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Committee discusses liquor store district zones

JACKSON, Tenn.--A committee compromised of five Jackson City Council members met to discuss liquor store district zones Thursday afternoon at City Hall in downtown Jackson. Members discussed rezoning in order to help liquor…

Brownsville Walmart celebrates 45 years

BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. -- One local business celebrated a milestone this week. Walmart in Brownsville marked 45 years in business Thursday. The store has changed locations since their opening, but store manager Mark…

TN commissioner of education visits local schools

DECATUR COUNTY, Tenn. -- Decatur County Middle School had a special guest Thursday. Tennessee's Commissioner of Education Candice McQueen visited the school as part of her Classroom Chronicles tour. She also…

New bills aim to protect Tennessee students

NASHVILLE -- Senate Education Committee Chairman Dolores Gresham introduced five bills Wednesday aiming to protect students across the state. "Tennessee parents, when they send a child into public education in Tennessee, they…

Sisters charged in attack on Weakley Co. woman

WEAKLEY COUNTY, Tenn. -- Two sisters are charged with aggravated assault in an alleged attack on their neighbor outside Martin. Patricia Higgins, 61, and Margaret Richards, 57, are accused of attacking the woman with a baseball bat, according to a…

Sanitation workers' strike recalled in Memphis, other cities

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Sanitation workers who went on a strike that brought Martin Luther King Jr. to Memphis, Tennessee, 50 years ago are being remembered as courageous men who made important contributions to the civil rights movement. A handful…

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