Selmer News

HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt hosted a media conference call July 21 to provide details on the federal government's latest effort to encourage physician adoption of electronic prescribing.

Winners Saturday in the annual Tennessee Associated Press Managing Editors competition.

The Jackson Sun has won 10 awards in the annual Tennessee Associated Press Managing Editors writing and photography contest.

About 20 drivers are expected to compete in the McNairy County Fair Demolition Derby today.

AN Australian man who may spend the rest of his life in a US jail after a fatal drag racing accident says he isn't strong enough to meet the families of his victims.

A manufacturing company in Selmer will close in early 2009, leaving about 60 employees jobless.

First came the announcement that Liberty Building Systems Inc. would move its corporate headquarters from Bartlett to Southwind in Southeast Shelby County.

"If we want to know what patients want from us as family physicians, we need to ask them" and then address their concerns, AAFP President Jim King, M.D., of Selmer, Tenn., told AAFP News Now shortly before an ...

On Saturday, Justin Diehr of Diehr Insurance Agency turned his love for cars into an event to help terminally ill children through the March of Dimes and the Wounded Warrior Project.

Tennessee's largest military unit could be deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom as soon as next spring.

“Applications can be made for up to $25,000 in loan assistance from this SBA Guaranteed Loan program that will require no business plans, financial statements or collateral and the payback can be for up to seven years with no prepayment penalty”

There will be two Community Express Loan Workshops presented for existing and future business owners in the Henderson and Selmer on Tuesday May 20. via Jacksonsun.com

“We are going to have to determine how to pay for (the medical home) because we cannot continue to be paid under the present formula and expect to get a medical home”

At an April 16 stakeholders meeting here, the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative , or PCPCC, of which the AAFP is a founding member, unveiled four project centers it has formed to integrate the ... via American Academy of Family Physicians

“New Mitchell Grove also contributed the funds to purchase a motorcycle for a pastor without any transportation and thousands of Bibles.”

Members of the Cross Point Ministry Team pose in front of a memorial to Filipinos lost in the Battan Death March. via State Gazette

“We are going to reform when we get there”

A California manufacturer of meat cutting equipment is moving its operation to Selmer, creating 80 jobs or more within the next year. via Jacksonsun.com

“The demand for tubing has decreased because of the economy”

By NED B. HUNTER nhunter@jacksonsun.com * May 8, 2008 United Industries is expanding its Selmer plant in a move that could create an additional 50 or more jobs within a year. via The Jackson Sun

Dawn LIsandrelli, Secretary/Chaplain * Reader Submitted * April 24, 2008 The Mary Ann "Mother" Bickerdyke, Tent No. via The Leaf Chronicle

Organizers of a west Tennessee car show where six people died in 2007 wants to hold another festival. via WTVF Nashville

“You hear talk on both sides of the fence. Some are for it. Some are against it, and some are just ambivalent”

Organizers of a small-town car show where six people died last year after being struck by an out-of-control dragster are seeking a parade permit for another festival this summer. via WREC-AM Memphis

“Before you act on anything, bring it to your physician to look it over”

The Internet offers a dizzying amount of health information -- whatever ails you, someone is sure to have posted something about it somewhere on the Web. via KVOA-TV Tucson

“We have 47 million uninsured in this country”

Small businesses -- those with 100 or fewer employees -- would have the option of joining national or statewide insurance pools to obtain lower insurance premiums under a bill recently introduced by Sen. via American Academy of Family Physicians