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MD Carts to expand manufacturing presence in Tennessee
MD Carts LLC has announced plans to invest more than $10 million to expand its presence in northeast Tennessee. The company will locate a new manufacturing facility in Johnson City, Tenn., that will expand the company’s golf cart production capacity and create 200 jobs when completed. The expansion will...
The Delta News Investigates: Expanded Electronic Monitoring
MEMPHIS - The beating death of a Mississippi woman at the hands of her fresh-out-of-jail ex boyfriend has a lot of people calling for reforms in the justice system. It's a story The Delta News investigated a few weeks ago. Now, there's some action to report that aims to prevent...
Heat Advisory Issued for Northwest Tennessee
The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for Thursday. Forecasters say actual daytime temperatures in the low to mid-90’s will create heat index values as high as 111 degrees. In Northwest Tennessee, Lake, Obion, Weakley, Dyer and Gibson County are included in the advisory area. Weather Service...
Educators rebuke Hillsdale College for soliciting donations to ‘put the Constitution back in Tennessee schools’
Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free daily newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools.A conservative Christian college involved in classroom culture wars is suggesting that the U.S. Constitution is absent from Tennessee schools, drawing a public rebuke from a member of a Republican-appointed committee that developed the state’s social studies standards.A recent mailer from Hillsdale College in Michigan warns that K-12 education is at a crisis point. “Activists and bureaucrats,” it reads, are pushing to “replace individual rights with the destructive idea of unequal rights based on identity using critical race theory and other Marxist...
Credit card skimmers on rise across Middle Tennessee, the US. What to know, how to avoid
Skimming devices aimed at stealing credit and debit card information from unsuspecting shoppers are on the rise across the country, according to the Secret Service, and Middle Tennessee appears to be no different. Over the last several months, law enforcement agencies across the region made similar statements warning locals to be vigilent. ...
Report notes ‘significant’ growth of food insecurity in East Tennessee
Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee provided more than 26 million pounds of food during its 2024 fiscal year, but the organization noted that there was also a significant increase in food insecurity in the region during that time.
‘A game changer’: TN allergy specialist reacts to FDA approving anaphylaxis nasal spray
The epinephrine nasal spray called Neffy, a needle-free alternative to injectable devices like the EpiPen for the emergency treatment of allergic reactions, was approved by the FDA last week.
Jackson assisted living worker arrested in drug bust; charged with elder negligence
Agencies including the TBI, the DEA, and the Brownsville Police Department worked with the U.S. Postal Inspector Service to set up a drug bust. Little did they know who would show up. Pallas Person, 24, is the former assisted living caregiver who was arrested on Monday by Brownsville Police and...
School District Cancels All Future Field Trips for Odd Reason, Parents Furious
Who doesn't remember the most fun and exciting part of school growing up: the field trips. It didn't matter if you were going to see the inner workings of a sewage plant or a museum, you knew you were going to leave school property, and that was epic. But, one...
Mason, TN residents demand restoration of community center near BlueOval City
Jameison Flemming speaks about her memories growing up at the Bernard Community Center in Mason, Tenn. on August 7, 2024. For 20 years, a small community center in Mason, Tennessee hosted birthdays, reunions, funeral repasts, senior breakfasts and youth movie nights. But since December 2023, the center has remained locked...
Community News – August 15, 2024
Hello from Enville! I hope you all are having a good week. The weather is gorgeous. The cooler temperatures and a nice breeze make it wonderful to sit outside in the mornings and drink our coffee. We love watching our hummingbirds. We have about 15 or so. We try to count them, but that is impossible. We have our other birds that come to our feeders. We have all kinds, but the red cardinals are my favorite; they are so pretty!
Valarie Spragins announces retirement and new ownership of VSS Dance
Valarie Spragins Announces Retirement and New Ownership of VSS Dance. South Jackson, TN – VSS Dance, a cornerstone of the dance community in West Tennessee, announces the retirement of its visionary Founding Artistic Director and owner, Valarie Spragins, effective August 12, 2024. Ms. Spragins established VSS Dance in 1986 with just eight students and has since dedicated over 38 years to nurturing and growing the organization into a thriving center for dance education.
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