Joel McAlexander bought a few acres of land at the corner of Pleasant Plains and McClellan roads in Northwest Jackson two or three decades ago to clean up the land and make it look better. It …

This is an editorial. It will officially have been five years since Blue Oval City and the pending arrival of Ford Motor Company in West Tennessee was announced on Sept. 27. But a lot has …

Editor’s note: This is an open letter Jackson City Council member Richard Donnell sent to State Senator Ed Jackson on May 11 regarding the state legislature’s move to redistrict Tennessee’s …

Cody Campbell is a member of the Jackson Fire Department. He’s also the secretary and treasurer for the local firefighters’ union. He’s been to all three of the City Council budget work …

Memorial Day has become, for many Americans, the unofficial start of summer. It is a three-day weekend — or four, if you can get off work on Friday. It is a time for travel, cookouts, lake …

Graduation is one of life’s milestones, and this year our family has experienced not one, but two graduations.   For over two decades I’ve written columns about raising boys.  …

The second budget work session for the Jackson City Council for the 2026 budget talking season saw something I wasn’t expecting. The last two years, I heard people mention one thing but never …

As Tuesday night wound down to the end after the results had been broadcast from the Madison County Election Commission office, there were similarities between the groups assembled and still gathered …

The redistricting of Tennessee’s districts in the United States House of Representatives on May 7 was a poor decision on the part of our state legislature. It was a poor decision on the part …

Tuesday, May 5 is the first of three election days this year, and while it may be the first of a trilogy, it still seems like a destination at the end of a long journey. As far as local …

The Madison County Republican Party leadership’s decision to focus its Reagan Day Dinner on passing the torch to the next generation is interesting when you take into account the party chapter’s …

In the coming days, many people from across West and Middle Tennessee and Kentucky will converge in Paris to celebrate the annual World’s Largest Fish Fry. This is the unofficial kickoff to …

Jackson Post editorial We’ve heard for the past few years from Secretary of State Tre Hargett about how Tennessee has been recognized as having the safest elections in the nation - meaning our …

No one on the Madison County Conservation Board wanted Matthew Martin to be fired. I doubt anyone on the Madison County Commission wanted him to be fired either, although one commissioner called …

A bill moving through the Tennessee General Assembly is about to force a conversation Jackson should have been having on its own. House Bill 1497 would require every city in Tennessee to move its …

I’ve been attending monthly meetings of the three major legislative bodies of Jackson and Madison County fairly regularly for nearly eight years now. And there are a few similarities among the …

Narratives are interesting constructs. They’re formed over time by observations, experiences, and repetitive patterns. Some narratives are grounded by multiple sources of truth, while others are …

Editor’s note: This letter from Madison County Mayor A.J. Massey was released on April 1, 2026, a day after Deaton issued an open letter criticizing Massey for information in his campaign material. …

Editor’s note: This is a letter Madison County Commissioner Gary Deaton released Tuesday afternoon to local media. Mayor Massey, I am writing to you in a spirit of respect and with a …

Every now and then, I’ll see someone pick up a copy of the paper because their child or grandchild is in it. Maybe it’s a ballgame photo. Maybe it’s a school event. Maybe it’s a feature …