Archives: 2021

Nice Tonight, Rain Chances Return in the Middle of the Week & the Latest on Elsa

Monday Night Forecast Update

Monday Night Forecast for July 5th: After a fantastic weekend and mild start to the work week, changes are coming for the middle of week and likely sticking around into next weekend. Those changes start with a wind direction change from the east to the southwest. This will increase the humidity some, but also increase our shower and storm chances….

Attendance up at annual Firefighter Freedom Festival

JACKSON, Tenn. — The Madison County Fire Department brought back their annual Firefighters Freedom Festival this year. Those who attended got to enjoy live music, food, and a firework show. This was the seventh Freedom Festival, though last year’s was cancelled due to COVID, but Madison County Fire Chief Eric Turner says, this year, people wanted to get out more…

3-year-old hospitalized after near-drowning in Haywood County

HAYWOOD COUNTY, Tenn. — A toddler is hospitalized after nearly drowning Sunday during a holiday gathering in Haywood County. The Haywood County Sheriff’s Office says the 3-year-old fell into a pool at a home on Whitehead Road, off Highway 70 East, Sunday afternoon. The sheriff’s office says the child was unconscious and not breathing when deputies and emergency medical services…

Under presssure, company cancels Tennessee pipeline

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Environmentalists are claiming victory after a company canceled plans to build an oil pipeline through southwest Tennessee and north Mississippi and over an aquifer that provides drinking water to 1 million people. Byhalia Connection said Friday it will no longer pursue plans to build an underground oil pipeline that would have linked two major U.S. oil…

Teen charged after fireworks launched at police helicopter

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee teenager has been charged with endangering police officers after a firework was launched at a Nashville Police helicopter. Nashville police say a detective saw a man look up at the helicopter, go to his car to get a mortar tube and then fire a firework at the craft. The helicopter was working a street…

Warm And Humid With Scattered Storms Soon

Weather Update – 11:00 AM – Monday, July 5th TROPICAL STORM ELSA:  While hurricane season started on June 1st, the first hurricane of the season formed Friday morning- Hurricane Elsa. It is currently sitting off in that Atlantic and has currently downgraded to a tropical storm. However, it could pick back up into hurricane status once it reaches the gulf….

Madison County Fire Dept. hosts 2021 ‘Firefighters Freedom Festival’

JACKSON, Tenn.– It’s a festival filled with plenty of activities for the community, with many people enjoying their Fourth of July at McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport for the Firefighters Freedom Festival. “We started this at the beginning to try to deter people from using fireworks because we were having so many fires and so many injuries due to fireworks so we…