Polar Plungers raise $3,200 for Special Olympics
JACKSON, Tenn. — Around 30 brave souls plunged into frigid waters Saturday morning for a good cause. The Special Olympics in Tennessee hosted their 6th annual Polar Plunge in Jackson today. Divers of…
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Bake Sale Raises Money for Noah Chamberlin
MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. — A dog rescue held a fundraiser Saturday to help animals and the family of Noah Chamberlin. Friends, supporters, and animal lovers came out for a Mainly Dog…
Girl Scouts kick off cookie season
JACKSON, Tenn.-- National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend kicked off Friday. Organizers say the famous cookie selling program provides life skills including money management and people skills. The proceeds go to the local troops and council.…
Boys & Girls Club partners with JoAnn's Fabrics and Crafts
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Boys & Girls Clubs of America and JoAnn's Fabric and Craft Stores will be partnering in a campaign at more than 800 stores nationwide, including right here in…
Chattanooga Tree Projects
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Chattanooga's urban forester says two new tree planting projects will allow newlyweds to mark their vows and others interested in honoring loved ones. The Times Free-Press (http://bit.ly/1pfqZbG) reports that Gene Hyde got the idea came from…
Memphis Shooting
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A man who served 15 years in prison, including time on death row, in the killing of a Memphis police officer has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for shooting a teenager. Media outlets…
3rd Annual Memorial Run honors Charlie Reagan
MILAN, Tenn. -- Saturday more than a hundred runners hit the streets of Milan in honor of one of their own. A local businessman, Charlie Reagan, was murdered six years ago, but…
First Baptist Church hosts first hand bell concert
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Churches from all over West Tennessee gathered for the first ever hand bell concert. About 70 performers filled the fellowship hall at First Baptist Church for the show. "I just invited the…
Black History Month program focuses on education
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Saturday afternoon, there was a unique Black History Month program in the Hub City. The Jackson-Madison County branch of the NAACP hosted their annual Black History Month program at the Historic…
Blue Suede Dinner & Auction packs Civic Center
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Saturday night, thousands gathered in the Carl Perkins Civic Center for the 22nd Annual Blue Suede Dinner and Auction. "Carl had a vision," said President and CEO of…
Prison Contraband Arrests
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi authorities say they have arrested four women accused of engaging in a scheme to smuggle cellphones, tobacco and other contraband into state prisons. The Clarion-Ledger reports (http://on.thec-l.com/1Ur84GL ) that one suspect - 22-year-old Sherrice Richardson,…
Suspect Shot
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky State Police are investigating after Shepherdsville officers shot a suspect Friday evening. According to an account by state police, officers responded at about 5 p.m. to a complaint of a suicidal man armed with a…
Nursing Home Bankruptcy
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - The co-founders of a Hixson nursing home business paid themselves six-figure salaries and drove company-financed Porsches while failing to pay employees, utility bills, taxes and creditors. That's according to court documents reported in the Chattanooga Times…
Springfield St. Patrick's committee honors fallen Marine
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - The U.S. Marine from Massachusetts killed in a shooting in Chattanooga, Tennessee, last summer is being honored this weekend by the Springfield St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee. Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Sullivan was posthumously selected as the…
Weekly crime march through Lincoln Courts
JACKSON, Tenn.-Jacksonians who said they are fed up with crime in the city marched against violence Friday afternoon. City councilman Johnny Dodd led the group around Lincoln Courts Apartments. Dodd…
