NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Four environmental organizations are asking the Tennessee Valley Authority’s internal watchdog to investigate whether the nation’s largest public utility misused ratepayer money to lobby against federal environmental regulations. The request comes after the activist group Energy and Policy Institute released more than 500 pages of records it obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. They…
TOONE, Tenn. — Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating an explosion that happened at Kilgore Flares that left at least one person injured. At approximately 7:48 p.m. Tuesday, TOSHA received a report from Kilgore Flares of an inpatient hospitalization. TOSHA has now opened an investigation for the incident. This is not the first time the plant has reported…
Michael Shane Miller, age 41, resident of Rossville, Tennessee, departed this life Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at Regional One Health in Memphis, Tennessee. Shane was born October 15, 1979 in McGehee, Arkansas, the son of Freddie and Patsy Roebuck Miller. He graduated from Houston High School in Germantown, Tennessee and was a manager for Kroger on Poplar Avenue in Memphis….
Services for SFC Jimmie M. McCurry, age 74 of Jackson, Tennessee will be held on Saturday, May 29, 2021, 1:00 P.M., at the Stephenson-Shaw Chapel. The interment will be in Highland Memorial Gardens. For more information contact Stephenson-Shaw Funeral Home at (731) 427-7411 or log on to our website at www.stephenson-shaw.com Categories: Obituaries
JACKSON, Tenn. — LIFELINE Blood Services is under a blood shortage once again, and they need your help. “This is one of the worst blood shortages that I can remember, and I know that it’s a national problem,” said Chief Compliance and Communications Officer for West Tennessee Healthcare, Amy Garner. As things are slowly returning to normal, healthcare officials are…
Wednesday Night Forecast for May 26th: Calm winds and high humidity tonight will lead to some widespread fog developing across West Tennessee tonight. Fog is already beginning to develop in areas east of Jackson by 10 PM Wednesday. The fog is expected to thicken overnight and will stick around for many locations Thursday morning during you early day commutes. If…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Congressman David Kustoff visited the U.S.-Mexico border over the weekend. “The fact of the matter is: there are no easy push-button answers, there are no easy solutions,” Kustoff said. While there, he met with U.S. Border Patrol, Department of Human Services, and the El Paso Police Department. “From the Congressional standpoint, we need to make sure these…
JACKSON, Tenn. — West Tennessee Healthcare will host a vaccination clinic Wednesday, May 26 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. The clinic will be held in the J. Walter Barnes Conference Center at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital from 4 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Vaccines will be available for residents age 12 and older. A second vaccination clinic is scheduled for Wednesday,…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Jackson police are investing after multiple items were taken from the city’s groundskeeping facility. Police say the theft occurred at the facility on 75 Wisteria Street. Jackson police say eight lawn mowers, as well as multiple weed eaters and leaf blowers, were taken. JPD says the theft occurred between 11 p.m. Sunday and 1 a.m. Monday. JPD…
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