JACKSON, Tenn. — A local company surprised WRAP with a surprise donation. Representatives from the Kellogg’s Factory in Jackson showed up to the WRAP offices Friday. With them, they brought more than 5,000 diapers, 800 Pull-Ups training pants and thousands of baby wipes. WRAP recently announced they needed more donations for the women they serve, and the Kellogg’s Factory workers…
JACKSON, Tenn. — The Jackson Police Department is raising funding for an officer recovering from surgery. The department hosted a fundraiser for Officer Joseph Shepard on Friday. Shepard is recovering, following surgery to remove a mass on his brain. People made pre-orders for pork loins and barbecue plates, picking them up outside the Jackson Chamber. Jackson Police Department officials say…
HENDERSON, Tenn. — Cookies for Cancer and Chester County families came together to celebrate the Mother of Year. For the last six weeks, Cookies for Cancer collected essays people wrote to nominate a Chester County woman for Mother of the Year. Friday morning, families of the women honored and people who nominated were invited to Essary’s Florist Shop. Cookies for…
JACKSON, Tenn. — A local middle school is celebrating a teacher’s life and work after his death. Northeast Middle School students, staff, and family members came together Friday to honor the life of Johnathan Norment, a computer literacy teacher at the middle school who died last week. As the band played the national anthem, Northeast Middle staff stood around the…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Jackson State Community College is honoring one of their former presidents. Jackson State honored former President Dr. Allana Hamilton, who died at 55-years-old in February after suffering a stroke in October and being diagnosed with cancer. Hamilton was the vice chancellor for academic affairs with the Tennessee Board of Regents. Previously, she was the fifth president of…
MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. — It’s time for this week’s Educator of the Week, brought to you by the Tennessee Education Lottery. Celeste Osgood started her nursing career after graduating college. Soon after, she swapped to teaching. “It’s what I hope to do until I retire. It’s funny when I first started my career, people would tell me I should teach…
Patricia Johnson McCarter, age 74, resident of Eads, Tennessee and wife of John McCarter, departed this life Friday morning, May 7, 2021 at St. Francis Hospital in Bartlett, Tennessee. Patricia was born September 2, 1946 in Fayette County, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Douglas and Janie Butler Johnson. She was married October 2, 1964 to John McCarter and was…
HUMBOLDT, Tenn. — A West Tennessee tradition made a triumphant return on Friday. The West Tennessee Strawberry Festival in Humboldt returned after last year’s event was cancelled due to the coronavirus. Drums and horns seemed a little bit louder this year. And this year’s attendees aren’t taking it for granted. “The crowds are street to street, everybody is well behaved and…
FAIRVIEW, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has echoed arguments for a bill that would restrict what concepts on institutional racism can be taught in school, saying students should learn “the exceptionalism of our nation,” not things that “inherently divide” people. The Republican’s supportive comments to reporters Friday stopped short of an explicit promise to sign the bill, which…
JACKSON, Tenn. — The Miss Volunteer America Pageant has announced the national pageant is now scheduled for May 7, 2022. Organizers say the move is to allow states with pageants time to reopen and will allow more flexibility for state organizations to find locations for competitions. Any organization holding a pageant in summer 2021 will still be able to…
