Services for Jerry Douglas Vinson, 88, will be held Saturday, May 22, 2021 at 2:00 pm at Brummitt-McKenzie Funeral Home with Brother Dennis Trull officiating. Interment will follow at Everetts Chapel Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Friday, May 21, 2021 from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm and Saturday, May22, 2021 from 11:00 am until service time. Mr. Vinson,…
Services for Mr. Bennie A. Jennings, age 66 of Jackson, Tennessee will be held on Saturday, May 22, 2021, 3:00 P.M., at the Mt. Olive Baptist Church. The interment will be in the Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Friday, from 5:00 P.M.-7:00 P.M., at the Stephenson-Shaw Chapel. For more information contact Stephenson-Shaw Funeral Home at (731) 427-7411…
Wednesday Night Forecast for May 19th: Rain showers are NOT expected to return to West Tennessee until the middle of next week at the earliest. Highs will warm into the mid 80s on Thursday and Friday and some of us could hit the 90° mark for the first time in 2021 this weekend. The heat is likely to continue into…
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Now here’s something you don’t see every day, a cat chasing a coyote away from a car! Port Moody Police in Canada shared this video May 14, saying: “The things our patrol officers see at 4 a.m. Cat 1, coyote 0.”
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s Gov. Bill Lee has approved legislation that bans gender-confirming treatment for young minors over objections that the series of bills unfairly discriminate an already vulnerable population. The move makes Tennessee just the second state in the United States to enact such a ban after Arkansas approved a similar version earlier this year over a veto…
The operator of the nation’s largest fuel pipeline has confirmed it paid $4.4 million to a gang of hackers who broke into its computer systems. That’s according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Colonial Pipeline’s CEO Joseph Blount told the Journal that he authorized the payment after the ransomware attack because the company didn’t know the extent of…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Two programs are helping African-American freshmen through their first classes at Jackson State. Kelan Jones (Photo courtesy: Jackson State Community College) The two programs, Quest and Journey, are helping students kickoff their college careers. The programs offer online class resources, study tips and more, according to Jackson State. First-generation college student Kelan Jones says Quest was there…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Department of Education has announced plans for the state’s nearly $4.2 billion in federal COVID-19 relief and stimulus funds, according to a news release. The department of education also plans to develop more grant opportunities and resources for school districts, teachers, students and families across the state. The funding is expected to be used for…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis are enrolling pediatric volunteers in a clinical trial for a COVID-19 antibody treatment, according to a news release. The release says volunteers should be children and adolescents up to 18-years-old. The trial will look at how these volunteers respond to Regeneron’s investigational antibody…
