Since its formation in 1976, Regional Interfaith Association (RIFA) has evolved from its original position in the community as a  multi-purpose service organization.  Today thousands …

The Griot Collective of West Tennessee recently hosted the reception of The Ruby Bridges Project: Poems of Protest and Perseverance at the upstairs gallery of The Ned. The evening featured poetry …

Richard Watson is running for re-election for Madison County Commission. He was first appointed to the seat in March of 2023 after the late Harold Petty resigned from the Commission a couple of …

While Dr. Tracy Boyd led the press conference and public speaking engagement with members of Jermaine Cole’s family on Feb. 10 in front of the Jackson-Madison County Public Library, there was also …

Tina Mercer officially announced her candidacy for Madison County Commissioner, District 1, Position 1, during a campaign kickoff event on Feb. 5 at Baker Bros BBQ in Downtown Jackson. More than …

Darlene Snowden Cole is a grieving mother. Her son, 41-year-old Jermaine Cole, was the man who died in the officer-involved shooting outside the Jackson-Madison County Public Library on Feb. 1. …

The gym at Arlington Elementary School was busy Tuesday morning. A pair of lines of chairs faced each other down the sideline on one side of the basketball court. At the end of the lines …

Michael Young is a teacher at Community Montessori. His son, Archer, is a sixth-grader at the K-8 school in Midtown Jackson. But on Tuesday, Feb. 10, both were a few hours late for school. …

Acknowledging a female as a woman of impact has many connotations, but a Woman of Impact for the American Heart Association comes with a commitment.  The designated women devote the better …

The board for the Jackson-Madison County Public Library met on Wednesday, Feb. 4, with the main item on the agenda to discuss a challenge to 46 books for consideration to remove from their shelves. …

The Greater Jackson Chamber gathered with a full house at the Carl Perkins Civic Center on Wednesday, Feb. 4, to celebrate its annual Chamber Awards. “This is one of my favorite days of the …

The City of Jackson’s street department and public works departments have plenty of work to do in the cleanup and repair after Winter Storm Fern. After much of Tennessee was shut down for a …

Dr. Lisa Piercey is known in Madison County for her work at The Jackson Clinic and West Tennessee Healthcare in pediatrics and hospital administration and is known statewide for her work as the …

The City of Jackson began its celebration of Black History Month last Friday with the first of two official celebrations at City Hall. Don McCorry, the executive director of the Jackson-Madison …

Brad Douglass is known in West Tennessee for his work for nearly 31 years as a reporter and anchor for nightly news broadcasts for local television station WBBJ. On Feb. 4, he stepped out from …

Madison County Mayor A.J. Massey released a statement Friday afternoon announcing the meeting both he and Jackson Mayor Scott Conger had said would happen earlier in the week analyzing the response …

The board of the Community Foundation of West Tennessee held a reception on Feb. 3 at the Aeneas Building in Downtown Jackson to honor Dr. Frank McMeen upon his retirement.  As a man who …

According to multiple people in different areas of local leadership, the recent winter storm was different than typical storms rural West Tennessee gets because of frozen precipitation, the amount …