Jackson News

Friday headlines in The Jackson Sun will include the following stories: FOURTH OF JULY FORECAST: West Tennesseans can expect cooler weather, a thunderstorm or two, cheaper gas prices and law enforcement checkpoints during the Fourth of July weekend.

NEW YORK - Jermaine Jackson says he would like to see Neverland Ranch as his brother Michael's final resting place.

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Lambuth University officials told employees Wednesday that they do not know when the university will be able to make June payroll despite an agreement to sell 33 properties to the city of Jackson.

Thursday headlines in The Jackson Sun will include the following stories: WARD INDICTMENTS: Marcus Frazier Thompson, 38, John Thomas Freeland Jr., 26, and Tashundra Mosley, 27, have been indicted on first-degree murder charges in the slaying of Carolyn Ward of Henderson.

LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's 7-year-old will was filed Wednesday in a Los Angeles court, giving his entire estate to a family trust but cutting out his former wife Debbie Rowe.

LYNCHBURG, Tenn. - Jeff Arnett takes a sip of Jack Daniel's Old No. 7, just enough for it to settle on his tongue, and then - spits it out.

JACKSON, Tenn. -- Professional wrestler Brian Christopher Lawler pleaded guilty in Jackson City Court on Monday to a charge of public intoxication.

Tuesday headlines in The Jackson Sun include the following stories: MISTY DAWN EVANS PRELIM: Murder charges against Misty Dawn Evans have been bound over to the grand jury for consideration.

Nominations are being accepted for the Leadership Jackson class of 2009. Nomination forms have been mailed to all Chamber members, are available at the Chamber and can be found online.

LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine, is taking care of the singer's three children and the family will go to court Monday in part to protect her rights to custody, the family's spokesman said Monday.

It took a jury less than three hours Tuesday to convict Randy Antonio Rice of first-degree felony murder in the 2004 slaying of David Martin.

Police investigating Michael Jackson's death looked into his medical treatment Friday, seeking to interview one of the pop king's doctors and seizing a car that they said may contain drugs or other evidence.

NEW YORK - Just days after his feud with the Black Eyed Peas, Perez Hilton has found himself on the defensive again, this time for a posting on his Web site about Michael Jackson.

A Jackson nightclub was recently fined for several violations, including charges that it allowed prohibited sexual conduct on its premises and the selling of alcohol to a minor.

Saturday headlines in The Jackson Sun will include the following stories: MICHAEL JACKSON: Local residents share their memories of the Jackson Victory Tour concerts that were held in Knoxville in 1984.

JACKSON, Tenn. -- Because a Jackson man was sent to prison on a sexual assault conviction, he has been charged in another case from when he was a teenager.

This photo taken May 20, 2009 shows Jeff Arnett, the master distiller at the Jack Daniel Distillery in Lynchburg, Tenn., testing the aroma of whiskey taken from an aging barrel in one of the barrel houses at the distillery.

LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson, the sensationally gifted ''King of Pop'' who emerged from childhood superstardom to become the entertainment world's most influential singer and dancer before his life and career deteriorated in a freakish series of scandals, died Thursday, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press.

Friday headlines in The Jackson Sun include the following stories: DNA RAPE CASE: Jackson police have charged Darius Amontee Cole, 20, with rape of a child in a 2002 attack on a then five-year-old girl.