WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Wake Forest University has chosen Vanderbilt University provost and vice chancellor Susan Wente as its new president. Wake Forest’s board of trustees recently approved Wente’s appointment following the unanimous recommendation of a search committee. Wente will become Wake Forest’s president on July 1. She succeeds Nathan O. Hatch, who has served as the university’s president since…
(AP) — President Joe Biden says he wants most schools serving kindergarten through eighth grade to reopen by late April. But even if that happens, it is likely to leave out millions of students, many of them minorities in urban areas. Shavar Jeffries is president of Democrats for Education Reform. He says that inequity could bring “a generational level of…
Weather Update – Sunday, January 31 CURRENTLY: We may have gotten a brief dry break from those storms we saw last night but it won’t last for much longer today. We remained mostly cloudy around west Tennessee with some cooler temperatures. That last cold front that passed us by a few hours ago and continues to drop temperatures as we…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Jackson residents are getting a taste of Memphis. Jackson native Tommie Marshall III now resides in Memphis, but drives down once a week to give residents a taste of his desserts. He sells mini bundt cakes in 10 different flavors. He is most known for his Tennessee Whiskey Cake that won best dessert in Memphis in 2018….
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Federal prosecutors are linking a Nevada man and a Tennessee man arrested in Las Vegas on charges arising from U.S. Capitol rioting with an Idaho man arrested earlier this month in Boise. Nathan DeGrave and Ronald Sandlin were in federal custody Friday pending an initial court appearance Monday before a U.S. magistrate judge in Las Vegas….
The gallery above shows the latest statewide COVID-19 data from the Tennessee Department of Health as of Sunday, January 31. 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…
(CBS NEWSPATH) —WOW! This double rainbow appeared in Azusa, CA on Friday (1/29). The colorful display showed up near the site of a mudslide that occurred after a storm.
JACKSON, Tenn. — A local non-profit needs your help finding homes for rescue horses. Redemption Road Rescue is looking for adopters for its horses and now could be the perfect time to adopt. Many horses at Redemption Road Rescue are looking for a forever home and you may be the perfect fit. “We probably, right now, have about 15 horses…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Local officials have extended the mask mandate for Madison County. According to a press release from the Jackson-Madison County Health Department, the mandate will go into effect at 12:01 a.m. on February 1, and remain in effect until 11:59 p.m. on February 27, unless modified or withdrawn by health officials prior to that time. The previous mandate…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of Senate Republicans has called on President Joe Biden to meet them at the negotiating table as the newly elected president signals he could move to pass a new $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid package with all Democratic votes. Ten Senate Republicans wrote Biden in a letter released Sunday that their less costly counter-proposal will include…
