Jackson News

Jackson police have charged two Middle Tennessee women with felony theft after they were accused of shoplifting almost $1,000 worth of neckties and bow ties from Belk at Old Hickory Mall in late March.

Employees told police that both robbers had handguns. Police were unable to say Wednesday if anything was stolen or how much was stolen.

An early lead and a scoring outburst in the fourth inning by the Tennessee Smokies proved to be too much to overcome as Jackson fell 7-2 at Smokies Park Wednesday.

The Jackson Police Department is looking for two males who are suspects in an armed robbery of the Family Dollar on Old Hickory Wednesday night.

Pearl Grill and Buffet has moved in at 363 North Parkway . It will serve sushi, regular Chinese food, vegetables and hibachi grilled items.

"An exchange of ideas"--that is what Christian Morton said the Wednesday morning meeting could be called between himself and a committee formed by Bemis Historical Society member Richard Fisher, city officials and himself.

Jackson police have charged a convicted felon with numerous charges in a Monday night shooting at Brookfield Apartments involving a sawed-off shotgun.

Jackson police continue to investigate and charges are pending after an argument Monday evening at Airways Motel led to a shooting in Brookfield Apartments.

The University of Memphis Lambuth Campus held a campus and community planning meeting Tuesday night in which the planning group presented some ideas for the future of the Lambuth campus.

Until the 1790s the Tennessee River had a Maya Indian name. The Nashville area was the home of an advanced indigenous culture that disappeared before the arrival of European settlers.

On Thursday, special agents with the Apprehension and Enforcement Unit of the Tennessee Department of Corrections informed Jackson-Madison County Metro Narcotics investigators they found a fugitive, James Avery, at 318 Bellevue.

The YMCA of Jackson and West Tennessee Board of Management announces a $400,000 Capital Development Campaign to enhance programming for the children of our community.

Jackson's annual household hazardous waste collection event is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 26. The event will be at 112 Union St. behind the West Tennessee Farmers Market in downtown Jackson.

Gabriel Noriega batted ninth in the lineup Monday night for the Jackson Generals, but his lone hit might have been the game's biggest.

Jackson police are responding to a room at Airways Motel, where a gunshot victim was found tonight.

Two Ripley women have been arrested and charged with shoplifting over $800 worth of merchandise from Belk and also seized an SUV in an ongoing theft investigation, according to a news release from the Jackson Police Department.

Jackson police are still investigating a vehicle fire around the 700 block of Whitehall Street that left a woman dead and a man injured early Sunday.

The upcoming fiscal year could be tough for the city of Jackson and better for the Jackson-Madison County School System, but much still hangs in the balance.

"Guys out there are asking, 'What is my purpose in life? What is my destiny? Is there hope for me?'" Taylor said.

The bride is the daughter of Sandra Pafford of Jackson. The groom is the son of Jeanne and Roger Lomax of Jackson.