Madison County News

A recent tour of the Haywood County industrial megasite sponsored by the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce revealed widespread support and enthusiasm for the project.

A traffic stop led Metro Narcotics investigators to a mobile methamphetamine lab Thursday, according to a news release from the Jackson Police Department.

Tuesday headlines in The Jackson Sun include the following stories: NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING: Jackson's new police chief Gill Kendrick is expected to appear at a neighborhood association meeting in City Council District 2 today.

A Jackson man is wanted by Madison County sheriff's deputies in the shooting of another Jackson man Sunday night on Diamond Grove Road in the Five Points community.

A Jackson teenager charged with first-degree murder in a June homicide is back in Jackson after he was arrested in Illinois last week.

Madison County commissioners voted Monday morning to seek negotiations with the owner of a proposed landfill in western Madison County that has been protested by residents in the Denmark area.

Xavier Thompson, 18 of Denmark and Kenneth Dunlap of Jackson, along with a 16 -year-old face three counts each of aggravated burglary, theft, vandalism and evading arrest.

A Jackson man is wanted by Madison County sheriff's deputies in the shooting of another Jackson man on Diamond Grove Road in the Five Points community Sunday night.

Madison County commissioners' vote on a midtown redevelopment tax district will be delayed another month to give county leaders time to review a draft of a plan for the redevelopment work that the city provided to them last week.

An apparent brush fire in north Madison County is suspected of engulfing part of a home, early Friday afternoon.

Metro Narcotics officers have charged two men with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine after agents observed the men purchasing pseudoephedrine tablets from local pharmacies, according to a news release.

The name of a 15-year-old murder suspect has become known through court filings in Jackson.

In an agreement the city worked out with the attorney for two nightclub owners, one of the clubs will be closed and the second will be monitored for two years and asked to make some changes.

Less than two years ago, Ameale 'Pistol' Hudson pleaded guilty to two cocaine charges and was sentenced to 10 years in the Tennessee Department of Corrections.

After half a year of discussion and tweaking, Jackson City Council members could not be convinced to approve a proposed animal control ordinance that included a mandatory spay and neutering requirement for pets that prompted heated debate among residents.

A man who was shot Thursday in Humboldt has died, and a Humboldt man has been charged with assaulting him, police said Saturday.

El Rodeo owners are opening their second restaurant at the Old Hickory Mall. The restaurant could open as soon as Monday, depending on when owners receive final approval from the city of Jackson.

A Jackson woman has been indicted on a charge of first-degree murder in the slaying of her husband, according to a news release from the Jackson Police Department.

A final report from an education reform group chaired by former Sen. Bill Frist outlines a five-year plan to make public schools in Tennessee the top in the region.

Jackson small business owners have started a reward fund to draw out information about who shot locksmith Troy Mitchell while he was working at an apartment complex earlier this week.