JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department and West Tennessee Healthcare will host drive-thru COVID-19 testing this weekend at the Jackson Fairgrounds. According to a news release, the testing will be…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- West Tennessee Healthcare has confirmed 47 employees are currently quarantined, and nine employees have tested positive for COVID-19 due to work-related exposure to the virus. Chief compliance and communications officer Amy Garner confirmed Tuesday that the number…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department confirmed Tuesday that there are now 79 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Madison County. Director Kim Tedford said the patients are a 48-year-old woman, a 50-year-old woman and a 23-year-old woman.…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Jackson Energy Authority has updated their drive-thru services at both customer centers. The centers at 351 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. and 2030 Pleasant Plains Ext. will only be used for payments beginning Wednesday, April 15. The…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- "That's what the NAACP has been fighting for over a 110 years," Jackson-Madison County NAACP president, Harrell Carter said. Over 20,000 people have died from coronavirus, and there's new…
MCNAIRY COUNTY, Tenn. -- The McNairy County Board of Education, along with Director of Schools Greg Martin, is continuing remote and online learning. The decision came after the school board's Thursday night…
GIBSON, COUNTY, Tenn. -- School may be out, but one principal is following through on a promise he made to students. Billy Carey is the principal at South Gibson County Elementary School. Monday…
DECATUR COUNTY, Tenn. -- Sunday storms inundated many parts of West Tennessee producing flooding, but by Monday most of the water was gone from Decatur County. In Scotts Hill, a culvert washed…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Regional Inter-Faith Association is a mainstay in West Tennessee, providing essential food to those in need with their Soup Kitchen and Bus Stop Cafe since 1976. But just like every…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Health officials say they're concerned for the number of tests they could be receiving in the next few days. The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department did not receive any test…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- In a news release, Jackson Mayor Scott Conger confirmed Monday that he plans to release an economic recovery plan for the city this week. Mayor Conger released a statement following Gov. Bill Lee's update Monday afternoon, in…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department confirmed an additional case of COVID-19 Monday afternoon. The total of confirmed positive cases in Madison County is now 76. The health department says the most recent patient is a woman,…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Gov. Bill Lee announced he is extending the statewide stay-at-home order. The governor announced that the order will now last until April 30. The order was originally set to end on April 24. The announcement came during…
The Tennessee Department of Health confirmed a total of 5,610 cases of COVID-19 in the state on Monday, April 13. In addition, 109 people have died, and 579 are hospitalized. Another 1,671 have recovered. The report shows the following numbers:…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development has announced 10 communities participating in the next round of Tennessee Downtowns. Decaturville and Whiteville are two of the towns selected to move forward in the program, which would…
