WOMAN SENTENCED TO THIRTY YEARS FOR MURDER
(The following press release was issued on Tuesday, December 5 by District Attorney General Jason L. Lawson.) A Gordonsville woman has pleaded guilty to the 2021 murder of a South Carthage man. Tara Greene, 36, pleaded guilty to the offense of second degree murder in the death of Wendell Bennett occurring on February 26, 2021.…
Read MoreHearing held on school board lawsuit
By Eddie West Staff Writer A date has been set in connection with the school board’s chancery court lawsuit involving passage of the County Financial Management System of 1981. Also, the county’s Financial Management Committee, established to set rules and regulations and oversee the county’s newly formed Department of Finance and hiring of a county…
Read MoreNyrstar says approximately 75 percent of 340 workers laid off
By Eddie West Staff Writer Hundreds of workers in Smith County have been laid off as Nyrstar’s Middle Tennessee Mines’ (zinc mine) “temporarily pause in production operations” is underway. According to the latest from a Nyrstar spokesperson, the company employed approximately 340 workers at mines within the county when the “temporary pause” began Thursday (November…
Read MoreOwls’ second half comeback sinks Tigers, hands GHS first loss
Owls 50, Tigers 44 By Shea Haile Courier Sports GORDONSVILLE — The in-county rivalry between the Smith County High Owls and the Gordonsville High Tigers basketball teams added another thrilling and entertaining classic last Friday night at GHS. The Tigers saw a 34-20 halftime lead evaporate as the Owls out-scored Big Blue 30-10 in the…
Read MoreLady Owls tab impressive 71-36 victory in “The Jungle”
Lady Owls 71, Tigerettes 36 By Shea Haile Courier Sports GORDONSVILLE — Last Friday night, the Smith County High Lady Owls and Gordonsville Tigerettes girls basketball programs shared the hardwood for the first of two rivalry meetings during the 2023-2024 season. The Black-and-Gold exploded on a 26-14 second quarter run to seize control and eventually…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 12/07/23
STATE OF TENNESSEE PROBATE COURT OF SMITH COUNTY AT CARTHAGE NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Lajuanna Fern Roe Case#80CH1-2023-PR-2754 Notice is hereby given that on the 29th day of November, 2023, Letters of Testamentary in respect to the estate of Lajuanna Fern Roe, Deceased, who died on the 12th day of October, 2023, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Cathy Slagle
A Pea Ridge Community lady, Mrs. Cathy Slagle, was pronounced deceased at the age of 57 at 10:24 a.m. Wednesday morning November 29, 2023 shortly after arrival at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E.R. in Carthage. Smith County E-911 received a call for assistance at the Pea Ridge home of her Mother at 9:16 a.m.…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Sally Russell
Mrs. Sally Russell of Carthage and a longtime resident of the Kempville Community was pronounced deceased at 3:51 p.m. Saturday afternoon at the St. Thomas Mid-Town Hospital in Nashville where she was admitted Friday afternoon suffering from renal failure. Mrs. Russell was 87. Her minister, Edward L. Anderson, officiated at the 1 p.m. Wednesday afternoon…
Read MoreObit – Mr. John Huth
Mr. John Huth age 87 of the Graveltown Community and a Brooklyn, New York native died peacefully at 4:05 p.m. Monday afternoon November 27, 2023 at the Pavilion Senior Living in South Carthage with his family and friends by his bedside. Mr. Huth was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home and had requested…
Read MoreObit – Ms. Gerri Lovell
Ms. Gerri Lovell, a former resident of Meadow Green Apartments in Gordonsville, was pronounced deceased at 2:30 a.m. Friday morning December 1, 2023 at the Smith County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage where she had made her home since January 27th of this year. Ms. Lovell was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral…
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