Jackson State Community College (JSCC) and Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) at Jackson are working together to stem skilled labor shortages. Courtesy: Jackson State Community College The two signed an articulation agreement on May 14 that will allow TCAT students in the Industrial Maintenance Integrated Automation program to more seamlessly transfer their credits to JSCC’s Engineering Systems Technology program….
Good Morning West Tennessee. We have a bit of a wet start to the morning, especially in Northwest Tennessee where the showers have been a little more focused. I do expect some of those showers to linger through midday and into this afternoon. Though with southerly flow continuing to bring deeper gulf moisture north. It will remain quite humid. Dew…
JACKSON, Tenn. — The City of Jackson has added another blessing box. This is the 27th Give Back Jack Blessing Box, and it is located in a high traffic area, right off the Highway 45 Bypass. The box is designed to help people in a time of need, and it is located outside the World Overcomers Church. Give Back Jack…
JACKSON, Tenn. — One local troop is giving back to the environment. Members of Troop 203-G teamed up with the Jackson Country Club to participate in the Monarch challenge. The Monarch butterfly’s population has diminished by 90% in the past two decades, and they only reproduce on Milkweed plants. So Troop 203-G learned how to put up a pollinator sanctuary…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has agreed to consider a major rollback of abortion rights, saying it will take up Mississippi’s bid to enforce a 15-week ban on the procedure. The court’s order Monday sets up a showdown over abortion, probably in the fall, with a more conservative court ready to consider dramatically altering nearly 50 years of rulings…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s Republican governor has signed legislation putting public schools and districts at risk of losing civil lawsuits if they let transgender students or employees use multi-person bathrooms that do not reflect their gender at birth. Gov. Bill Lee signed the bill Friday, cementing another policy into law in Tennessee that LGBTQ advocates say discriminates against their…
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An inspector who failed to discover a crack in the Interstate 40 bridge linking Arkansas and Tennessee that prompted the span’s closure has been fired. The Arkansas Department of Transportation on Monday said the inspector was fired after drone video showed the crack on the bridge in May 2019. The department says the crack was…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Students at a local school found a creative way to fight COVID-19. Community Montessori School students created 1,000 paper cranes that are now on display at Jackson City Hall. The idea came from the book “Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes.” It’s about a little girl battling leukemia, and while in the hospital, her father tells her…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Masks are no longer required for those fully vaccinated, according to the Center for Disease Control. Officials with the Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department shared their thoughts. “Individuals who are fully vaccinated are no longer required to wear masks or physically social distance whenever they’re out and about and around people, so that means if you’re meeting…
MCKENZIE, Tenn. — A coroner has been accused of showing up to a death scene impaired. An incident report from the McKenzie Police Department details the bizarre case involving a local county coroner. According to the documents, emergency personnel responded to a scene at Chestnut Street in McKenzie, of a man suffering from a gunshot wound. EMS at the scene…
