Alamo News

A crucial element of any Fourth of July picnic is the menu. When a large number is expected, it can be tricky deciding what to serve and how much of it to prepare.

A Ripley man facing a first-degree murder trial stopped it moments before opening statements were to be made by pleading guilty to a lesser charge.

First, there was Davy Crockett at the Alamo, then Alvin York in the trenches of World War I. Now, we have ... drum roll please ... Tim Burchett in the Tennessee Senate.

The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a tornado warning for Crockett County and southwestern Gibson County until 4:30 p.m. At 3:43 p.m. radar indicated a severe thunderstorm producing a tornado 7 miles northwest of Alamo or 17 miles southeast of Dyersburg moving east at 20 mph.

St. Mary's Catholic Church has been appointed a new associate pastor, who was ordained Saturday in Memphis, according to a news release from the Catholic Diocese of Memphis.

Delta Faucet announced Thursday that the company would be hiring around 200 additional employees over the next six months.

Jackson police have identified a suspect in a shooting Saturday at an apartment in the 100 block of Preston Alley.

Shoes worth buying have longer lives if a proper cobbler is available. Johnny Lane of James Shoe Hospital is that rare craftsman in Jackson.

Ararat Baptist Church, Jackson, welcomed its new pastor, the Rev. Mike Stover, who began his ministry at the church on April 26.

Alamo Village in Brackettville, Texas, is the studio actor John Wayne built in 1959 for his movie "The Alamo" The studio celebrated its 50-year anniversary of the studio in March.

HUMBOLDT - 'Styling for yesterday, today, forever' is the motto behind Peppermint Pony's custom-made children's clothes.

The case seemed routine when Crockett County authorities began investigating a possible attempted robbery and murder on the night of Oct.

U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., will visit West Tennessee making stops in Brownsville, Alamo, Union City and Dresden today and Gibson County and Jackson on Wednesday.

The year the Eagle landed on the moon and Woodstock, N.Y., rocked out, a Merle Norman cosmetics business opened in Henderson.

ALAMO - U.S. Rep. John Tanner, D-Union City, and other local, state and federal leaders on Friday announced a federal investment of $1,040,000 for the construction of a new Crockett County Adult Education Center.

The Alamo Post Office will host a Passport Fair from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 28, to accept passport applications.

Saturday's headlines in The Jackson Sun will include the following stories: *PAPERLESS GOVERNMENT: Both city and county officials have made efforts of late to go paperless to save money.

ALAMO - The preliminary hearing for a Crockett County school bus driver charged with statutory rape of a student was postponed Thursday because authorities added more charges against him.

ALAMO - The preliminary hearing for a Crockett County school bus driver charged with statutory rape of a student was postponed today because authorities plan to file an additional charge against him.

The Alamo Elementary School PTA is set to host its Wild West Dinner and Auction at the Elmira Fire Station, 420 Vine St., Elmira.