, and her boyfriend has been charged with murder and torture. Police say they found 55-year-old Angela Kukawski dead in her car on Dec. 23. Authorities say her 49-year-old boyfriend, Jason Barker, was arrested Tuesday and charged with…
NEW YORK (AP) — Mayor Bill de Blasio says New York City will ring in 2022 in Times Square as planned despite record numbers of COVID-19 infections in the city and around the nation. De Blasio said on NBC’s “Today” show on Thursday that he wants to show the world that the city is “fighting our way through this.” After…
Officer Anthony Joe Rankin, Age 57, passed away on Tuesday, December 28, 2021, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. A Memorial Service will be conducted on Tuesday, January 4, 2022, at 2:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Brownsville Funeral Home. A visitation for the Rankin family will be held on Tuesday, January 4, 2022, at the Brownsville Funeral Home from 12:00…
JACKSON, Tenn. — One local sorority is in the spirit of giving. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated hosted an evening of giving Wednesday night. The event was held at Macedonia Baptist Church’s Family Life Center. AKA donated proceeds from a calendar fundraiser to 12 local organizations. They included Keep My Hood Good, Area Relief Ministries, the Boys and Girls Club,…
JACKSON, Tenn. — One local organization is hooping while helping the community. “This is one of our biggest fundraisers for Area Relief Ministries. We have high school basketball played after Christmas,” said Fred McKinnie, Director of Operations for Area Relief Ministries. ARM hosted its 9th annual Hub Classic at the Oman Arena. Seven girls and eight boys local high school…
DRESDEN, Tenn. — After going through a storm just three weeks ago, residents of Dresden and surrounding areas are bracing for more. Residents shared that they are not sure what to do and how to prepare. “We really ain’t got too much way to prepare because there’s no way we can do anything because they’ve got the roads blocked off…
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Officials say one person has died and another has been injured in a helicopter crash in rural eastern Tennessee. WBIR-TV reports the crash happened about 3 p.m. Wednesday. The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office was alerted to the crash by a bystander who saw and heard the craft going down. Federal Aviation Administration officials tell the station…
NEW YORK (AP) — The British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has been convicted of helping lure teenage girls to be sexually abused by the late Jeffrey Epstein. The verdict announced Wednesday capped a monthlong trial featuring accounts of the sexual exploitation of girls as young as 14. Jurors deliberated for five full days before finding Maxwell guilty of every count except…
