JACKSON, Tenn. -- From supply chain issues to inflation, U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty spoke at the Jackson Rotary Club on Wednesday to tackle those issues with the public. Hagerty says businesses in West Tennessee…
JACKSON, Tenn. — A Memphis health official gave an update on COVID-19. The virtual meeting was hosted by Dr. Stephen Threlkeld on Wednesday. The meeting provided an update on COVID-19 in hospitals, saying Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis had seen…
LAUDERDALE COUNTY, Tenn. -- A search and rescue operation is underway for a missing West Tennessee woman. Mary Tate, 54, went missing Friday, Jan. 21. Her twin…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Jackson-Madison County School System is aiming to close the learning gap brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. To do so, the school system announced on Wednesday that in-person summer learning camps will take place this summer.…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two sources tell The Associated Press that liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring, giving President Joe Biden an opening he has pledged to fill by naming the first Black woman to the high court. [field59_video…
BEIJING (AP) — Richer, more heavily armed and openly confrontational, China has undergone history-making changes since the last time it hosted the Olympics, in 2008. Then, as fireworks exploded over Beijing, China was about to pass Japan to become the…
Rihanna is backing her belief that climate change is a social-justice issue by pledging $15 million to the movement through her Clara Lionel Foundation. The “We Found Love” singer on Tuesday announced the donation to 18 climate-justice organizations doing work…
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Faith-based adoption agencies that contract with the state of Michigan can refuse to place children in LGBT homes under a settlement filed in federal court, months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled for a Catholic charity…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Meet Methuselah, an elderly fish that likes to eat fresh figs, get belly rubs and is believed to be the oldest living aquarium fish in the world. [field59_video account="WBBJ" key="b96cf965308346fbf01c879f02b235a8a72cc302" vtitle="Meet Methuselah, the oldest living aquarium…
ZOLOTE 4, Ukraine (AP) — Soldiers and civilians in eastern Ukraine are waiting with helpless anticipation to see if war comes. They understand that the decision will be made by people who know little about the lives of those on…
JACKSON, Tenn. — The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department has confirmed one death and another 1,195 cases of COVID-19 in Madison County. The department says an 81-year-old woman died Jan. 12 due to complications from COVID-19. That brings the total…
MIAMI (AP) — The Coast Guard has recovered one body and is keeping up the search for 38 other people missing from a capsized boat after a solitary survivor was found clinging to the overturned hull off the Florida coast.…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say two men have died in separate shootings involving Tennessee law enforcement officers. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says one man died early Wednesday in Shelby County and the other died Tuesday across the state…
MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Airport leaders met to discuss who the next airline coming to the Hub City could be. There were originally five candidates, and now the search has been narrowed with one…
TRENTON, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation confirmed a person has been arrested in connection to a Trenton house fire. The TBI says Jarmaland Marsh, 20, of Trenton, was found to be the person responsible for the fire on…
