John Marlow Price, Sr., age 91, of Arlington, Tennessee, passed away Wednesday morning, 30 December 2020. John was born 7 February 1929 in Williston, Tennessee to Henry Marlow Price and Willie Mae Glover Price. He graduated from Fayette County High School in 1947 and entered the U.S. Navy on 2 January 1948. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1950…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Last year, Tennessee lawmakers passed the Holly Bobo Act. As of 2021, it is now in effect. “Ideally, anytime you have a missing person, there should be an Amber Alert or something like that, because if you put that information out there to the public, you’ve got more eyes out there that knows somebody is missing, and…
JACKSON, Tenn. — Monday is the first day the COVID-19 vaccine “rapid response list” is now available to the public. The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department occasionally has leftover COVID-19 vaccines that must be distributed within a certain time frame before it expires. “We’re calling this a rapid response list, and let me tell you why,” said the health department’s…
Sharleen Marie Womack Ward, age 70, resident of Toone, Tennessee and wife of Edward Ward, departed this life Sunday morning, January 3, 2021 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, Tennessee. Sharleen was born June 27, 1950 in Lodi, California, the daughter of the late Theldon Womack and Mary Vaught Womack. She graduated from Fremont High School in Sunnyvale, California…
Graveside funeral services for Barbara Jean Floyd, 80, will be held Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at 11:00 am at Mt. Olivet Cemetery with Brother Ronnie McClure officiating. Interment will follow the service. Mrs. Floyd, a retired licensed practical nurse (LPN), died Sunday, January 3, 2021 at Christian Care Center in McKenzie. She was born on August 24, 1940 in…
Above is the latest statewide COVID-19 data from the Tennessee Department of Health as of Monday, January 4. For more information on COVID-19, go to the CDC website, the Tennessee Department of Health website or call (877) 857-2945. Categories: News
AGIOS ATHANASIOS, Greece (AP) — A veteran critical care nurse in northern Greece didn’t feel good about the treatment options available when his wife, both her parents and her brother got COVID-19 in alarming succession. The hospitals in the city of Thessaloniki were overwhelmed, and with intensive care units filling up, patients were being transferred to other parts of the…
MARTIN, Tenn. — Police confirm 54-year-old Derrick Williams has been charged with aggravated assault following an incident on New Year’s Eve in Martin. According to a police report, at approximately 12:18 p.m. on December 31, an officer with the Martin Police Department responded to 3 J’s Food Mart on Elm Street in reference to an alleged assault. When police arrived,…
MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. — The Madison County Sheriff’s Office is calling it a sad start to the new year: a woman taking her own life, and in the process, the life of a child. They say it happened just after 12:30 Monday morning at Exit 93 on I-40, when dispatch got a call of a woman trying to drive into…
MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. — The Tennessee Highway Patrol has confirmed a woman and a toddler died early Monday morning after jumping off an Interstate 40 overpass. According to a THP crash report, 26-year-old Tonisha Barker jumped from the exit 93 overpass onto Interstate 40 around 12:45 a.m. Monday. The report says Barker was holding a 1-year-old child. Barker and the…
