OBION COUNTY, Tenn. — A Union City man is facing charges following a fire at an Obion County home last month. Joseph Lee Morris, 45, is charged with one count of aggravated arson, according to a news release from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. The TBI says agents and accelerant detection K-9 Millie joined the Union City Fire Department in…
Judith Kay Meyers Dwyer, age 76, resident of Somerville, Tennessee and wife of Bill Dwyer, departed this life early Friday morning, June 18, 2021 at St. Francis Hospital in Bartlett. Judith was born November 14, 1944 in Golconda, Illinois, the daughter of the late Dewey Meyers and Ruby Moss Meyers. She received her Master’s Degree from Southern Illinois University and…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Dozens of animals are removed from a home in east Jackson. Officials with the Jackson Animal Care Center and Animal Rescue Corps say they’ve been working on an animal hoarding case for the last several months. Officials say they received an order from a judge Monday morning to remove all animals from a house on Lockwood Drive…
BENTON COUNTY, Tenn. — A Benton County pastor is being charged with multiple counts of statutory rape and more. Josh Henley, a former pastor at Church of Christ in Holladay and a volunteer assistant basketball coach at Holladay School, is being charged with three counts of statutory rape by an authority figure and one count of aggravated sexual battery. Benton…
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is unlike any other race. It’s man, or woman, and their machine versus a mountain, not other drivers. “You might know racing from watching something on a track, this is so different,” said Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Historian Lisa Haight. “It’s like nothing you can experience.” In NASCAR, drivers…
COLORADO SPRING, Colo. — Colorado Springs is home to the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. It’s a car race like you’ve never seen – up the side of a mountain. This thrilling event features 12.5 miles of track, 156 turns, all kinds of weather, and wild animals. “You’ll see it all,” said Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Historian Lisa Haight….
MERCER, Tenn. — A person is dead following a plane crash Monday morning in a rural part of Madison County. Multiple agencies responded to a report of a missing plane in Madison County. Investigators say the plane was located in a field near the 200 block of Sturdivant Crossing Road. “We had a report earlier today of a plane in…
JACKSON, Tenn. — West Tennessee State Legislators presented Toyota Tennessee — who makes the engine block for every Toyota assembled in North America — with a House joint resolution Monday, honoring the company for its name change and Toyota’s strong contributions to the community over the last year. “The investment Toyota has made here in Tennessee, especially in Jackson, it…
MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. — The Madison County Commission met for the month of June, and approved the 2021-2022 budget. Madison County Chairman Doug Stephenson says this was the first reading of the budget to the commission. And they still have a few changes to make before being completely finished. “We have a couple of little minor changes, nothing major. Just…
Monday Night Forecast for June 21st: Monday’s cold front brought some of us in West Tennessee storms and rain today, but we will all see the cooler air coming in tonight. Northerly winds are bringing in a dry air mass with dew points in the low 50s which will allow overnight temperatures to drop into the mid to upper 50s….
