Archives: 2021

Hardin County Sheriff’s Office searching for missing woman

HARDIN COUNTY, Tenn. — The Hardin County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a missing woman. Meagan Gammill, 30, was last seen April 10 in Hardin County. Gammill is about 5-feet, 5-inches tall and about 140 pounds with multiple tattoos. She has brown hair and blue eyes. Anyone with information is asked to call the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office at (731)…

Tennessee River Jam music festival returns to Henry County in June

Diamond Rio, Darryl Worley, The Oak Ridge Boys and more to perform

PARIS, Tenn. — The Paris-Henry County Chamber of Commerce has announced the Tennessee River Jam will be back this summer. “Music is part of our culture in Henry County,” said Mayor John Ridgeway. The four day music festival will feature 27 artists across eight different venues in the Henry County area. Performers include: Diamond Rio Darryl Worley The Oak Ridge…

Additional death, 9 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Madison Co.

JACKSON, Tenn. — The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department has confirmed another Madison County resident has died due to COVID-19 complications. The health department says an 86-year-old woman died April 12 due to COVID-19 complications. A total of 232 Madison County residents have died due to COVID-19 complications. The health department also confirmed another nine new cases of COVID-19 in…

Linnie Frances Hurt Waters

Linnie Frances Hurt Waters, 78, of Springville, passed away Saturday, April 10th, 2021, from cancer. She was born in Springville, TN, on April 5, 1943, to George and Ruby (King) Hurt. She met John Waters while working at the Atlanta Postal Data Center, and they were married on February 21st, 1969, in Atlanta, GA. After a brief stop in Chicago,…

Joy Christine Childers Edmisson

  Joy Christine Childers Edmisson 87 Evansville, IN Tuesday, April 6, 2021 N/A – Covid-19 Precautions Hillcrest Memorial Park N/A – Covid-19 Precautions September 4, 1933 in Atoka, OK Elige Samuel Childers and Lillian Pearl Childers, both preceded Jete S. Edmisson, Sr.; married: Nov. 19, 1955; preceded: Mar. 10, 2004 Jete S. (Phyllis) Edmisson, Jr., Greenville, KY Darryl E. (Kay)…

UPDATE: Suspect, victim identified after woman dies following Martin shooting

MARTIN, Tenn. — The suspect and victim involved in a shooting in Martin have been identified. Ashley Brown, 29 WBBJ previously reported that the Martin Police Department responded to a possible shooting Wednesday afternoon on North Lindell Street. Upon arrival, officers discovered that three females had been in a physical altercation that escalated to shots being fired. One female, who…

Sunny But Cool

Weather Update: Thursday, April 15 — Good Morning West Tennessee. A few lingering showers were present this morning on Storm Tracker 7 Max Radar in SW Tennessee. The main longwave trough was held up again overnight which provided warmer overnight temps for the area. I don not think we will be as lucky tonight though. As for today, clouds will…

TBI: Man arrested, charged in murder-for-hire investigation

HENRY COUNTY, Tenn. — A Henry County man is arrested and charged in connection with an investigation into a murder-for-hire plot,  according to a release from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. An investigation by special agents with the TBI, the Henry County Sheriff’s Office and others led to the arrest of William Robert Carlisle of Springville. Agents developed information that…