Mary Dell Barrells Sarason, age 77, resident of Oakland, Tennessee and wife of Raymond Sarason, departed this life Friday afternoon, January 15, 2021 at the National HealthCare Center in Somerville. Mary was born December 12, 1943 in Henderson County, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Joseph J. Barrells and Mary Elizabeth Sisson Barrells. She was married March 19, 1994 to…
The gallery above shows the latest statewide COVID-19 data from the Tennessee Department of Health as of Saturday, January 16. 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…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is filling out his State Department team with a group of former career diplomats and veterans of the Obama administration. The nominations and appointments announced Saturday signal Biden’s desire to return to a more traditional foreign policy after four years of uncertainty and unpredictability under Donald Trump. Biden is nominating Wendy Sherman as deputy…
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — One of the world’s longest-running wildlife field studies has fallen prey to the coronavirus pandemic. Since 1959, a research team has spent most of the winter observing the interplay between wolves and moose at Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior. But Superintendent Denice Swanke said Friday that this year’s mission has been scrapped to…
(AP)– Elvis Presley’s Graceland is now offering online tours for fans around the world, including those who can’t travel to the Tennessee tourist attraction during the coronavirus pandemic. Graceland said the two-hour guided tours will take virtual visitors into Presley’s former Memphis home, which has been turned into a museum, and through the Meditation Garden, where he is buried. The…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial is likely to begin after Joe Biden’s inauguration next week. This as the Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, is telling senators their decision on whether or not to convict Trump over the Capitol riot will be a “vote of conscience.” The timing for the trial has not yet been set. But House Speaker…
Sandra Lee Griffith McCulley, age 77, resident of Gallaway, Tennessee and wife of the late Jimmie McCulley, departed this life Wednesday morning, January 13, 2021 at Covington Care Nursing Home in Covington, Tennessee. Sandra was born December 14, 1943 in Gallaway, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Sullivan Griffith and Cordelia Hamby Griffith. She was employed as an accountant for…
JACKSON, Tenn. — The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department has confirmed another Madison County resident has died due to COVID-19. Those residents are: an 84-year-old man died Jan. 15. The health department also confirmed another 68 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the total number of confirmed positive cases to 9,905. Those patients range in age from 6-years-old to…
Snow showers slowly have been winding down over the area since earlier this morning. Temperatures dropped to around 32 degrees around midnight briefly before rising back to around 35 degrees by 6 am. Streets were mostly just wet with a very light coating of snow on roof tops and grassy areas which has melted away since. Other than a few…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Madison boys basketball defeated Peabody 85-55. Categories: Sports
