The most recent sighting follows several reports of black bear sightings in the Local 6 area in recent weeks, including one in Obion County last week.
From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on September 10, the Education Equal Opportunity Group, Inc. will be holding their 2024 Career Speed Networking Program
Stacie Freeman, a professor in Dresden, Tennessee, was named the first-ever Traveling Teacher of the Year by Teach & Travel magazine.
The motorcyclist, a 56-year-old man from Tennessee, told the trooper he and his chihuahua, which was tucked inside his jacket, were heading to Michigan to visit his girlfriend. State police say the man also told the trooper he had a gun in a backpack that was strapped to the motorcycle.
A black bear is roaming around parts of northwest Tennessee. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency confirmed sightings in Obion County, in Hornbeak and Samburg.
Book for Hope is a nonprofit organization that aims to raise childhood cancer awareness, financially assist families in Western Kentucky, Southern Illinois, and Northern Tennessee with a child actively in cancer treatment and donate to childhood cancer research.
"You don't know what's inside you until you have nowhere, nowhere else to turn and you have nothing else to do but fight," Oher said.
Starbuck is both riding a wave of right-wing hostility to DEI programs and corporate advocacy on issues like climate change and LGBTQ rights and advancing the opposition himself.
The Clear the Shelters campaign is in full swing — with over 1,300 animal shelters nationwide taking part in the 10th annual adopt and donate event.
Nearly $5 million was fraudulently spent in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits in the four-state region in just the first three months of this year. When a SNAP recipient's benefits are stolen, the state reimburses that money so they can buy food.
UPDATE: Dennis W. Abbott Jr. was arrested Monday afternoon in White House, Tennessee, by the White House Police Department, according to the Graves County Sheriff's Office. He awaits extradition to Graves County.
A La'Sonna Cobb, a certified braider, has joined the hairstylists at Styles on Broadway in Martin, Tennessee, and brings new haircare opportunities for those with textured hair.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new COVID-19 vaccine, and health experts are urging the community to get immunized.
A former Tennessee police officer charged in last year’s fatal beating of Memphis motorist Tyre Nichols intends to change his not guilty plea in federal court on Friday, according to court filings.
UPDATE: According to Gibson Electric, power has been restored to everyone affected by this morning’s outage.
Gibson Electric has reported that a downed line has caused outages for 878 homes and businesses in and around Troy, west of Rives and southwest of Union City in Obion County.
As the University of Kentucky closes its Office of Institutional Diversity, local colleges reflect on how diversity resources help students.
Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 22, in the Hornbeak Funeral Home in Fulton. Pastor Steven Cavness and Rev, David Lewelling will officiate. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. until the service time Thursday.
More than 17,000 AT&T workers in nine states across the Southeast are on strike. The Communications Workers of America represents the striking employees and says workers walked off the job Friday in response to AT&T’s failure to bargain in good faith. The labor organization says AT&T did not send representatives to the bargaining table who had authority to make decisions. AT&T says the accusations are “not grounded in fact.”
Dirt track race car driver Scott Bloomquist has died in a plane crash in Tennessee. The sheriff's office in Hawkins County said a small plane went down Friday into a barn in Mooresburg. The sole person in the aircraft who died is believed to be Bloomquist. He was 60. Bloomquist stood out with his long hair and swagger. His race car had been emblazoned with the number zero as well as a skull and crossbones. He was also well-known for winning. Bloomquist was inducted into the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame in 2002.
Graves County sheriff's deputies were involved in a shooting Thursday night in the case of a man wanted for multiple offenses, Graves County Sheriff Jon Hayden released Friday.
An Army soldier has pleaded guilty to charges that accuse him of selling sensitive information related to U.S. military capabilities, including dozens of documents addressing topics ranging from rocket systems to Chinese military tactics.
Book for Hope is a nonprofit organization that aims to raise childhood cancer awareness, financially assist families in Western Kentucky, Southern Illinois, and Northern Tennessee with a child actively in cancer treatment and donate to childhood cancer research.
Malachi D. Daniel, 20, of Tennessee, recently came to Carbondale and has not spoken to his family in several weeks, according to the City of Carbondale Police Department.
Students and faculty at Union City Schools celebrated a successful first day Thursday as children headed back after summer vacation.
HistoriCorps is returning to the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area for another year of historic preservation work with volunteer work crews, and they need your help.
It's back to school season, and the Local 6 region's students are starting the semester off right!
Internet access is important — after all, you're reading this online. On August 2, multiple steps were taken to try to close the digital divide.
