McKenzie News

9 p.m., music begins at 7:30 p.m. and fireworks begin at 9 p.m. near the swimming area at Paris Landing State Park.

Bethel College, a 167-year-old institution of higher learning headquartered in McKenzie, Tenn., has announced plans to become Bethel University.

A West Tennessee truck driver charged with raping a young woman in July 2009 pleaded guilty to aggravated assault Thursday.

I discovered the wonderful month of June when I was seven years old. We finished cutting out George and Abe's heads in Miss Carolyn Blades' first grade class in the middle of February.

After 10 years of growth, McKenzie, Tenn.-based Bethel College has begun a $20 million capital campaign to expand the school's campus and is undergoing a charter and name change to Bethel University .

Bethel College in McKenzie broke ground last Friday on a new, $4 million science center.

McKenzie Middle School Principal Lynn Watkins will soon be superintendent of the McKenzie Special School District.

Watkins has been with McKenzie schools for twenty-one years, working as a teacher, assistant principal and now principal of McKenzie Middle School.

The number of people seeking unemployment benefits in the state has more than tripled since last year, according to the state labor department.

DETROIT - At 789 Chrysler lots across America sit 44,000 potential bargains, cars and trucks that are stuck between shellshocked dealers and a troubled company that no longer wants their services.

Chrysler plans to cut three dealerships in West Tennessee from its network, according to a court filing made today.

According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Paul Honaker, 42,ommitted suicide in his cell at the Carroll County Jail Wednesday morning.

MCKENZIE, Tenn. a ' New Generations closed its upholstery operations here Monday after its lending source shut off the 12-year-old company's credit line.

MCKENZIE, Tenn. - A West Tennessee furniture plant has closed after the company lost its line of credit needed for operation.

The New Generations furniture plant in McKenzie is closing because the company lost a line of credit needed to keep the plant open, according to a closure notice intended for plant employees.

New Generations Furniture Co. is closing its factory and outlet store in McKenzie, according to news reports.

The end of the year is here for South Side seniors and their lives are about to change.

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.

Centerpoint Missionary Baptist Church is having Spring Revival now thru Friday, April 24 at 7 p.m. each night.

Amid talk of talk about shared sacrifice amid the tumbling economy, coaches at some high schools are acting.