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TENNESSEE’S VENGEFUL LAWMAKERS After enormous black turnout in the 2018 midterms, Republicans are advancing a bill that would penalize voter registration drives. 10
BROWN FINISHES 2ND IN NATIONAL 15 COMPETITION Madison Academic team captures 3rd in USAD Thomas Brown
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Jeanette Golden Violation of probation, violation of community corrections
Rodreckious Woodruff
Teresa Privett DUI, possession of a handgun while under the influence
Schedule VI drug violations, unlawful drug paraphernalia Naomi Harvey Leaving the scene of accident 24
GRANDMOTHER STABBED 16 TIMES WITH BUTCHER 3 KNIFE,ÊSCREWDRIVER
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CORNFORTH, NICOLE MARIE - Charge: DOMESTIC ASSAULT, VIOLATION ORDER OF PROTECTION
After first painting teardrops on his face with black nail polish, Jones said her uncle was sitting with her family in their living room on Highway 121 when he DONNA JONES suddenly snapped.
Simple domestic assault, vandalism
Cierra Brown
MILAN ARREST
Tiffany Moss (right) was convicted of starving 10-yearold Emani Moss and then 7 trying to burn the girl’s emaciated body in a trash can.
STEPMOTHER SENTENCED TO DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDERING 10-YEAR-OLD
MASON, DARRYL JAMES Charge: POSSESSION SCHEDULE VI WITH INTENT, CONTEMPT OF COURT
NAACP CONDEMNS SELMER POLICE CSE News - DTRB The Tennessee State Conference of the NAACP held a press conference at Jackson City Hall last Wednesday to condemn recent social media posts by Selmer Police Officer Ronnie Pilkington.Ê In February the Selmer Officer shared a post on Facebook showing an image of Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, and the statement “colored people are like human weeds and are to be exterminated” -CONT’D ON PAGE 7
Ronnie Pilkington
Early Childhood Leaders Finalize Kindergarten Readiness Targets
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JACKSON, TN – The Jackson area now has a clearer vision for how to prepare students for Kindergarten. On Monday, April 29, 2019, the Early Childhood Leadership Collaborative released their Jackson Area Kindergarten Readiness Targets. This set of targets has been a combined effort of the Early Childhood Leadership Collaborative, a group comprised of Jackson area early childhood professionals who are representing child care facilities throughout the Jackson area, local preschools, and Jackson-Madison County Schools.
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