UT Martin community helps freshmen move onto campus
MARTIN, Tenn. -- Students at the University of Tennessee at Martin started moving into their dorms Friday morning with the help of other students, faculty and staff. Chancellor Keith Carver…
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Local church donates $9K to RIFA's Snack Backpack program
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints donated $9,000 to RIFA on Friday. The church made the donation to RIFA's Snack Backpack program. RIFA has…
'Mommy & Me' consignment sale is this weekend
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Shop this weekend for a good cause. The nonprofit group Jackson Area Mothers of Multiples are hosting their annual Mommy and Me consignment sale. The sale is from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Calvary Baptist Church…
West Tennessee counties celebrate rockabilly music heritage
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A major highway in West Tennessee could soon have a new name. "Highway 45 is actually Rockabilly Highway, and in Mississippi it's actually called Rockabilly Way," McNairy County Director…
TBI issues Top 10 alert for Ripley man
LAUDERDALE COUNTY, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has placed a Ripley man on the Top 10 Most Wanted. Sequna Copeland, 29, is wanted by the Tennessee Highway Patrol, U.S. Marshals, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives,…
Chickasaw Heritage Festival, free concert is Saturday at Shiloh
HARDIN COUNTY, Tenn. -- Shiloh National Military Park will host the Chickasaw Heritage Festival this weekend. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, at the Shiloh Indian Mounds National Historic Landmark, located on…
Discovery Park of America names new president & CEO
UNION CITY, Tenn. -- The board of directors of Discovery Park of America announced Friday the selection of the organization's new president and CEO. Scott Williams will replace retiring president and CEO James Rippy, according to a release. Rippy is…
Jesse Jackson, Biden honored by National Civil Rights Museum
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Former Vice President Joe Biden, civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson and philanthropist J.R. "Pitt" Hyde III are this year's recipients of the National Civil Rights Museum's Freedom Awards. The Memphis-based museum announced in a…
Tennessee opioid summit to feature Senate, gov's race rivals
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Democratic former Gov. Phil Bredesen and Republican U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn will participate in a summit on the opioid crisis as they compete for a critical open U.S. Senate seat in Tennessee. The Healthy Tennessee event…
Community enjoys night of music and dinner to support Child Evangelism Fellowship
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Members of the community broke bread together at West Jackson Baptist Church Thursday, to support what representatives say is the oldest and largest evangelistic children's ministry in the…
Crews to preserve abandoned well found under Savannah farmers market site
SAVANNAH, Tenn. -- The discovery of a 200-year-old well stopped construction of the River City Farmers Market in Savannah this summer while construction crews figured out what to do with it.…
Former Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King dies at age 68
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A family…
McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport sees increase in travelers
MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- More passengers are flying in and out of Jackson. Jackson-Madison County Airport Authority Executive Director Steve Smith said they have seen an increase in traffic…
Security guard charged with having sex with corpse at Memphis hospital
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Authorities say a security guard at a Memphis hospital had sex with a dead woman's body. News outlets reported Thursday that 23-year-old Cameron Wright is charged with abuse of a corpse. An affidavit says at least…
2 guns found at McNairy Central High School in a week
McNAIRY COUNTY, Tenn. -- McNairy Central High School was put on lockdown Thursday morning after a gun was found inside the school. Deputies with the McNairy County Sheriff's Office responded…
