NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon said Tuesday that Jeff Bezos is stepping down as CEO later this year, a role he’s had since he founded the company nearly 30 years ago. Bezos built the company from an online bookstore into a behemoth that sells just about everything. Amazon said he’ll be replaced in the fall by Andy Jassy, who runs…
Tuesday Night Forecast for February 2nd: It will be chilly again tonight with temperatures staying between 25°-30° all night long. It will remain sunny and a bit warmer on Wednesday. It will be even warmer on Thursday, but it will be cloudy and showers and weak storms are expected in the evening as a cold front approaches. Severe weather is…
HARDIN COUNTY, Tenn. — A teenage girl was killed in a single-vehicle crash Tuesday morning in Hardin County, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol. THP says 18-year-old Katelyn Myers, of Sardis, was killed when the vehicle she was a passenger in went off State Route 421, hit a ditch, and rolled multiple times around 3 a.m. Tuesday. A crash report…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration is moving to expand access to COVID-19 vaccines, freeing up more doses for states and beginning to distribute them to retail pharmacies next week. The push comes as there is new urgency to speed vaccinations to prevent the spread of potentially more serious strains of the virus that has killed more than 445,000…
(CBS Newspath) — Flags outside the FBI Miami Field Office in Miramar, Florida are flying at half-staff. Two agents were shot and killed and three others injured while serving a warrant in Sunrise, Florida on Tuesday, according to the FBI. The FBI says the subject was also killed, and that the shooting is under investigation.
The gallery above shows the latest statewide COVID-19 data from the Tennessee Department of Health as of Tuesday, February 2. 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…
Karen Lynn Willey, age 57, resident of Oakland, Tennessee, departed this life Monday morning, February 1, 2021 at St. Francis Hospital in Bartlett. Karen was born October 7, 1963 in Memphis, Tennessee, the daughter of Marjorie Helen McDowell Willey Smith and the late David L. Willey. She was employed as a clerk for the City of Rossville, Tennessee. Miss Willey…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Jackson Police Chief Julian Wiser says he plans to cut half a dozen positions to pay for a lease of 31 new police cars in a proposal sent to the Jackson City Council earlier in the week. Wiser says those positions have been vacant, and they don’t plan on replacing them. Wiser says cutting those positions, saving…
Carl Lee Trimm, age 89, resident of Somerville, Tennessee and husband of Joy Trimm, departed this life Tuesday morning, February 2, 2021 at his residence. Carl was born April 7, 1931 in the Macon Community of Fayette County, the son of the late Elbert Warren Trimm and Artilla Maxey Trimm. He graduated from Fayette County High School and was married…
JACKSON, Tenn. — The Jackson Madison County Library is encouraging you to read in exchange for the chance to win some prizes. “After the holidays, it’s a little bit of a dead space. We want to give people something to look forward to,” said teen services librarian Jess Rieger. The library is now giving people a chance to enter for…
