Hardeman County News

School districts across West Tennessee braced for lower grades on the Tennessee Department of Education's report card this year because the state raised its standards in 2009.

A Hardeman County woman is behind bars in Jackson, after police say she left four young children alone in her car while temperatures dipped into the 30s.

State Sen. Tim Burchett said today he plans to introduce legislation to make sure such violent killers as Letalvis Cobbins never end up in anything less than maximum security lockup again.

The first defendant convicted in the carjacking and killing of Channon Christian and Chris Newsom will be changing cells from medium to maximum security, state authorities said today.

Man who caused Officer Scott's death being considered this week for parole By JAKE LOWARY * The Leaf-Chronicle * October 23, 2009 As the community rallied this week to build a new home for Trina Scott, state officials were deciding whether to let the man responsible for her husband's death out of prison.

WHITEVILLE, Tenn. - A co-defendant convicted for his role in the torture-slayings of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom has been moved to the Hardeman County Correctional Facility to serve his life sentence, said Dorinda Carter, spokeswoman for the Tennessee Department of Correction.

Letalvis Cobbins has been moved to his permanent prison home in Whiteville, Tennessee.

A Toone man has been charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of a woman more than a month ago.

More than a month after Annetta Jean Flatt was murdered in Toone, investigators believe they have the man responsible.

Leaders from across West Tennessee are coming together to help students continue their education past high school, all in an effort to boost the local workforce by providing college scholarship money.

It is also slowing down construction on the new Hardeman County Judicial Complex in Bolivar.

Alfred Stack faces two counts of first-degree murder in the slayings of his sister, Billie Jean Shearon, 61, and her boyfriend, Kenneth Lynn Galagher.

Investigators believe countless people in Hardeman County have fallen victim to a scam promising thousands of dollars for just a little money up front.

BOLIVAR - Tears streamed down the face of Shannon Stafford after she learned that her uncle's preliminary hearing had been continued Tuesday so he could have a psychological evaluation.

An off-duty police officer with a rural Mississippi town opens fire on a home in Hardeman County early Sunday morning.

A police officer is in hot water tonight in Hardeman County after investigators say he opened fire on a house near Bolivar.

Alfred Stack has been charged with two counts of first degree murder after the bodies of his sister and her boyfriend were found in their home.

Late this afternoon, the Silerton man who officers say confessed to killing two people yesterday, was officially charged with the crime.

A man and woman have been found dead in a home in the Silerton community of Hardeman County in what is believed to be homicides.

Hardeman County Sheriff Delphus Hicks has identified two people fatally shot as 61-year-old Billie Jean Shearon and her boyfriend Lynn Galligher.