The gallery above shows the latest statewide COVID-19 data from the Tennessee Department of Health as of Thursday, March 4. The health department also released an updated case count by county. *Click to enlarge For more information on COVID-19, go to the CDC website, the Tennessee Department of Health website or call (877) 857-2945. For more information on COVID-19 vaccinations in Tennessee, click here….
Thursday Night Forecast for March 4th: After one of the nicest days of 2021 so far, clouds will move back in late tonight. It will be cooler on Friday and a few sprinkles could show up. Skies will clear out for the weekend but northerly winds will keep up us in the 50s on Saturday but 60s could return for…
JACKSON, Tenn. — The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department is making residents aware of a phone scam. The health department says they have received several complaints from out-of-state residents claiming to have received calls from the Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department requesting personal information, according to a news release. The release says the calls appear to have come from the…
MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. — The Madison County Farm Bureau presented a big check to a local fire department. More and more grain bins are going up, but so is the chance of entrapment. The Madison County Farm Bureau, along with Valley View Agri-Systems, donated $6,841 for the Madison County Fire Department to receive grain bin rescue training and equipment. Fire…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Law enforcement is on high alert around the U.S. Capitol after intelligence uncovered a “possible plot” by a militia group to storm it again. There were no signs of disturbance by midday Thursday at the heavily secured building, with Capitol Police and National Guardsmen on duty — and a large fence around the perimeter that was put…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Two men are facing multiple charges after U.S. Marshals and Jackson-Madison County Metro Narcotics investigators searched a Sequoia Drive home earlier this week. Steffon Steele and David Harrison are each facing various gun and drug charges stemming from the search. Court documents say U.S. Marshals were attempting to serve warrants on Harrison for evading arrest, possession of…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress are jamming their agenda forward with a sense of urgency. They’re taking an unapologetic partisan approach to advance the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue, voting rights and other priorities. Their calculation is that it’s better to try to push ahead than risk wasting time courting Republican support that may never come….
JACKSON, Tenn. — Jackson native and Harlem Globetrotter A.J. Merriweather has been named the third Hub City Hero, according to a news release from the City of Jackson. Merriweather started his basketball career at South Side High School before going on to play at East Tennessee State University, where he received a degree in engineering, according to the release. Merriweather…
JACKSON, Tenn. — The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department has confirmed a total of eight new cases of COVID-19 in Madison County. There are now 10,925 total confirmed positive cases of COVID-19. Those new patients range in age from 23-years-old to 74-years-old. There are currently five Madison County residents hospitalized, with two of those patients on a ventilator. The health…
Kathleen Gurley Eason, age 91, resident of Fayette County, Tennessee, finished her journey through this life on Tuesday morning, March 2, 2021. Kathleen, the eldest of three siblings, was born in Potts Camp, Mississippi on June 15, 1929 to Joe Aden and Donnie Newsom Gurley. She is preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Preston Eason and brother,…
