The Tennessee Department of Health confirmed a total of 178,140 cases of COVID-19 in the state on Thursday, September 17. In addition, 2,164 people have died and 823 are currently hospitalized. Another 161,707 have either recovered or are inactive. The…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A man charged in a fatal 2018 shooting has been found not guilty by a jury. Corrion Greer, who was charged in the death of Tavoris Bates, was found not guilty Thursday following a jury trial this…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The City of Jackson announced in a news release Thursday that "Music at the Park -- Live!" will return to the West Tennessee Farmer's Market. “We want our vendors and patrons of the farmers’ market to have…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, and the Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network is focusing on how the pandemic is affecting two groups of people. Why talk about suicide? It's the 10th leading cause of death, but it's…
MARTIN, Tenn. -- The University of Tennessee at Martin has confirmed Chancellor Keith Carver is in quarantine due to exposure to COVID-19. UTM says in a statement that Carver was identified as a close contact to an active COVID-19 case.…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department has confirmed 20 new cases of COVID-19 in Madison County, bringing the total number of cases to 2,761. Those new cases include seven men and 13 women, ranging in age from…
DECATURVILLE, Tenn. -- Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation arrested a fifth person in the murder of MMA fighter John Wesley Conway. Tuesday, a…
MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A plane caught fire on the runway at McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport. According to Madison County Fire Chief Eric Turner, the Cessna Citation plane was taxiing on the runway around 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The back tires…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- It's a giveaway that stops traffic, literally. The line of cars weaved through the parking lot of the Madison South shopping center and onto the road Wednesday evening,…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- School districts across the state are now reporting COVID-positive cases online. Last week, the Tennessee Department of Education released a dashboard tool, allowing school districts to report COVID-19 cases in their schools. Many districts across the state…
PARSONS, Tenn. -- The tooth fairy visited Parsons on Wednesday. Decatur County Middle School met their blood drive goal this past Thursday. When the students arrived at school, they were greeted by someone new. "I told the students if we had…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Health officials reported a 15.8 percent positivity rate among COVID-19 testing in Madison County Wednesday morning. That's one of the highest in the state. At the same time, cases and hospitalizations in the county are going down,…
MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Law enforcement officers in Madison County got a new kind of training on Wednesday, and it was to teach them about how impaired driving cases are prosecuted. The Cops in Court program is funded by the…
The Tennessee Department of Health confirmed a total of 177,087 cases of COVID-19 in the state on Wednesday, September 16. In addition, 2,151 people have died and 791 are currently hospitalized. Another 160,202 have either recovered or are inactive. The…
DECATUR COUNTY, Tenn. -- A fifth person has been arrested in connection with the 2013 death of a Decatur County man. According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Christopher Ryan Mays, 37, was arrested Wednesday in connection with the death…
