The Legacy
CANDIDATES FOR JACKSON CITY COUNCIL
by Elvis Rogers
The City of Jackson for Mayor and nine city council members will be held May 2, 2023. The following City Council candidates have been issued petitions for their districts as of February 12, 2023. District 1 Sam Turner - 70 Timberhill Drive and JP “John Patrick Stovall” 357 Harts Bridge Road District 2: Johnny Lee Dodd - 214 Daugherty Street District 3: Candice Busby - 70 Weatheridge Drive District 4 Richard Donnell - 99 Hickory Hollow Drive DISTRICT 5 Frank McMeen - 1019 N Highland Avenue Tara Skinner - 526 Greenwood Avenue Tim York - 755 Skyline Dr. District 6 Byron Elam - 14 Hillshire Drive Larry Lowrance - 500 Wallace Road Cassandra Parker - 14 Fairmeadow Cove District 7 Marda Phelps Wallace - 56 Willow Green Drive District 8 Russ McKelvey - 42 Brookhollow Cove District 9 Julie Faulder Holt - 9 Jeffrey Ct Kyle Lusby and Bart Swift have picked up petitions but not filed as of publication date. Qualifying deadline is February 16 at noon for candidates to return approved signed petitions. For more information on local elections contact the Madison County Election Commission office at 731-668-1796
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02/16/2023
DEADLY SHOOTING KILLS ONE, INJURES ANOTHER
February 12, 2023 Michael Mills -wbbjtv.com
HAYWOOD CO. Tenn. —
. . . James Earl Ray slept in a seedy motel in my home town the night before he went to Memphis. The motel was attached to an equally seedy beer joint that I visited a few times in my youth. . .
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Suspects in custody. In an update, Haywood County Sheriff Investigators and Deputies arrested 18-year-old Kevion Davis and 16-year-old Bishop Owens in connection to the murder of Christine Michael.
Kevion Davis has been booked in the Haywood County Jail with no bond and held on 1st Degree Murder charges. Owens will be held in detention by juvenile court officials for 1st Degree Murder. He also has no bond.
“OPERATION SNOWSTORM” Leads to Drug Indictments, Arrests in Crockett County
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ALAMO – An undercover joint drug operation targeting illicit drug sales, particularly cocaine, in Crockett County has resulted in indictments and arrests. “Operation Snowstorm,” led by the Drug Investigation Division of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Crockett County Sheriff’s Office, and Homeland Security Investigations, spanned three months. Between July and September 2022, agents and investigators conducted controlled purchases, surveillance, and research. On February 6th, the Crockett County Grand Jury returned indictments, charging eight individuals in connection to the investigation. Last night, in conjunction with a saturation operation by the Crockett County Sheriff’s Office, officers with 13 agencies worked to bring the individuals into custody. Along with TBI, the participating agencies include Homeland Security Investigations, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Crockett County Sheriff’s Office, Bells Police Department, Alamo Police Department, Gadsden Police Department, Friendship Police Department, Haywood County Sheriff’s Office, Milan Police Department, Gibson County Sheriff’s Office, Gibson Police Department, and Huntingdon Police Department.