Henderson News

The chairman of the Cumberland County Election Commission Monday - with camera rolling and a court reporter taking down every word said - admitted that mistakes were made and that they possibly included violations to the Tennessee 'Sunshine Law' in regards to state law that governs public meetings.

Not having health insurance is a scary feeling, but even scarier, not having the money to afford it.

The following West Tennessee offices will be closed in observance of Independence Day.

Three Jackson people have been indicted in the slaying of Carolyn Ward of Henderson.

JACKSON, TN a ' Authorities announced the indictments of three people accused in the kidnapping and murder of a Henderson, Tennessee woman.

HENDERSON, Tenn. -- The sheriff of Chester County has died. The funeral for Sheriff Mark Davidson is scheduled for noon Saturday at The Pentecostals of Henderson.

Iva Lankford is known in Fairview as the lady who plans short trips for seniors and others to board a bus and visit points of interest.

HENDERSON - A woman accused of killing a man she said raped her gave conflicting statements about the slaying to investigators, according to witnesses testifying at her trial Tuesday.

"Whole hog barbecue is a dying art." This weekend, New York City might seem meat-scented when Madison Square Park turns into one big cook-out for the seventh annual Big Apple BBQ Block Party .

The fourth annual Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center's Sunset Music Series begins Friday with the first of seven summer shows.

The General Motors plant in Spring Hill is in a battle to win production of a new, small car.

When Pat Martin of Martin's Bar-B-Que Joint in Nolensville gets ready to smoke a whole hog, it makes a Memorial Day weenie roast look downright sissy.

HENDERSON - Karen Scudder had a bad feeling when her son Dustin Adkins, a sergeant in the U.S. Army, told her he would be going on a second tour in Iraq.

Pinson Mounds State Arachaeological Park on Ozier Road near Pinson celebrates West Tennessee's Native American heritage with its 27th Annual Archaeofest, this year scheduled Sept.

A Henderson County sheriff's deputy and a Decatur County sheriff's deputy have been indicted on federal charges accusing them of conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids, according to a news release today from the U.S. Justice Department.

Nike has its "just do it" slogan. A Henderson fitness center promotes No Xcuse. Co-owners are Craig Johnson of Scotts Hill and Spence Lofton of Henderson, who were roommates at Freed-Hardeman University.

If you were there, you know how wonderful it was. The fundraiser May 2, sponsored by Bank of Jackson and held at Randolph's Greenhouse, was a rousing - or should I say, howling success - because it was, after all, to help support Loving Paws Rescue.

Ararat Baptist Church, Jackson, welcomed its new pastor, the Rev. Mike Stover, who began his ministry at the church on April 26.

The Community Education program at Watkins College of Art, Design & Film is now registering for its Summer of the Arts classes.

Tuesday headlines in The Jackson Sun will include the following stories: TRENTON SHOOTING: Larry Taylor was arraigned today and is charged in the slaying of Darnell Donnie Gentry, a man who was convicted of second-degree murder in 1991 after pleading guilty to killing Taylor's father in July 1990.