JACKSON, Tenn. — The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department has confirmed six new cases of COVID-19 in Madison County, bringing the total number of confirmed positive cases to 11,309. Those new patients range in age from 3-years-old to 67-years-old. There are currently four Madison County residents hospitalized. None of those patients are on a ventilator. The health department also released…
NEW YORK (AP) — When most of the U.S. went into lockdown over a year ago, some speculated that confining couples to their homes would lead to a lot of baby-making. But the statistics suggest the opposite happened. Births have fallen dramatically in many states during the coronavirus outbreak, according to an Associated Press analysis of preliminary data from half…
Services for Ms. Diane Maxwell, age 57 of Jackson, Tennessee will be held on Saturday, May 1, 2021, 11:00 A.M., at the Stephenson-Shaw Chapel. The interment will be in the Parkway Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Friday, from 4:00 P.M.-5:00 P.M. For more information contact Stephenson-Shaw Funeral Home at (731) 427-7411 or log on to our website…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has declared that COVID-19 is no longer a statewide public health crisis, saying he’s removing the option for most local governments to mandate masks in public and urging a few big counties with mask requirements to remove them by Memorial Day. The Republican’s message at a news conference Tuesday comes as the…
Weather Update: Wednesday, April 28 — Good Morning West Tennessee. We are starting the morning off rather mild with temps in the upper 60s. Skies will remain mainly cloudy and pretty humid as well. Because the atmosphere is already somewhat saturated. I am thinking some of the showers in Arkansas will hold together as the push east this morning. Not…
JACKSON, Tenn. — A local non-profit hosted its second annual meeting on Tuesday. At the meeting, Leaders Education Foundation presented scholarship awards totaling $15,000 to 12 high school seniors across West Tennessee. They are are also recognizing 2020 Educator Grant winners, who received one of ten $1,000 grants for classroom projects and initiatives. “We’re looking to grow and more to…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Terica Paterson is recovering after she says she was struck by a vehicle in downtown Jackson. After suffering multiple injuries, she says she wants the person who did this to come forward. Around 7 a.m. Monday, police responded to an hit and run on Division Avenue and North Highland. Patterson was in her car at a nearby…
BOLIVAR, Tenn. — Community members gathered to make their voices heard. Some residents gathered outside of the Hardeman County Courthouse in Bolivar to protest plans to build a Royal Oaks charcoal plant in the county. There was a public hearing at the courthouse concerning the re-zoning of a parcel of land off of Highway 138 on the Madison-Hardeman County line,…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Local school officials discussed policies. The Jackson-Madison County School System met for their April policy meeting Tuesday. Some policy updates were a pre-employment drug screening requirement added. The board also increased the amount of time a complaint manager has to investigate a complaint from 10 days to 24 working days. Also, there was a policy discussion for…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Thousands of Tennesseans saw their lives upturned by the COVID-19 pandemic, with job furloughs and businesses closing, putting them out of work. Now, a new program called COVID-19 Rent Relief is open. “We’re offering assistance to people who lost jobs or big income because of COVID, and as a result have fallen behind on their rent payments…
