Chester County News

Read more about the following stories in Wednesday's Jackson Sun. GRADE CONSOLIDATION TOWN HALL MEETING: A meeting to discuss a proposed grade consolidation plan that would eliminate intermediate schools will be held at Liberty Technology Magnet High School at 6 p.m. today.

A SoBro property that was once the planned site for a 25-story condo tower will be sold in a foreclosure auction next month.

A near standing-room only crowd gathered Nov. 11 in the Henderson City Hall, Veterans Day, to honor those that served in the military.

Additional developments in a shooting that left one man dead in a Henderson County church parking lot may be presented to a grand jury, according to a Friday news release from Henderson County Sheriff Brian Duke.

The sheriff's department is still trying to weed through the evidence to paint a clear picture of exactly what happened and have not released a motive, yet.

Henderson County Sheriff Brian Duke said everyone involved in a shooting in a church parking lot that left one person dead and another injured Wednesday night is from Chester County.

A benefit for the Mallerie Graves family is set for Saturday, Nov. 14, as the community is reeling from her loss last week.

Photo by Holly Roeder, Independent Kali Zdravkov jumps for joy to find a book in her mailbox from the Imagination Library.

Humboldt police are looking for three robbers who walked into a home Tuesday afternoon and escaped with money and a gun, according to a news release.

TODAY High School Football 7 p.m. - St. George's at JCS; JCM at Fayette-Ware; USJ at Rossville Christian; South Side at Chester County; North Side at Munford; Fayette Academy at Tipton-Rosemark; Lexington at McNairy Central; Haywood at Ripley; Adamsville at Middleton; Dyersburg at Milan; Union City at Halls; Trenton Peabody at Lake County; 7:30 ...

It was another miserable week for Old Fearless, and you could tell it by the agony on his plump face.

Displays of bead work, wood carvings, stained glass and other handmade items greeted visitors Sunday at the Chickasaw State Park Arts and Crafts Festival in Chester County.

A Jackson man was robbed at gunpoint and beaten Wednesday evening as he was walking down the street, according to police Lt.

The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a severe thunderstorm warning effective until 7:45 for southwestern Madison County, southeastern Haywood County, northwestern Hardeman County and northeastern Fayette County, according to its Web site.

A 69-year-old Chester County man is in jail after he threatened to kill two teenage girls and himself and took a loaded handgun in his car to the Chester County High School property, according to a police report.

HENDERSON - A trial date has been set for three Jackson residents charged with killing a woman in Chester County.

A flash flood warning is in effect for several West Tennessee counties, according to the National Weather Service in Memphis.

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for Chester and Hardeman counties until 7:30 p.m. There also is a severe thunderstorm warning for western Carroll, eastern Crockett, Gibson, southern Weakley, east central Haywood and Madison counties until 7:45 p.m.

There will be no delay in a search for Jackson's new police chief, Jackson Mayor Jerry Gist said in a Sunday story in The Jackson Sun.

This 33-foot Dutchmen travel trailer was recovered by Benton County after a tip from Decatur County.