Madison County News

Here are this week's hearts and darts. From the readers: Hearts to all the people who have sponsored, supported, worked at and participated in the two recent Madison County Imagination Library fundraising ...

The City Council and the Madison County Commission both will meet this morning to finalize their respective budgets on the first day of the governments' new fiscal year.

A juvenile runaway from Memphis will be tried as an adult in two Jackson robberies, according to a release from the Jackson Police Department.

An enthusiastic crowd greeted Gov. Phil Bredesen Thursday in Denmark. Bredesen awarded a grant to help pay for the repair of the former Denmark Presbyterian Church located on Denmark-Jackson Road.

By TYRONE TONY REED JR. and NICHOLAS BEADLE ttreedn@jacksonsun.com and nbeadle@jacksonsun.com * June 21, 2008 Jackson police were still looking Friday night for the gunmen in two out of three shootings that ...

A historic but decaying church in Denmark will be saved with the help of a grant from the Tennessee Department of Transportation.

A judge in Jackson sentenced a 21-year-old man to 25 years without parole on a second-degree murder conviction.

But don't think this year's Miss Tennessee is a pushover. Ellen Carrington, 21, who was crowned Miss Tennessee on Saturday night, has a concealed weapons permit.

Alcohol is believed to have contributed to a crash that killed a Pinson man Friday morning, according to the Madison County Sheriff's Office.

Family and friends of contestants in the Miss Tennessee Scholarship Pageant gathered along the balcony at the Carl Perkins Civic Center on Thursday to watch the girls arrive for the second night of the ...

Commissioner Bill Walls will not be punished for not disclosing his financial interest in AT&T before voting on a county telecommunications contract with the company, Madison County commissioners decided ...

A Scotts Hill police officer accused of asking an underage girl for sex was arraigned Tuesday and is scheduled to appear again in court next week, according to Henderson County General Sessions Court Clerk's ...

A Memphis man wanted in connection for attempted second-degree murder was arrested this afternoon in Jackson.

More people have been dying suspicious or questionable deaths in Madison County, and the Jackson-Madison County Health Department is spending more money to figure out how they died.

A man working on a bulldozer discovered a live military ordinance on a golf course in Jackson.

Today is the first day of the Library Book Sale, which benefits the Jackson-Madison County Library's monthly book reviews and summer children's programs.

The recipient of the local NAACP's Living Legends Award said she was shocked to receive the honor for her community involvement.

A wet spring in West Tennessee has raised farmers' hopes of a good crop season. James and Steve Lewis farm 6,000 acres in Madison and Haywood counties.

Hearts to the 20 school finalists, their parents and teachers; our national finalists, Heather Lumpkin and Carlos Glenn; the Banquet Committee; the Jackson-Madison County School System; 100 Black Men of West ...

Jackson in June has one big advantage over Memphis in May. It's free. Youth Town in Pinson is inviting everyone to visit the campus for games, live music and free food, including barbecue.