New School Board Members Elected All five of our newly elected #JMCSS board members attended a recent work session. They’ll be sworn in next month and begin their 4-year term of service. Pictured left to right: Pete Johnson, AJ Massey , Shannon Stewart, Doris Black & Morris Merriweather
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Daryl Hubbard re-elected Jackson City Court Clerk and election round up 12 Daryl Hubbard was re-elected as the Jackson City Court Clerk after holding off a challenge from Monique Merriweather.Ê Hubbard gained a sizable lead in early voting and held on as all 33 precincts of the city and Madison County were reported throughout the election night.Ê MadisonÊ County Mayor Jimmy Harris (right) was reelected byÊ defeatingÊ Harrell Carter for the position by a vote of 11,414 for Harris and 5,825 for Harrell Carter.
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‘I WARNED HIM’: Gun-toting grandma shoots man exposing himself
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Wednesday, August 8th 2018, 2:05 am CDT HOUSTON (KTRK/CNN) – Police say a Texas grandmother shot a man, who was out on bond for running around naked, after he allegedly began masturbating in front of her. GRANDMA DON’T PLAY THAT Grandma Jean, 68, says a It was 3 a.m. on a Monday morning in 2012 when 38-year-old man rode up to Ethel Jones, a 69-year-old grandmother, heard some her house on a bike late noises outside her Decatur, Ga., home. The gunTuesday afternoon. toting granny pulled her .38 from under her pillow “Some guy pulled off his and shot an intruder during an attempted robbery. pants and pulled his pants open, playing with his thing. He ran up in my yard, and I told him to get away from my door or I will shoot him,”Êshe said. The 68-year-old wasn’t kidding, and she says the man wouldn’t take no for an answer. So, she grabbed her pistol.
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Man faces charges after Taser arrest by Jackson police August 3, 2018ÊÊWBBJ 7 Eyewitness News Staff CHRISTOPHER JACKSON, Tenn. — A man who was arrested Thursday afternoon in north Jackson after being apprehended with a Taser is now facing charges. Earl Taylor was arrested last Thursday afternoon after a traffic stop on the Highway 45 Bypass. The traffic stop stemmed from an earlier report of a domestic disturbance on Pleasant Plains Road. During the traffic stop, police say Taylor got out of his car and refused orders to get on the ground. Taylor kept going back and forth toward the car and reached into his pockets several times, according to court documents. N M A R O Councilman Ernest Brooks Taylor also told police he was not going to jail and that they would have to kill him or he was first black state executive would walk into traffic, according to an affidavit. THEDFORD committee member from An officer was able to get close enough to use a Taser on Taylor, after which he complied. Taylor has been released from custody. Madison County elected. 24 HOUR
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