Two simple fire safety measures saved two lives in Greenfield last week.
Greenfield Fire Department Lieutenant James Stone and his wife, Jennifer, were awakened early Friday morning by a smoke alarm.
The Stones also had their bedroom door shut, a new safety measure being promoted by the State Fire Marshal’s Office as the “Close the Door” campaign.
Lieutenant […]
Dresden Police are looking for man charged in a Saturday shooting.
According to a police report, 19-year-old C.J. Allen is charged with shooting at another man on Oakdale Street in Dresden.
Allen fled the scene and is currently being sought by Dresden Police.
The UT Martin football team scored a touchdown with 25 seconds left in the contest to force overtime at O’Brien Field, but ultimately dropped yet another single-digit heartbreaker to Eastern Illinois by a final score of 24-21.
The Skyhawks (1-6, 1-3 OVC) dropped their third consecutive contest by mere single digits as the last three games […]
More than 2,500 West Tennessee walkers raised $145,000 Saturday to fight breast cancer.
Jackson’s ACS Community Development Manager Amy Morris says walkers came together at Union University for the American Cancer Society (ACS) Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk.
Morris says since 1993, 14 million Making Strides supporters have raised more than $870 million nationwide.
The 2018 West […]
Early voting numbers for Weakley County remained steady even with just a half-day of voting hours on Saturday.
Administrator of Elections Alex Britt says 244 voted early Saturday, with 1,750 voting early, thus far, in three and a half days of early voting.
Early voting for the November 6th election continues through November 1st.
Weakley County’s early voting […]
Two Sharon residents were able to escape an explosive fire that overtook a house on South Hunt Street Thursday afternoon.
According to Sharon Fire Chief Gary Eddings, a 911 call was made at 2:53 p.m. by a neighbor who heard an explosion that had occurred at the residence and witnessed flames coming from the house.
The neighbor […]
The cities of Humboldt, Martin, and McKenzie are receiving part of $2.8 million dollars in investments from the Delta Regional Authority for infrastructure improvements.
The city of Martin is receiving $850,000 dollars for road improvements and to build a truck staging area to support increased truck traffic at MTD, as it adds a new product line […]
The death of a Weakley County woman is still under investigation by the TBI and Weakley County Sheriff’s Department.
The body of 43-year-old Dallas Chantel Bennett was found October 8th in a field along Mount Vernon Road between Sharon and Sidonia, three miles from her home.
Bennett had been reported the previous Friday.
TBI spokesman Josh Devine says […]
U.S. Senate Candidate Phil Bredesen and gubernatorial candidate Karl Dean will be in Dresden tonight at the annual Ned Ray Day event.
The 5th Annual Ned Ray Day is hosted by the Weakley County Democratic Party.
Also appearing with Bredesen and Dean will be 8th District Congressional candidate Erika Stotts-Pearson and District 76 State Representative candidate Deane […]
Jackson Police are investigating the murder of a woman whose two small children were the subject of an endangered child alert Wednesday.
According to a press release, police are investigating the homicide of 24-year-old Amanda Northern of Jackson, whose body was found around 8:00 Tuesday night at Parkwood Trace Apartments.
Northern’s two children, 3-year-old Khloe Northern and […]
