Wanted man captured in pursuit
By Eddie West Staff Writer A sheriff’s department K-9 officer captured a wanted suspect following a pursuit which began in Smith County and concluded in Mt. Juliet. Meanwhile, it’s not just dogs who can detect the odor of marijuana with a free air sniff. While following the suspect’s vehicle, traveling on Interstate 40, K-9 officer…
Read MoreCounty highway department big winner in budget
By Eddie West Staff Writer The big winner in the county’s 2022-2023 fiscal year budget is the county highway department. During the next fiscal year, the county’s road department is estimated to receive more than two million dollars set aside in a special “Highway Capital Projects” account, designated specifically to address the county’s deteriorating road…
Read MoreSeven year sentence in drug sale case
(The following information was provided by Fifteenth Judicial District, Jason Lawson.) A Smith County man has been sentenced to serve nine years in the Tennessee Department of Correction for a 2021 case in which he sold methamphetamine to a police informant working with the Fifteenth Judicial District Drug Task Force. Andrew Murray, 32, Dixon…
Read MoreEarly voting nears
By Eddie West Staff Writer Early voting in three elections set for August 4 begins next week. Elections include county general, South Carthage city and Tennessee primary. Early voting begins on Friday, July 15 and continues through Saturday, July 30. A sample ballot which includes each of the elections and candidates is inside this week’s…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 07/07/22
NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Teresa Diane TaylorNotice is hereby given that on the 27th day of June, 2022, Letters of Administration in respect to the estate of Teresa Diane Taylor, Deceased, who died on the 19th day of December, 2021, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court of Smith County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Katherine Wilkerson Bennett
Mrs. Katherine Wilkerson Bennett, age 70, of Gordonsville, TN, passed away on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. Mrs. Bennett was born June 14, 1952 in Brush Creek, TN, a daughter of the late Daniel James Wilkerson and Novella Jewel Winfree Wilkerson. She married Donnie Chester Bennett on September 1, 1973 and he preceded her in death…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Luis Garcia
Mr. Luis Garcia, of the Riddleton community, died as the result of a farming accident on the Puryears Bend Road in Hartsville on Monday afternoon, June 27, 2022. The 39 year old was pronounced dead at the scene at 6:10 p.m. and was transported to the Sumner County E. M. S. Morgue in Gallatin. The…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Peggy Gray
Friday afternoon, July 2nd, funeral services for Mrs. Peggy Gray, age 64, a homemaker of Carthage, were conducted at 1 p.m. from the Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home in Lebanon. One of her pastors, Bro. Doug Dickerson, officiated and burial followed in the Wilson County Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Gray died on Sunday evening, June 26,…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Dean Yarborough
Mrs. Dean Yarborough, a homemaker of Hartsville Pike in Carthage, died at 7:20 p.m. Monday evening, June 27, 2022, at the Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital in Lebanon. Mrs. Yarborough was 77. Funeral services from the Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home in Lebanon were conducted by Bro. Charles Martin and Bro. Gary Wix at 11 a.m.…
Read MoreLeal & Public Notices For The Week Of 06/30/22
NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF James Thomas Lewis, Jr. Notice is hereby given that on the 21st day of June, 2022, Letters Testamentary in respect to the estate of James Thomas Lewis, Jr., Deceased, who died on the 31st day of May, 2022, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court of Smith County, Tennessee. All persons, resident…
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