Carthage man leads police on bizarre pursuit on motorcycle
By Eddie West Staff Writer A Carthage man led law enforcement authorities on a two county pursuit while riding a motorcycle without a helmet and faces multiple charges. The pursuit began when sheriffs department Deputy Bert Collins observed the man riding the motorcycle at a high rate of speed on Cookeville Highway. After pulling behind…
Read More2023-2024 ALL COUNTY BASKETBALL TEAM
This week’s edition includes the 2023-2024 All County Basketball Teams for the girls and boys – Headlined by Boys Player of the Year, Cooper Williams (Forks River) and Girls Player of the Year, Makenna White (Smith Co. Middle School)
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 04/11/24
STATE OF TENNESSEE PROBATE COURT OF SMITH COUNTY AT CARTHAGE NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Virginia Lester Agee Case#80CH1-2024-PR-2775 Notice is hereby given that on the 27th day of March, 2024, Letters of Testamentary in respect to the estate of Virginia Lester Agee, Deceased, who died on the 18th day of March, 2024, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Beth Toney Fisher
A Tanglewood Community wife, mother, and grandmother was found unresponsive on the floor by her son, Robert, on Friday morning at their Sunnyview Drive home. Mrs. Fisher had been diagnosed with a brain aneurysm. Mrs. Beth Toney Fisher age 63 was pronounced deceased at 8:55 a.m. Friday morning April 5, 2024 at the Riverview Regional…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Kenneth “Big Daddy” Marshall
Mr. Kenneth “Big Daddy” Marshall of Hartsville died at 11:13 a.m. Wednesday morning April 3, 2024 at the Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin where he was admitted earlier that day. Mr. Marshall was 72. Funeral services for Mr. Marshall were conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday afternoon April 7th from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Jonathan Sloan
Knox County native Jonathan Sloan, age 41 of Nashville, was discovered deceased on the Banks of the Cumberland River near Great Circle Road in West Nashville at 2:29 p.m. Sunday afternoon March 17, 2024. A graveside service and interment were conducted at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, April 2, 2024 in the Garden of the…
Read MoreObit – Pastor Phillip Dunn
Pastor Phillip Dunn age 65 of La Porte, Texas left this world on Wednesday morning April 3, 2024 at 8:39 a.m. at his home, surrounded by those he loved and those who loved him. Graveside services were scheduled for 3 p.m. Sunday afternoon April 7th with Bro. Ron Ralph officiating. Burial followed in the Gazebo…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Rebecca (Becky) Paschall Malone Allmon
Mrs. Rebecca (Becky) Paschall Malone Allmon, a longtime resident of Mt. Juliet, TN, went to her heavenly home on April 5th, 2024 at 1:47pm at Riverview Regional Hospital with family and Cathy Murphy, her caregiver, at her side. Becky was born on January 29, 1940 in Hickman, Tennessee. Becky graduated from Gordonsville High School in…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Elwood Lykins
Mr. Elwood Lykins, age 88 of Carthage, TN passed away on Sunday March 31, 2024. Mr. Lykins was born August 12, 1935 in West Liberty, KY. He was a son of the late Roy Lykins and Vesta Mae Howard Lykins. He was also preceded by six siblings: Harold Lykins, Woodrow Lykins, Paul Lykins, Eugene Lykins,…
Read MoreObit – James Murray Sykes
James Murray Sykes, age 89, of Crossville, Tennessee passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 6, 2024 with his loving wife by his side. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Karen Seal (Bill), parents Walter and Sadie Sykes, brother Robert H. Sykes (Gladys), and sister, Nancy Swain. He is survived by his wife Sallye…
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