Archives: 2021

Mr. James Mabon

Services for Mr. James Mabon, age 60 of Jackson, Tennessee will be held on Friday, January 8. 2021, 1:00 P.M., at the Browns Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Thursday, from 4:00 P.M.- 5:00 P.M., at the Stephenson-Shaw Chapel. For more information contact Stephenson-Shaw Funeral Home at (731) 427-7411 or log on to our website at www.stephenson-shaw.com…

COVID-19 in Tennessee: 5,399 new cases, 617,649 total

The gallery above shows the latest statewide COVID-19 data from the Tennessee Department of Health as of Tuesday, January 5. 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. Categories: News

Rittenhouse pleads not guilty in Kenosha protest slayings

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An Illinois teenager who fatally shot two people and wounded a third amidst sometimes violent summer protests on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, has pleaded not guilty to charges including intentional homicide. Kyle Rittenhouse, 18, entered his plea Tuesday in a brief hearing conducted by teleconference. Prosecutors say Rittenhouse, who is white, left his home in…

Ronald C. Owen

  Ronald C. Owen, Paris, Tennessee 79 Henry County Medical Center Monday, January 4, 2021 12:00 P.M. Wednesday, January 6, 2021 Graveside at New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery Rex Buford, Como Church of Christ New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery No public visitation is scheduled September 3, 1941 in Henry County, Tennessee Warren Albert Owen and Audie Maie Lawrence…

Georgia voters will decide US Senate control Tuesday

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia voters are deciding the balance of power in Congress in a pair of high-stakes Senate runoff elections. Tuesday’s voting will help determine President-elect Joe Biden’s capacity to enact what could be the most progressive governing agenda in generations. Democrats must win both of the state’s elections to gain the Senate majority. Republicans are unified against Biden’s…

Tennessee launches $100 million literacy program to reach struggling readers

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Department of Education hopes a new literacy initiative will help teachers and school districts reach struggling readers. The Tennessean reports officials plan to spend $100 million on “Reading 360,” which was launched Monday across the state. Before the coronavirus pandemic shuttered classrooms, only about 36% of Tennessee’s third graders could read on grade level….

63 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Madison County; 9,077 total

JACKSON, Tenn. — The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department has confirmed another 63 cases of COVID-19 in Madison County on Tuesday. The new cases bring the total number of confirmed positive cases in Madison County to 9,077. Those patients range in age from 14-years-old to 89-years-old. There are currently 24 Madison County residents hospitalized, with two of those patients on…

Jimmie Wayne McCulley

Jimmie Wayne McCulley, age 80, resident of the Gallaway Community and husband of Sandra Griffith McCulley, departed this life Friday morning, January 1, 2021 at Methodist North Hospital in Memphis. Jimmie was born January 14, 1940 in Gallaway, Tennessee, the son of the late S.L. McCulley and Georgia Burgess McCulley. He was employed at Federal Express and as a land…