NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Highway Patrol is stepping up patrols for Thanksgiving. THP says its Tennessee Safe Travel Challenge is set for Wednesday and Sunday, and will see its troopers focusing their attention on Interstate 40. THP says there were 26 crashes the Wednesday before 2020’s Thanksgiving, and 30 the Sunday after. THP says one was alcohol-related. “Our mission…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is ordering 50 million barrels of oil released from America’s strategic reserve to help bring down energy costs. He said Tuesday he is acting in coordination with other major energy consuming nations, including China, India, and the United Kingdom. It will take time, he said from the White House, “but before long you should…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Two days until Thanksgiving, and the hunt for turkey and dressing is on. But doesn’t it sound so much easier to just skip the giant grocery list all together? If your Thanksgiving plans failed or haven’t been made, no worries — there are local restaurants that will be open to do the cooking for you. Brooksie’s Barn…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The 19th “Tennessee Season to Remember” ceremony will be held virtually on Thursday, December 2. The annual event honoring homicide victims and survivors has been held every year since 2003. Traditionally, the event sees families across the state gathering and placing ornaments on memorial wreaths in honor of their loved ones, which are then displayed at the…
Funeral service for Dewayne Hart, age 57, will be Saturday, November 27, 2021 at 11:00 AM at Oak Grove Church of Christ in Henderson, TN. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Hart died Thursday, November 11, 2021 at Jackson General Hospital. Visitation for Mr. Hart will be Friday, November 26, 2021 from 10:00 AM until 6:00 PM at…
Mr. Jerome “The Rock” Neely was born on February 1, 1966, in Jackson, Tennessee. He transitioned this life on November 19, 2021. Open Visitation will be from 12:00 pm-7:00 pm on Friday, November 26, 2021, at St. Paul C.M.E. Funeral Service will be at 10:00 am on Saturday, November 27, 2021, at St. Paul C.M.E. Burial will follow in Bethlehem…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Police say they have tied a car used in the killing of rapper Young Dolph to a shooting that left a woman dead and wounded another person days before the ambush on the hip-hop artist. Memphis police have said that two men exited a white Mercedes-Benz and fired shots into a Memphis bakery where Young Dolph…
Virginia Ann Goodwin Hurt, age 71, resident of Somerville, Tennessee and wife of Joe Hurt, departed this life Friday morning, November 19, 2021 at St. Francis Hospital in Bartlett, Tennessee. Virginia was born September 22, 1950 in Ripley, Tennessee, the daughter of Dorothy Ann Brogdon Frederick and the late Thomas Goodwin. She was married February 14, 1976 to Joseph Houston…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A historically Black medical college in Tennessee is giving students an early Thanksgiving gift — $10,000 in cash. Meharry Medical College President James E.K. Hildreth announced the gift on Monday, telling students they would receive it on Wednesday. The money comes from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, part of a federal coronavirus aid package. Schools…
Services for Mrs. Evelyn Deloris Brooks White, age 71 of Memphis, Tennessee will be held on Saturday, November 27, 2021, 1:00 P.M., at the Greater St. Luke Baptist Church. The interment will be in the Church Cemetery. She will lie in state at the Church on Saturday, from 12 Noon until time of service. For more information contact Stephenson-Shaw Funeral…
