Henning News

A Lauderdale County man who has been convicted of previously making meth is back behind bars, again charged with making the drug.

The Jackson-Madison County School Board elected new officers, gave approval to pursue a computer lease program and voted to seek approval from the Madison County Commission to fund energy efficiency upgrades for 29 of its buildings during Thursday night's monthly meeting.

Jackson-Madison County School Board members Grady Akins and Carol Carter-Estes said Monday that the subject of their conversation with desegregation lawsuit plaintiffs' attorney Richard Fields last week didn't go beyond a tour of Jackson Central-Merry High School.

A Greene County man who is serving a 24-year prison sentence at the Northeast Correctional Complex in Mountain City has filed a petition in U.S. District Court here in an attempt to win release from protective custody.

During Jackson's Suicide Prevention Awareness and Educational Event, Anne Henning-Rowan urged everyone to get involved in working to prevent suicide.

Jackson-Madison County School Board member Dave Bratcher will issue a written statement today about his decision to resign from his seat.

We are puzzled by the Policy Committee of the Jackson-Madison County Board of Education as it continues to question the presence of cameras and recording devices at public school board meetings.

Members of the Jackson-Madison County School Board's policy committee decided Wednesday night to continue discussions on a sick leave bank for employees and the adoption of a policy on camera use in public meetings.

WHAT'S HAPPENING What: The Leaf-Chronicle is accepting pictures for its second annual Capture Clarksville calendar contest.

WHAT'S HAPPENING What: The Leaf-Chronicle is accepting pictures for its second annual Capture Clarksville calendar contest.

An 8-month-old baby was airlifted to LeBonheur Children's Medical Center in Memphis after suffering burns from an early morning apartment fire Tuesday at Lincoln Courts.

Capture Clarksville Contest What: The Leaf-Chronicle is accepting pictures for its second annual Capture Clarksville calendar contest.

A tornado warning is in effect until 5:30 p.m. for northwestern Haywood and southeastern Lauderdale Counties, according to the National Weather Service in Memphis.

A Dyersburg couple was arrested after a Tennessee Department of Corrections officer discovered seven ounces of marijuana and eight cell phones hidden under a sink at the Lake County Courthouse Tuesday.

Jackson-Madison County School Board member Carol Carter-Estes thinks an attorney-client meeting about Superintendent Nancy Zambito's contract extension is necessary to look at the issue from 'stem to stern.' Her request to have a closed meeting at which board members could ask their attorney questions about the validity of the contract was ...

BUSINESS OF HISTORY: Elaine Turner stands before a poster of Ida B. Wells, a Memphis newspaper editor who was one of the founders of the NAACP.