Country duo The Hutcheson Brothers have a long family history in music, including a mother who was a charting country-gospel artist and an uncle that played for Jerry Lee Lewis. Now, the brothers’ latest single “Drive” is beginning to rise up the charts. To catch up on all episodes of The Sound of Jackson so far, click here. Categories: News
LITTLEST FIREFIGHTER: An Arizona boy with cancer got the coolest ride to the hospital Monday (3/1) for chemo treatment.
DETROIT (AP) — Sunday marks the 56th anniversary of the Selma bridge crossing and “Bloody Sunday,” when more than 500 demonstrators gathered to demand the right to vote and cross Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge. They were met by dozens of state troopers on that March 7, 1965, day, and many marchers were severely beaten. But this year’s commemoration will be…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials say more than 200,000 people have signed up for insurance coverage in the first two weeks after President Joe Biden re-opened HealthCare.gov as part of his coronavirus response. The solid start to the three-month special enrollment period indicates a pent-up demand for health insurance as the COVID-19 pandemic approaches the one-year mark and many people…
JACKSON, Tenn. — The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department has confirmed three more Madison County residents have died due to COVID-19 complications. The health department says those residents are: a 78-year-old woman, who died Nov. 8, 2020 a 93-year-old woman, who died Jan. 23 a 77-year-old woman, who died March 2 A total of 188 Madison County residents have died…
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — Despite closing for more than a month because of COVID-19, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park experienced its second busiest year on record last year. According to a news release, the park on the Tennessee-North Carolina border had a total of 12,095,720 visits in 2020. But the surge in use has brought problems with traffic, overflowing…
Myra Margaret Miller Gardner, age 79, resident of Arlington, Tennessee and wife of Dale Gardner, departed this life Sunday morning, February 28, 2021 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Collierville. Myra was born January 21, 1942 in Memphis, Tennessee, the daughter of the late James Rawdon Miller and Sarah Calhoun Hunt Miller. She was a member of Bellevue Baptist Church in…
JACKSON, Tenn. — The Jackson Police Department is seeking the identity of two shoplifting suspects. One theft occurred at Walmart in north Jackson, where Walmart reported a woman gathered an undetermined amount of merchandise and passed all points of legal sale, failing to pay for her items. She’s described as a white female with blonde hair and an average build….
Weather Update: Wednesday, March 3 — Good Morning West Tennessee. After a very cold start to the morning with temps in the upper 20s. We actually expect a very nice day overall. High pressure will dominate at the surface today just to the south of the Mid-South. There will be a southerly breeze and increasing heights today. That combination will…
JACKSON, Tenn. — University of West Georgia men’s basketball defeated Union University 77-61 in Gulf South Conference quarterfinals. Categories: College, Sports
