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Plans beginning for Bicentennial celebrations throughout Madison Co. View Comments As the year-long Bicentennial Celebration is set to begin in less than two months for Jackson and Madison County, celebration coordinator Elaine Christian said a plan is coming together to make sure that celebration gets outside the Jackson city limits. “We’re working with the volunteer fire departments throughout the county and other groups in communities to schedule and plan heritage celebrations for those ...

WBBJ TV May 24, 2021 BEECH BLUFF, Tenn. — More than a dozen officers from the Jackson-Madison County Metro Narcotics Unit surrounded two homes Monday morning. The first one is on the 300 block of Diamond Grove Road in Beech Bluff. Outside, at least two people were handcuffed. Investigators told us they were executing a search warrant, but couldn’t release any more information at the time. Neighbors said they have seen a lot of activity at this house, but they didn’t want to speak on camer...

Tyson Foods’ expansion in west Tennessee is pitting longtime farmers against one of the nation’s biggest protein suppliers BEECH BLUFF, TN — Larry Blankenship and his wife, Monica, lived in a trailer on his father’s farm for more than 30 years while saving for a home of their own. They finally did in 2019, moving into a pretty one-story ranch built where their trailer used to be.  But their joy was short-lived; the weekend they moved in, a line of backhoes and constructio...

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WBBJ TV January 19, 2021 MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. — Dozens of residents from the Denmark community lined the walls at Tuesday’s county commission meeting, determined to fight solar panels coming to their neighborhood. “Our concern is our view and our property value, and the safety and the issues of long term effects of the solar farm,” said Denmark resident Brice Meeks. This comes after people from Beech Bluff fought chicken barns coming to their area — so far to no avail. “I don’t k...

WBBJ TV January 15, 2021 The Madison County Board of Health called a special meeting to discuss concerns associated with the farms. “There is a group of citizens that are very concerned about the chicken feeding barns that are going up in the Beech Bluff area of the county, and also the southwestern part in the Mercer, Tennessee area,” said Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department Regional Director Kim Tedford. Community members presented their concerns to the Property Committee of...

  Norman Taylor Ward, age 85 died early Friday morning at AHC Lexington Manor. He was born May 7, 1935 in Madison County, TN, son of the late Charles Thomas and Hazel Fern Holder Ward. He grew up in Beech Bluff and was a 1954 graduate of Beech Bluff High School. He worked for Caterpillar in Peoria, IL for a time then began working for Piggly Wiggly Company constructing countertops for many years. He also farmed and began woodworking and cabinetry. He raised a large garden and sold vegetables ...

WBBJ TV December 21, 2020 MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. — The Madison County Commission voted in favor of having the Jackson-Madison County Health Department deal with requests related to proposed mega chicken farms. “We’re limited about what we can do and the full body put it on the property committee’s agenda for us to discuss when we met this month,” said District 10 County Commissioner Harold Petty. Petty says commissioners attempted to help as much as they could, but found they were limi...