Jackson Theatre Guild – 314 E. Main Street`, P.O. Box 7041, Jackson, TN, 38302, (731) 427-3200

Earlier this week the Jackson Sun reported that the Jackson City Council voted to delay the inevitable, a vote on a proposed amendment to the 2011 agreement between the city of Jackson and the owners of the Diamond Generals. The deal that actually cost the city 1.2 to 1.5 million dollars annually would also provide a $15 million dollar caveat. The […]

The Jackson City Council will meet tomorrow morning at City to handle a wide variety of ills for the city. Some good, some not so good. Good things: Dr. Ron Bingham is making the offer of 5.58 acres of land at the Tennis Complex. This is a gift to city and should be appreciated. We wish to thank Dr. Bingham […]

Public Notice Notice is hereby given that the City of Jackson (TN) Beer Permit Board will meet Tuesday, January 8, 2019, at 8:00 a.m. in the City Council Chambers at City Hall, 101 East Main Street, to consider the following applications for a beer permit: Tammy Hardee on behalf of the West Tennessee Women’s Center for a special occasion permit […]

Officers and Investigators with the Jackson Police Department are investigating the first shooting death of 2019. At approximately 5:00 p.m., officers were dispatched to 201 Magnolia Landing to a call of shots fired.  Officers responded to the scene and located a deceased victim with gunshot injuries. Jackson Police are continuing to process the scene at 201 Magnolia Landing.  However, Jackson Police need assistance locating a burgundy colored older model Crown […]

By Charles Hugh Smith  |   OfTwoMinds.com While wages have supposedly gone up 3.4% in 2018, taxes and fees are rising at much higher rates. Here’s a list of tax and fee increases hitting residents of one of the counties I call home; the list includes taxes/fees raised in 2017 and 2018: 1. Property taxes: between 6.5% and 10%, depending on the property […]

George B. is returning to the local airwaves. The local news talk show host who’s spent time on a couple of local stations is returning on Jan. 7 on WTJS-FM 93.1, The Talk of Jackson. The show will be three hours each week day afternoon from 3-6 p.m. and will be called George B. in the Afternoon. He said he’s […]

Brandon Shields, Jackson Sun The Jackson-Madison County Library is a resource for information about local history, and the facility received a grant this week to house even more records with that type of information. Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett was in Jackson on Wednesday to present a check of $1,200 to Library Director Dinah Harris and Jack Wood, who […]

The regular meeting of the Jackson City Council, normally held on the first Tuesday of the month, will be held on Tuesday, January 8, 2019, at 9:00 A.M. in the George A. Smith Meeting Room at City Hall, 101 East Main Street, Jackson, Tennessee.  Agenda Review will be held on Thursday, January 3, 2019, at 5:00 p.m. in the City […]

The regular meeting of the Madison County Board of Commissioners will be held at THE WEST TN RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER, 605 AIRWAYS BLVD., CONFERENCE ROOM 150, JACKSON, TENNESSEE 38305; MONDAY, December 17, 2018 at 8:30 A.M. The following matters will be presented for your consideration: Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag Roll call AND APPROVAL OF THE […]

Brandon Shields, Jackson Sun Jackson-Madison County Schools is getting a new Madison Academic and a new Jackson Central-Merry High School. The Jackson City Council voted 6-3 to enter the private-public partnership to essentially fund the construction of Madison Academic High School on the campus of the University of Memphis at Lambuth. David Cisco, Vicky Foote and Randy Wallace were the […]

The Jackson City Council will be meeting tomorrow in the Jackson City Hall Building at 9 AM in the morning. The Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance to the flag will be lead by Councilwoman Dr. Vicky Foote. The first order of business will be based on a resolution to “Removal from Table Resolution in Support of a Proposal for the Construction […]

Jackson Police remind all citizens to beware of scammers. Recently, a suspect, pretending to be an officer of the Jackson Police Department, spoofed an individual using the department’s number 731-425-8400.  Spoofing is when a caller deliberately falsifies the information transmitted to your caller ID display to disguise their identity. Spoofing is often used as part of an attempt to trick someone into giving away […]

You read this article and the first that might come to your mind is why would we need such a grant that uses federal dollars to be designated for such a task. Is the mayor and chief afraid to ask us for these funds so they run and hide somewhere else. The second thing you might ask is what is […]

This article has been updated and corrected as of 11/29/2018. 70 years ago here in the city of Jackson and the county of Madison there was no such thing as a dedicated animal control system. Animals were captured and destroyed generally by carbon dioxide poisoning and the remains burned. Most of this was left up to the sheriff and his […]

Jackson Police are investigating a shooting that occurred in the 200 block of Middle Street. At approximately 6:20 p.m., officers of the Jackson Police Department responded to the area of First and Middle Street for a call of a victim suffering from gunshot injuries. Responding officers located a victim suffering from gunshot injuries. The victim was transported by Emergency Medical […]

Editor’s Note: Think of it this way… they didn’t vote no…. which means the mayor and his team has a month to work on them individually…. someone will convince them of the deal. We found it interesting that Dodd, who is employed by West Tennessee Health Care (the last time we looked) was trying to be the peace maker to […]

Story by  Brittany Kyles |  WBBJ-TV JACKSON, Tenn.–Members of the County Commission opened up Monday’s meeting with discussion of the Private/Public Partnership for the construction for two new schools. One school would be built on the former Jackson Central-Merry High School and the other on the University of Memphis-Lambuth Campus. After much discussion, commissioners voted to go forward with funding for […]

Attached as well is the proposed Academic Zone

Morris Merriweather is staying on the Jackson-Madison County School Board. While Merriweather said publicly on Friday he was rescinding his resignation from the day before, that move became official Thursday when he submitted his rescinding letter to Madison County Commission Chairman Gary Deaton, who confirmed the letter had been submitted. Deaton said the letter makes Merriweather’s decision official and ends […]