OSBORNE TAKES FLIGHT WITH OWL BASEBALL
OSBORNE TAKES FLIGHT WITH OWL BASEBALL The Smith County High Owls baseball team will have a new leader next spring in first year head coach Gunner Osborne. Osborne inherits a team that is coming off one of its more successful seasons in recent years — making an appearance in the Class AA TSSAA (Tennessee Secondary…
Read More6 COUNTS OF RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT FILED
6 COUNTS OF RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT FILED A man stopped by sheriff’s department deputies at the Interstate 40 exit in Gordonsville faces six counts of felony reckless endangerment. The man, a Smyrna resident traveling in a blue Chevrolet Impala, is accused of attempting to run a vehicle, with two people inside, off the roadway on Interstate…
Read MoreELECTION DAY COVERAGE
ELECTION DAY COVERAGE Early Voting Numbers Strong (Election night results will be posted on the Smith County Election Commission website Thursday night. A link to the election commission website will be posted here on the Courier website – www.carthagecourier.com) Early voting ended Saturday and residents are going to the polls this week. More than three…
Read MoreSCHOOL YEAR BEGINNING
SCHOOL YEAR BEGINNING Teachers returned to school this week from summer break. Next week, students will return back to school to begin the 2018-2019 school years. Scheduled for this week is teacher in-service training on Wednesday and Thursday and an administrative day on Friday. Students report back to school for a half-day session on Monday,…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 08/02/18
Legal & Public Notices For The Week Of 08/02/18 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note dated March 21, 2014, and the Deed of Trust of even date securing the same, recorded April 4, 2014, in Book No. 275,…
Read MoreOBIT: Mrs. Bessie Thrower
Mrs. Bessie Thrower, age 104, of Roscoe, Georgia died peacefully on Sunday evening July 22, 2018 at 10 p.m. at Avalon Nursing Home. Funeral services were conducted from the old sanctuary of the Macedonia Baptist Church Tuesday morning July 24th at 11 a.m. with her grandson Rev. Jody Thrower officiating. Interment followed in the Macedonia…
Read MoreOBIT: Mrs. Shirley Sparkman
Longtime Sullivans Bend Community resident Mrs. Shirley Sparkman died at 1:40 p.m. Saturday afternoon July 28, 2018 at the Nan Bishop Road farm of her son in rural Barren County, Kentucky with her three children, two grandsons and other family members at her side. She was pronounced deceased at 3:10 p.m. by Hospice of Southern…
Read MoreOBIT: Mrs. Tommie Webster Dedmon
Mrs. Tommie Webster Dedmon, age 83, of Alexandria, TN, passed away Wednesday, July 25, 2018. Mrs. Dedmon was born February 21, 1935 in Dekalb County, TN, daughter of the late James Early Webster and Vallie Tramel Webster. Mrs. Tommie married Buford C. Dedmon and he preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by…
Read MoreGHS BASEBALL WELCOMES NEW COACH
GHS BASEBALL WELCOMES NEW COACH The Gordonsville High School baseball program will begin its next chapter this spring when it welcomes new head coach Randy Harrell to “Tiger Town.” The Tigers will hope to continue riding the momentum from recent seasons — which included three consecutive TSSAA (Tennessee Secondary Sports Athletic Association) Class A state…
Read MoreSCHOOL SYSTEM EMPLOYEES RECEIVE RAISE
SCHOOL SYSTEM EMPLOYEES RECEIVE RAISE School system employees returning for the 2018-2019 school year will be greeted with a three percent pay raise. The county’s school board approved a “three percent salary increase for the 2018-2019 school year” during its July meeting. The pay increase includes “all Smith County Board of Education employees” and is…
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