JACKSON, Tenn. — The daughter of a Haywood County Sheriff’s Office deputy who was killed outside a bar in 2008 is coming home to speak with students about her experience with gun violence. On the outside, it may have looked like just “girl talk,” but Ashlee Akins’ message to high school students at Liberty Technology Magnet High School on Thursday…
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators are pledging again to try to ban menthol cigarettes. This time the Food and Drug Administration is under pressure from African American groups to remove the mint flavor, which is popular among Black smokers. The move announced Thursday comes in response to new legal pressure from African American health groups. Research has shown the…
The Family Hour for Mr. Vernon “Leon” Burton, age 44 of Jackson, Tennessee will be held on Friday, April 30, 2021, from 6:00-7:00 P.M., at the Stephenson-Shaw Chapel. For more information contact Stephenson-Shaw Funeral Home at (731) 427-7411 or log on to our website at www.stephenson-shaw.com Categories: Obituaries
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development have announced the four counties to participate in the Select Tennessee Property Evaluation Program. Those counties are Bedford, Greene, Hamilton and Hardin, according to a news release. These four counties are some of the 60 to have participated in the Property Evaluation Program since it began in 2015, the…
JACKSON, Tenn. — The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department has confirmed 23 new cases of COVID-19 in Madison County. The health department says 11 of those cases are backlogged results from a local testing provider. There are a total of 11,332 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Madison County. The health department says those new cases range in age from 15-years-old to…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee police department has fired an officer after video surfaced of him high-fiving a man who used a racial slur. According to The Tennessean, the November firing of Seth Schilling from the Franklin Police Department was confirmed by documents obtained through a public records request. The documents say Schilling in October responded to a bar…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Bars and restaurants in Tennessee could keep up the coronavirus-era offering of to-go beers and other alcoholic drinks for two years under a bill now awaiting action from Republican Gov. Bill Lee. The Republican supermajority Legislature finished work on the to-go drinks legislation with the Senate’s passage Wednesday. Through executive order, Lee has allowed alcohol-to-go drinks…
Weather Update: Thursday, April 29 — Good Morning West Tennessee. After a rather stormy morning. We still have some strataform rain showers behind the main line. These showers will gradually taper through late morning and earlier this afternoon. The main cold front is now on the move, but still situated between Evansville, IN and Poplar Bluff, MO. It will gradually…
JACKSON, Tenn.– Tennessee U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn is voicing her concerns about President Joe Biden’s new family plan and warning about online COVID scams. Senator Blackburn says President Biden’s new $1.8 trillion family plan includes plans for government-run child care, a child tax credit extension, and adds two years of free junior college. Blackburn said this will increase taxes and…
NORTH JACKSON, Tenn. — A local restaurant is giving back to their community once a month. Nineteen B in north Jackson hosted their first of many monthly wine dinners. The wine dinners are going to be connected with a charity. Nineteen B owner Crysta Hardiman says that each dinner will support a different charity each month. “We’re actually donating 25%…
