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A request to locate a junkyard and flea market on Hwy. 441 hit a roadblock Monday night when the Commerce Planning Commission voted to recommend that the applicant’s annexation request be denied. Roy Cowart had requested that the city annex and rezone to C-2 an 11-acre tract on Hwy. 441. Cowart reportedly wants to develop the property into a ... [Full Story »] 

Commerce fifth- and eighth- graders scored high on the CRCT tests this year, with one class earning a set of perfect marks. All of the 93 eighth-graders who took the reading and English/language arts sections of this year’s CRCT tests passed the subject areas, a feat that helped the system place in the top 10 statewide for those subjects. ... [Full Story »] 

The Commerce Planning Commission will hear a request Monday night from a man who wants to annex 11 acres on U.S. 441 to develop a junkyard. The planning commission, which makes recommendations to the city council on zoning and land use matters, meets at 7:00 p.m. in the Commerce Room of the Commerce Civic Center. Roy Cowart petitioned the city ... [Full Story »] 

Fifteen months after it officially ceased to exist, BJC Medical Center has, apparently, resolved all of the medical malpractice litigation it faced. In a brief meeting Saturday morning, the BJC Medical Center Authority — the former governing body of the facility — accepted a settlement with its liability insurance company that will cover ... [Full Story »] 

Music, food and fireworks are on the agenda for Friday night in downtown Commerce as the newly revamped City Lights Downtown Festival takes place in and around Spencer Park. Officially, the event begins at 8:00 in the morning when the 5K Star Chase Road Race begins at Willoughby Park on Clayton Street, but once that is over there will be no ... [Full Story »] 

Before the 200 people who showed up to protest a potential ordinance restricting firearms use had a chance to speak, the Jackson County Board of Commissioners surrendered. The commissioners quickly voted at the start of their meeting Monday night to reject any ordinance that would stop the firing of guns in residential areas. Commissioners Tom ... [Full Story »] 

The Commerce Police Department charged six people — including three generations of one family — with theft by receiving stolen property in connection with a shoplifting/burglary operation that may have spanned several states. The case broke when police executed a search warrant last Thursday at 358 Spring Street where they found a treasure ... [Full Story »]