MARTIN, Tenn. — A West TN fraternity chapter honors Vietnam War veterans at their annual Founder’s Day Celebration. According to a news release from UT Martin, Vietnam War veterans who are alumni from the university were honored Saturday during the Alpha Upsilon Chapter of the Alpha Gamma Rho’s annual Founder’s Day Celebration. The event had previously been delayed due to…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – Tennessee Sen. Bill Hagerty is calling on President Joe Biden to take an “urgent, all-hands” approach to the shutdown of a bridge that connects Tennessee and Arkansas. The Republican says in a letter to the president that the shutdown is “affecting the lives and livelihoods of real people right now.” Hagerty says the fix to the…
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Scientists have found that sharks use the Earth’s magnetic field as a sort of natural GPS to navigate journeys that take them great distances across the world’s oceans. Researchers say their marine laboratory experiments with a small species of shark confirm long-held speculation that sharks use magnetic fields as aids to navigation. That’s a behavior observed…
ATLANTA (AP) — The operator of the nation’s largest gasoline pipeline that was hit with a ransomware cyberattack says it has resumed normal operations and is now delivering millions of gallons of fuel per hour. The Georgia-based Colonial Pipeline had begun the process of restarting the pipeline’s operations on Wednesday evening. The company warned it could take several days for…
Alice M. Mays Funeral service for Alice M. Mays, age 83, will be Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 11:00 AM at Missionary Outreach Christian Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Mays died Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at Maplewood Health Care Center. Visitation for Mrs. Mays will be Tuesday, May 18, 2021 from 10:00 AM until 6:00 PM…
OOLTEWAH, Tenn. (AP) — A Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives has died of pancreatic cancer at age 67. Representatives of Mike Carter’s family announced his death Sunday on his Twitter account. Carter announced his cancer diagnosis in November. He had been hospitalized with COVID-19 in August, and doctors discovered the cancer during a trip to Vanderbilt University…
HENDERSON CO.,Tenn. — American Legion Post 77 presents the 14th annual Henderson County Folk Festival. All of the fun started at 8:30 in the morning on Saturday and was located at Court House Square in Lexington. Everyone who attended enjoyed an antique car show, blue grass and folk music, folk exhibits, arts and crafts, and lots of fun for the…
HENDERSON, Tenn. — Freed-Hardeman University held their Spring Commencement Saturday morning at 10 a.m. in Loyd Auditorium. John Deberry, a Senior Advisor to Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, spoke at the event. Prior to being appointed a Senior Advisor to Governor Lee last year, Deberry served in the Tennessee House of Representatives for House District 90. An alumnus of Freed-Hardeman University,…
The Jackson Madison-County Health Department has confirmed 5 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, May 16. That brings the total number of cases in Madison County to 11,435. The newest confirmed cases range in age from 19-years-old to 36-years-old. There are currently two Madison County residents hospitalized with COVID-19. None of those patients are on a ventilator. The health department…
Weather Update – 4:45 p.m. – Saturday, May 15 TODAY: We saw lots of sunshine today in West Tennessee as we reaching into the upper 70’s for high temperatures today. A stationary front is over West Tennessee, but will move north into the evening hours. This front will then turn into a warm front. This front will bring warmer than…
