The campus of Jackson State Community College is undergoing a major transformation with construction underway for the Regional Workforce Training Center.  It is hard not to notice the …

It started on July 4 when a bear was spotted at different places near the Carroll-Henderson county line in the area of Clarksburg. A few days later, bear sightings began to hit a little closer …

The Jackson-Madison County School Board meeting on Thursday, July 9, lasted about 14-and-a-half minutes. Six of those minutes were spent hearing from a couple of people during the public comment …

Friday evening, July 10, was a hot day in Jackson. But as the sun began to dip in the western sky and the work week shut down, neighbors gathered in Midtown in a backyard. It was a party, …

St. James Baptist Church in East Jackson was the site of a forum for the three candidates in the Democratic primary for State Representative for District 80. The seat is being vacated by Johnny …

Cyclosporiasis is the illness that is the current concern of many Americans as news outlets at the national level are reporting on a spike in cases. And while there is a spike in cases that's …

The Jackson City Council met for a little more than a half-hour on Tuesday, July 7, and the results of that meeting again rejected an effort by a local developer in putting a business on the land he …

Prenatal care and maternity services are aspects of healthcare that many women take for granted.  Those services are not highly accessible to many women in our state, especially in rural …

For the third year in a row, the City of Jackson is receiving money from the AARP’s Community Challenge Impact Grant program. More than 5,000 municipalities submitted proposals to receive …

It can be very interesting to discover incidents that happened long enough ago that are remembered by few people.  Some of these occurred in buildings or houses that are no longer in …

The Jackson City Council had a work session and agenda review on Thursday, July 2, ahead of their scheduled monthly meeting the following Tuesday. Ron Shultis, Mayor Scott Conger’s chief of …

The Jackson-Madison County School Board met on Thursday, July 2, for their monthly work session ahead of their monthly meeting a week later. The main thing discussed at the meeting was improved …

Madison County Mayor A.J. Massey stood off to the side of the stage toward the end of the County’s official America 250 celebration on Saturday, July 4. The sun was about to set on the holiday …

Those who love a good book might say the payoff comes at the end, but for Ingrid Rendon, the payoff at the end of the past school year came in the form of a $500 Walmart gift card.  A …

Jacque Hillman sat in Jackson City Hall on Wednesday, July 1, surrounded by many friends from West Tennessee with a tired but grateful look on her face. Hillman, who spent decades in journalism …

For the 28th year, Carter’s Nursery in Jackson has organized the Parade of Ponds to benefit Jackson Animal Care and Control Center.  Customers of the nursery graciously allow visitors to …

Leadership Tennessee names Jackson’s Merriweather to NEXT Program Leadership Tennessee, a group committed to fostering non-partisan conversations on key state matters, has named City of …

The James Madison Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution in efforts to preserve history and promote patriotic principles, has a full schedule of events as the nation celebrates its 250th …

In an interview after the Madison County Commission’s special-called meeting on Monday, County Clerk Fred Birmingham said he had plenty of questions regarding the City of Jackson’s increase in …