Jackson News

Now it's time for Old Fearless to enjoy the holidays, drop hints to St. Nick for some chocolate chip cookies and be more lazy than normal.

First Presbyterian Church at 1573 N. Highland Ave. in Jackson held its second Advent service on Tuesday.

State Attorney General Bob Cooper says in a legal opinion that Tennessee law prohibits cities and counties from enacting their own ordinances controlling the sale of cold medicines used to make methamphetamine.

A 20-year-old Jackson man is in critical condition after being shot multiple times on a barber shop's parking lot in east Jackson, according to a news release from the Jackson Police Department.

Jackson police have arrested two Lane students on multiple charges related to an early morning armed robbery of another Lane student, according to a news release from the Jackson Police Department.

A former hotel security guard pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights charge for defacing a Jewish school's Torah scroll and prayer books.

For one Jackson family, this holiday season has been a particularly special one filled with gifts that can't be bought in stores.

Anyone that wishes to address the McClure family, should write Mrs. Mary Bradley McClure, 450 Shadow Ridge Drive, Jackson, TN.

Former Henderson County Sheriff Ricky Lunsford was found guilty of one count of attempted voluntary manslaughter and one count of use of a weapon during the commission of a felony.

Justin Baker, 25, of Jackson, pleaded guilty to a federal charge of damage to religious property/obstruction of religious belief in federal court Monday.

The following essay is part of a series in which dozens of women will reveal what women they most admire.

On Sunday, worshippers from several West Tennessee churches bowed their heads in prayer for positive changes in Jackson.

The houses were stocked full of brightly lit and perfectly decorated Christmas trees.

You focus on the essentials -- milk, cookies, bread and batteries. Hey, if this lasts until Christmas Eve, the milk and cookies are essential for Santa.

The only defense he has offered for the mess he has created is that he has done nothing illegal and that his mistakes relate to his personal life, not his public office.

The USJ Christmas Choral Concert will be at 2 p.m. today in the Blankenship Theatre on the Upper School/Middle School campus, 232 McClellan Road.

The project was overseen by the Jackson Lodge 45. The day started at Cici's Pizza at 99 Old Hickory Blvd. in Jackson, where kids and their families were given lunch.

A series of stories for this year's Brighter Christmas fundraiser are being published in The Jackson Sun and on jacksonsun.com, with the first story published on Thanksgiving Day.

From the readers: I would like to send a big heart to the person who turned in the envelope containing a Christmas card with money inside.

Judge Nathan Pride read the charges to the jury before dismissing them and asking them to return Monday morning to continue.