JACKSON, Tenn. — The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department gave another update on vaccine distributions. The health department started distributing COVID-19 vaccinations to residents in December. Public Information Officer Mallory Cooke says they now have plenty of available appointments. She says in the past couple of weeks vaccinations have slow. More than 75,000 doses of the vaccine have been provided…
JACKSON, Tenn. — The University of Memphis Lambuth Campus sits in downtown Jackson. Lambuth has a long history downtown, which many may not have known. This is 5 Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know about Lambuth. Lambuth University Lambuth was founded in 1843 as the Memphis Conference Female Institute. By 1923, it would become Lambuth College and accept its first male…
ADAMSVILLE, Tenn. — A local university extended their campus reach on Friday. The University of Tennessee opened its largest and oldest classroom at the Coon Creek Science Center in Adamsville. “We have renovated the entire site. We did a lot of landscaping work, and made it into what you see here,” said Jack Garrett, paleontology intern at the Coon Creek…
JACKSON, Tenn. — An officer was injured after responding to a reported domestic assault on Thursday. Thursday night, Jackson police responded to the Clean Machine Coin Laundry on Carriage House Drive after a call about a domestic assault. Police say the suspect David Lauderdale was strangling and attacking a woman. Police say he was already in his vehicle when the first…
Douglas Edward Criner, age 68, resident of Memphis, went home to be with the Lord on April 28, 2021 at Methodist University Select Specialty Hospital in Memphis. Mr. Criner was born July 26, 1952 in Little Rock, Arkansas, and was preceded in death by his parents, J.R. Criner and Alma Louise Criner; his brother, Rodney Criner; his daughter, Melissa Criner;…
JACKSON, Tenn. — A new report revealed encouraging trends on Tennessee college campuses. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation released their 2020 Crime on Campus Report, an annual publication dating back 20 years. The good news is 2020 was one of the safest ever on college campuses in the state, with a 33% drop in reported crime from 2019. That includes…
The gallery above shows the latest statewide COVID-19 data from the Tennessee Department of Health as of Friday, April 30. The health department also released an updated case count by county. *Click to enlarge For more information on COVID-19, go to the CDC website, the Tennessee Department of Health website or call (877) 857-2945. For more information on COVID-19 vaccinations in Tennessee, click here.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Four Tennessee state parks are helping celebrate Mother’s Day. Those parks include Natchez Trace and Pickwick Landing, as well as David Crockett and Montgomery Bell State Parks in Middle Tennessee. Natchez Trace State Park will be holding a lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Pin Oak Lodge in Wildersville, with reservations required. Pickwick Landing…
Friday Night Forecast for April 30th: After a foggy start to our Friday, it turned out to be a really nice day. Similar weather will stick around for Saturday, but some clouds will move in during the second half of the day. Rain showers and a evening storm threat will return on Sunday and it will be a soggy start…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will restrict travel from India starting on May 4, the White House says, citing a devastating rise in COVID-19 cases in the country and the emergency of potentially dangerous variants of the coronavirus. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Friday that President Joe Biden’s administration made the determination on the advice of the Centers…