Cute enough to eat, these sweethearts are staying with foster parents through Wags & Whiskers: Safe Haven, but are ready for their forever families!
Tennessee state Rep. Gloria Johnson has won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate and will face off against Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn in November, pitting a survivor of a Republican-led expulsion effort over a gun control protest against a close ally of former President Donald Trump. Johnson defeated three primary opponents, including Marquita Bradshaw, a Memphis community activist and organizer who notably won the Democratic Senate nomination in 2020 then lost to Republican Bill Hagerty by a wide margin. Tennessee’s primary will also determine whether Republican Rep. Andy Ogles will be able to defeat a well-funded opponent, Nashville council member Courtney Johnston, as he pursues a second term in Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District.
A new school year is just around the corner and local health experts urge parents to be mindful of the rising COVID-19 cases across the nation.
Christian music artist, multi-Grammy award winner and Gospel Music Association award winner Steven Curtis Chapman was invited to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry over the weekend in Nashville.
A weather system that produced severe thunderstorms in the Southeast left one man dead in Georgia, caused damage in a South Carolina town and left hundreds of thousands of electricity customers without power.
Strong thunderstorms brought flash flooding to Dolly Parton’s Dollywood in east Tennessee. Park officials say workers and the Pigeon Forge police and fire departments directed guests to safety on Sunday afternoon and one minor injury was reported. The amusement park says it was supporting guests whose vehicles were affected and cleanup crews were deployed. The Pigeon Forge Police Department said Sunday that a road collapse closed McCarter Hollow Road at the entrance to Dollywood.
UPDATE: Authorities say they've arrested a second man in the shooting of a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper.
In July 2022, at least 40 people died and 300 homes were damaged when Floyd County flooded. It was the 13th time in 12 years that the rural county was declared a federal disaster.
Political science educator from the University of Tennessee at Martin Anderson Starling discussed the importance of political literacy amid times of political change and uncertainty.
HIV-positive people who were convicted in Tennessee of sex work under a decades-old aggravated prostitution law will no longer be required to face a lifetime registration as a “violent sex offender” under a lawsuit settlement finalized this week.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is searching for two men who fled after a trooper was shot Friday night along Interstate 40.
Home security video obtained by the Humboldt Police Department investigators reportedly shows a 12-year-old girl using bedding to suffocate her sleeping eight-year-old cousin on the top of the bunk bed they shared.
7th-12th grade students from South Fulton, Fulton and surrounding areas will have an opportunity to participate in a Teen Forum and Career Information workshop on July 19th from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
The young woman at the center of a local graduation controversy has now filed a lawsuit against her former school district. In May, Kennedy Lee shared her story, and said she and two other classmates with disabilities were forced to sit separately from the graduation ceremony floor at Greenfield High School.
Services will be at 7 p.m. Friday, July 19, in the chapel of Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home in Union City. Brother Ron Gray will officiate. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. until the service time Friday.
In May, a petition to fire Greenfield High School Principal Jamie Doster was developed in response to him requiring three students with disabilities to sit in the audience instead of with their class. Now, a complaint has been filed under the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
A local lawyer said her firm has experienced a 30% increase in clients over five years because of medical debt. The increase comes amid a national push to eliminate the debt on credit reports for all Americans.
UPDATE: A second victim in the Monday home explosion in Obion County has died, the sheriff's office confirmed Tuesday. The victims were identified as husband and wife Daryl and Paula McGuire.
The Obion County Commission announced adjustments to revenue for public schools, resulting in a 1.2-million dollar cut to Obion County and Union City Public Schools.
The witness said the plane sounded normal, then they heard a loud dragging noise, then heard a noise consistent with impact.
An autopsy shows that a Fort Campbell soldier found dead in her home had been stabbed nearly 70 times. The body of 23-year-old Pfc. Katia Dueñas Aguilar was found in her Tennessee home in May. An investigation is ongoing but no arrests have been made. The soldier's family and The League of United Latin American Citizens have offered a reward of $55,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction.
Remnants of the storm will include heavy rains, high winds, severe storms and flooding stretching from south-central Illinois into parts of lower Michigan, and FEMA stresses that it’s important for residents to take action now to stay safe.
At approximately 10 p.m. on July 4, the Murray Police Department responded to a call of a reckless driver, locating the vehicle and conducting a traffic stop.
Gibson Electric has reported that storms on the morning of July 5 caused outages for residences in Obion and Lake counties in Tennessee and Fulton County in Kentucky. At approximately 12:40 p.m., Gibson Electric announced that power has been restored to all but three members in Obion County.
