Weather Update – Saturday, January 23 TONIGHT : Today across the region, we saw pleasant temperatures and even some sunshine as times under partly cloudy skies. We managed to reach into the 50’s for a high today and even now, we are dropping and moving towards our low. Temperatures will drop into the upper to middle 30’s as we move…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers have finished tackling education issues that have surfaced during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, Republicans on Friday still fumed that some districts still are not back in classrooms but declined to act on their proposal to withhold state funding for staying virtual. The brief four-day special session sparked various conflicts inside the Republican-dominant Statehouse over…
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee gym has fired an employee who owned a camera found inside a girls changing room. Police told news outlets that the camera found at Premier Athletics in Franklin last week contained videos of 60 females, most of them underage. Detectives are identifying the people shown in the videos and are notifying parents. The gym…
JACKSON, Tenn. — The search continues for a missing Jackson man. Community members gathered on a search to find Brian McKenzie who went missing in September of 2019 at the age of 21. Family and friends have gone on searches for McKenzie every Saturday since 2019. Mother of Brian, Frances Gaines says she wants the public to be aware that…
The gallery above shows the latest statewide COVID-19 data from the Tennessee Department of Health as of Saturday, January 23. The health department also released an updated case count by county. 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…
MOSCOW (AP) — A group that counts political detentions says Russian police have arrested more than 2,600 protesters who took to the streets across the country in temperatures as low as minus-50 C (minus-58 F) to demand the release of Alexei Navalny, the Kremlin’s most prominent foe. Demonstrations demanding his release were reported in at least 90 cities throughout the…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Residents geared up to take their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccination. The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department was busy Saturday as residents in Phase 1a2 received their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. “I feel relieved. I do. I really feel relieved. I know I’m covered. It won’t be as bad if I do get it…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A magistrate judge will allow the release of a Tennessee man who carried flexible plastic handcuffs around the U.S. Capitol during the recent raid by Trump supporters. The Tennessean reports that Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Frensley determined Friday that Eric Munchel wasn’t a flight risk and didn’t pose harm to the public. Munchel could be released from…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The NFL says 7,500 health care workers vaccinated for the coronavirus will be given free tickets to next month’s Super Bowl to be played in Tampa, Florida. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell also said in a news release Friday that attendance at the Feb. 7 game would be limited to those workers and about 14,500 other…
1960 – 2021 Kirk David Smith, age 60, resident of Somerville, Tennessee, departed this life Thursday evening, January 21, 2021 at St. Francis Hospital in Bartlett, Tennessee. Kirk was born November 2, 1960 in Fayette County, Tennessee, the son of Pat Reeves Smith and the late Thomas Dwight Smith. He received his education in Bartlett, Tennessee and was employed as…
