JACKSON, Tenn. — Members of a local group held a virtual economic empowerment meeting today. The Jackson Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority hosted Andrea Bond Johnson of Golden Circle Insurance to talk about life insurance. Johnson says insurance policies that include long-term investments can produce generational wealth to pass on to children and even grand children. The second…
JACKSON, Tenn. — A local man is running to raise money for a cause that helps local children and families. One resident decided to run 100 miles to raise money for the Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse in Chester County. The route Randy Broadway is running started in Jackson at the Rockabilly Hall of Fame Saturday…
MALANG, Indonesia (AP) — A strong earthquake has killed at least eight people on Indonesia’s main island of Java. No tsunami warnings were posted for the quake, which was also felt on the tourist hotspot of Bali. The magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Saturday off Java’s southern coast. Officials in East Java said falling rocks killed a woman on a…
(CNN Newsource) Pittsburgh, PA — Peyton Manning, a local dog, survived a bear attack, and the legendary quarterback that shares his name called to check on him.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The family of celebrity zookeeper and TV show host Jack Hanna said he’s been diagnosed with dementia and will retire from public life. In a news release Wednesday (04/7), his family said it’s believed he now has Alzheimer’s disease that has progressed quickly in the last few months. The 74-year-old Hanna was director of the Columbus…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Three months after he voted to certify President Joe Biden’s win, Republican U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty hasn’t lost standing with former President Donald Trump. The Tennessee businessman told The Associated Press he met with the former president at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida this week. They talked about the decision Trump is facing on whether to…
(CBS Newpath) — NASA is preparing for a historic flight this weekend. The agency will attempt to fly an aircraft on another planet.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police say a woman was fatally injured when she was struck by a train in Tennessee. Police said the woman was walking with a man along tracks shortly after 2 p.m. Friday when they heard a train coming. News outlets report the man got off the tracks but the woman did not move in time and…
JACKSON, Tenn. — The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department confirmed 8 new cases of COVID-19 in Madison Co. Saturday, April 10. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in Madison County to 11,160. Those new patients range in age from 3-years-old to 70-years-old. There are currently five Madison County residents hospitalized, with one of those patients on a ventilator….
This week’s Pet of the Week, brought to you by Saving the Animals Together is Miss Oakley! Oakley is a lively love-bug who would do well in a home with another dog and a fairly active family. She loves to tell you about her day, all while cuddling on the couch after a long day of playing. She is super…
