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Trump to be arraigned Tuesday to face hush money indictment

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday after his hush money indictment in New York City. Court officials confirmed the arrangement Friday. Trump’s surrender will present the shocking, historic scene of a former…

School Closings: Friday, March 31

SEE ALSO: Storm shelters opening on Friday, March 31 The following schools will be closing early on Friday, March 31 due to the threat of severe weather: Crockett County Schools (Dismissing at 12:45) Decatur County Schools (All afterschool activities cancelled)…

Two officers, suspect reportedly shot in Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A large police presence could be found outside the Regional One Medical Center in Memphis on Thursday. The scene came after two officers were reportedly shot in the Whitehaven area. The Memphis Police Department posted to Facebook,…

Pike Fights returns for 32nd year

DRESDEN, Tenn. -- A University of Tennessee at Martin fraternity is, once again, hosting an event, having college students go toe-to-toe in the squared circle for a good cause. It's a…

Haywood County Schools to close early Friday

HAYWOOD COUNTY, Tenn. -- Haywood County Schools announced they will be closing early.   Officials with the school say that students will be dismissed at 1 p.m. There will also be no after school activities. This comes as West Tennessee…

USJ cancels after school activities for Friday

JACKSON, Tenn. – The University School of Jackson is canceling after school activities due to weather. The school says that all after school care, practices and games are canceled for Friday, March 31. USJ adds that infants and toddlers will…

Funerals set for 3 of the Nashville school shooting victims

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Funeral arrangements were disclosed Thursday for one of the adults and two of the children who were killed in this week's school shooting in Nashville, as the grieving city mourns the victims of the horrific attack that…

Local tech earns high honor

JACKSON, Tenn. -- A local technician received a very high honor. ReNew Biomedical technician Josh Weatherford is the first technician in the world to complete the Association for the Advancement…

FACT FOCUS: No 'incredible rise' in transgender shooters

Moments after the assailant who killed six people at a Nashville private school was identified as transgender, a baseless narrative emerged: that there has been an incredible rise in transgender or nonbinary mass shooters in recent years. A…

Fundraiser to be held Saturday for veteran

GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A local man is receiving a celebration for his service. A community-wide fundraiser and celebration is being held Saturday in Gibson County to honor Air Force Veteran and…

Lawyer: Trump indicted; 1st ex-president charged with crime

A lawyer for Donald Trump said Thursday he's been told that the former president has been indicted in New York on charges involving payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter. [caption id="attachment_1482610"…

911 calls reveal terror at Nashville school during attack

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities released 911 recordings on Thursday that capture the terror inside a Nashville elementary school during a mass shooting this week, as callers pleaded for help in hushed voices while sirens, crying and gunfire could be heard in…

Docs debunk vaccine myths, discuss misinformation challenges

JACKSON, Tenn. -- Experts with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health discussed the challenges that disinformation and misinformation have on the fight against COVID-19. The school's research estimates that in Summer 2021, dis- and misinformation caused 2-12…

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