NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Highway Patrol announced its plans for the Fourth of July holiday. In a news release, THP said troopers will be sent to areas that they say show a history of alcohol-related incidents. THP says it troopers are also monitoring for seat belts, and setting up checkpoints for sobriety checks. Officials with THP say that 13…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Both former current Jackson police officers were presented special medals on Friday. The department says Sgt. Adam Pinion, Officer Clint Paton, Officer Kellen Holmes, Officer Kennis Shell, as well as former JPD officers Blake Lambert and Will Lewis were presented with Lifesaving Medals. The department says, “due to their immediate actions and bravery, lives were saved.”
DYERSBURG, Tenn. — A Missouri man is in custody after a brief standoff with Dyersburg police. Police say Dyersburg Police Department officers responded to a weapons complaint at a home on Curry Street, where officers found a woman running from the home and yelling that a man inside was going to shoot her. A second person in the home was…
JACKSON, Tenn. — In honor of Independence Day, VFW Post 6496 in Jackson celebrated with a flag retirement ceremony. “It feels sensational. I wish every person in America would see this and realize, this is how we do things. This is America. That flags stands for so many things, but most of all the men who gave their lives for…
Graveside service for Gregory Gill, age 36, will be Saturday, July 10, 2021 at 11:00 AM at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Mr. Gill died Sunday, June 27, 2021 at Trousdale Medical Center in Hartsville, TN. Visitation for Mr. Gill will be Friday, July 9, 2021 from 10:00 AM until 6:00 PM at Mercer Brothers Funeral Home. For additional information, contact Mercer…
UPDATE: JACKSON, Tenn. — Jackson police released a statement following Thursday’s standoff on Durley Drive. JPD says that Julio Mateo Dominguez had a warrant for theft of property over $10,000. JPD says he will also be charged with resisting arrest, being a felon in possession of a handgun, and possession of methamphetamine. This investigation is ongoing. EARLIER STORY: JACKSON, Tenn….
Rose Carolina Novarese Buoni, age 86, resident of Memphis, TN and wife of the late Les Buoni, Jr., departed this life peacefully on the evening of Tuesday, July 22, 2021. Her final days were spent surrounded by much of her family. Rose was born July 15,1934 to Camilla Massavelli Novarese and Charles Novarese at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Memphis, TN….
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The National Civil Rights Museum in Tennessee has named longtime educator and philanthropist Russell Wigginton as its next president. The Memphis-based museum said Thursday that Wigginton will assume the role of president on Aug. 1 after a five-month national search. Wigginton replaces Terri Lee Freeman, who announced her retirement in December. Wigginton graduated from Memphis-based Rhodes…
JACKSON, Tenn. — A Jackson native has received a scholarship from the United States Navy. Courtesy: U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Cody Anderson Carson Marshall graduated from North Side High School in 2019, and received the Navy’s $180,000 Reserve Officer Training Corps Scholarship this week, according to a news release. The release says the scholarship will pay for Marshall’s…
WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added 850,000 jobs in June, well above the average of the previous three months and a sign that companies may be having an easier time finding enough workers to fill open jobs. Friday’s report from the Labor Department was the latest sign that the reopening of the economy is propelling a powerful rebound from the…
