VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Police in Virginia Beach say two people died and eight people were injured in overnight shootings along the city’s oceanfront. The wounded were shot late Friday and their conditions ranged from serious to life-threatening. In addition, one woman died at the scene of a gunshot wound and an officer who was struck by a vehicle…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Board of Regents has named Willie Huffman president of the Colleges of Applied Technology in Paris and McKenzie. The board that oversees Tennessee’s community colleges and applied technology colleges appointed Huffman at its meeting Thursday. Huffman has been vice president of the applied technology college in Paris since 2007, and a staff member at…
JACKSON, Tenn. — According to the City of Jackson’s Facebook page residents should be aware that due to impending weather Saturday, some road closures have been moved to Sunday. The closures between the areas of Exit 82, as well as North Highland between Ridgecrest Rd. and Vann Drive have been moved to a later time. The area will be closed…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Bill Brock, a former Tennessee senator and Republican chairman who rebuilt the party after the Watergate scandal, has died at age 90. Family friend Tom Griscom says Brock died on Thursday morning. Brock was an official with his family’s Brock Candy Co. before he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1962. In 1970, he…
SUEZ, Egypt (AP) — Authorities are preparing to make new attempts to free a giant container vessel stuck in Egypt’s Suez Canal for a fifth day and reopen a crucial east-west waterway for global shipping. Plans are in the works to pump water from interior spaces of the vessel, and two more tug boats should arrive by Sunday to join…
Delcie Johnson Duncan, age 75, resident of Cordova, Tennessee, departed this life Friday evening, March 26, 2021 at Baptist Reynolds Hospice House in Collierville, Tennessee. Delcie was born July 2, 1945 in Prairie County, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Loyd Johnson and Ruth McFarlin Johnson. She was employed as an accountant at Memphis Ready Mix for fifty years before…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Nashville judge has ruled that Tennessee Education Lottery officials must reinstate the license of a sports betting company that was accused of lacking the proper safeguards to stop debit card fraud. During an emergency hearing on Wednesday, attorneys for Tennessee Action 24/7 argued that the amount of fraud was exaggerated and the company acted quickly…
JACKSON, Tenn. — The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department has confirmed 3 new cases of COVID-19 in Madison County. A total of 11,066 Madison County residents have tested positive for COVID-19. Those new patients range in age from 19-years-old to 39-years-old. There are currently five Madison County residents hospitalized, with one of those patients on a ventilator. The health department…
This week’s Pets of Week brought to you by the Saving the Animals Together is a special litter. Meet this week’s special pups, the Roaring 20’s Pups! Meet Vivian, Vincent, Leo, Caroline, Sebastian, Oliver, and Colin! The litter was born January 6 this year and were named after the top baby names of the 1920’s. They are ready to…
A tornado touched down in Wayne County just northeast of Waynesboro Thursday night at 7:30 pm. It was on the ground for over 22 miles, was 350 yards wide and lasted for about 30 minutes. It injured one person and destroyed countless trees and many homes. This was the same storm that was tornado warned as it made its way…
