Services for Mr. Preston C. Lancaster, age 72 of Jackson, Tennessee will be held on Saturday, April 10, 2021, 12:30 P.M., at the Stephenson-Shaw Chapel. The interment will be in the Parkway Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Friday, from 5:00 P.M-6:00 P.M. For more information contact Stephenson-Shaw Funeral Home at (731) 427-7411 or log on to our…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has joined fellow Republicans nationwide to advocate against COVID-19 vaccine passports, which are being developed to let inoculated people travel, shop and dine more freely. The GOP governor tweeted Tuesday that he supports legislation to prohibit government-mandated vaccine passports to protect Tennesseans’ health information and ensure the vaccine remains a voluntary, personal…
Geneva A. Holder Davis age 95, passed away on Saturday, April 3, 2021 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital of Covington. All services are under the direction of the Brownsville Funeral Home. Mrs. Geneva was born on June 16, 1925 in Chester County, TN to the late Tomcie Cornelious “T.C.” Holder and Sarah Ellen Seeley Holder. She was a homemaker and…
Weather Update: Wednesday, April 7 — Good Morning West Tennessee. We have a mild start to the morning with temperatures in the middle to lower 60s to start. There is a good deal of clouds moving through this morning, though there will be a mix of sunshine in there at times as well. regardless, the dynamics at play today will…
NEW YORK (AP) — One of the few copies of the comic book that introduced Superman to the world has sold for a super-sized, record-setting price. The issue of Action Comics #1 went for $3.25 million in a private sale according to ComicConnect.com, an online auction and consignment company. It narrowly bested the previous record for the comic, set in…
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — Authorities say a Navy medic shot and wounded two U.S. sailors at a military facility before fleeing to a nearby Army base where security forces shot and killed him. Fort Detrick officials identified Tuesday’s shooter as 38-year-old Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet, a petty officer third class who lived off base. Frederick Police Chief Jason Lando says Woldesenbet…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Professional runner Randy Broadway is running 100 miles from downtown Jackson to raise funding for the Chester County Carl Perkins Center. “This is definitely a challenge, but it’s a challenge I’m up for, and I’ve been training really hard for the last several months to prepare for this,” Broadway said. On Thursday April 10, Broadway is lacing…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has joined fellow Republicans nationwide to advocate against COVID-19 vaccine passports, which are being developed to let inoculated people travel, shop and dine more freely. The GOP governor tweeted Tuesday that he supports legislation to prohibit government-mandated vaccine passports to protect Tennesseans’ health information and ensure the vaccine remains a voluntary, personal…
JACKSON, Tenn. — The state of Tennessee is offering free certification courses. The pandemic has made the job market that much more competitive, and as things open back up, more people in the state are looking for work. If you’re part of that group, the Coursera Workforce Recovery Initiative might be for you. “Coursera approached the department back in the…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Police in Jackson are on the lookout for suspects who stole almost $13,000 worth of material from a construction site. Surveillance video shows the new Madison County Jail construction site off Liberty Street in Jackson on April 3. A police report says this video depicts two people entering the site with a newer model white Dodge Ram…
