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2 in custody after north Jackson car chase

JACKSON, Tenn. -- Two people are in custody after a high-speed chase ends in a north Jackson neighborhood Tuesday morning. Tennessee Highway Patrol has confirmed two women were arrested after a high-speed chase around 11:30 a.m. ended at the dead…

Nobel laureate Toni Morrison dies at 88

NEW YORK (AP) -- Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison has died. Publisher Alfred A. Knopf says Morrison died Monday night at Montefiore Medical Center in New York. She was 88. She was the first black woman to receive the Nobel…

Jackson-Madison Co. Schools receive grant for LAUNCH program

JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Jackson-Madison County School System has received a grant to expand a career readiness program in the district. The $60,000 Perkins Reserve Grant will allow the district to pay for updates to equipment, certification exams and a…

JMCSS Board discusses K-8 options

JACKSON, Tenn.--"I want to get this taken care of without anymore impediments, we need to do it," said JMCSS Interim Superintendent Ray Washington. Washington said school board members and parents are ready…

Deputy stabbed, suspect killed in altercation in Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Authorities say a sheriff's deputy has been stabbed and a sexual assault suspect has been fatally shot in Tennessee's largest county. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Keli McAlister said a Shelby County sheriff's deputy approached a…

McKenzie police say item in home was not pipe bomb

McKENZIE, Tenn. -- McKenzie police say a large police presence around a Forrest Avenue home Saturday was due to an investigation into what investigators believed could have been a pipe bomb. In a news release Monday, McKenzie police say officers…

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