SCHOOL BOARD TO DISCUSS DIRECTOR CONTRACT AT NEXT MEETING
SCHOOL BOARD TO DISCUSS DIRECTOR CONTRACT AT NEXT MEETING The school board’s contract with Director of Schools Barry Smith is up for negotiations. During their April meeting, school board members voted to have the director’s contract be placed on the agenda for next month’s meeting. At this month’s meeting, School Board Attorney Jamie Winkler explained…
Read MoreI-40 ACCIDENT CLAIMS 2 LIVES
I-40 ACCIDENT CLAIMS 2 LIVES Two people were killed and one person injured in a four-vehicle wreck on Interstate 40, Wednesday afternoon. The wreck occurred just east of the Gordonsville Exit where traffic had stalled due to a jack-knifed tractor-trailer tanker truck a few miles east of the deadly accident. The jack-knifed tractor-trailer truck accident,…
Read MoreCOACH/P.E. TEACHER CHARGED WITH 15 COUNTS OF EXPLOITATION OF MINOR
COACH/P.E. TEACHER CHARGED WITH 15 COUNTS OF EXPLOITATION OF MINOR A Pleasant Shade man, employed as a Smith County Middle School coach/PE teacher, faces multiple sexual exploitation of a minor charges. Jamal Carter, 26, was charged with 15 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, following a sheriff’s department investigation. The investigation, labeled as ongoing,…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 03/24/22
NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated July 27, 2015, executed by BILLY G WATKINS, MARY M WATKINS, conveying certain real property therein described to KERRY WEBB, as Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register’s Office of…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Tim Williams
Mr. Tim Williams, age 61 of Carthage, died Friday, March 18 at Riverview Regional in Carthage. He is survived by: mother, Carolyn Williams Claywell of Defeated Creek; siblings, Steve Williams and wife Lisa of Defeated Creek, Dian Rievley and husband Jim of Lebanon; niece and nephews, Scott Williams, Kendra Williams Stoltz and husband Matt, Brad Rievley…
Read MoreObit – Robert D. “Don” Bennett
BENNETT, Robert D. “Don“- age 82 passed away Sunday March 13, 2022 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tn. He is preceded in death by his parents, Thomas & Ova Mai Lester Bennett; infant sister, Mary Eudean Bennett; father-in-law & mother-in-law, E.D. & Martha Jones.Survived by wife of nearly 60 years, Jimmie Nell Bennett;…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Josephine Blackburn Taylor
Mrs. Josephine Blackburn Taylor, age 76, of New Middleton, TN, passed away on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. Mrs. Taylor was born November 19, 1945 in New Middleton, TN, a daughter of the late James Edward Blackburn and Mildred Virginia Gwaltney Blackburn. She married Eugene Taylor on July 22, 1968 and he preceded her in death…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Charles “Bud” Hill
Mr. Charles “Bud” Hill, age 79 of Gordonsville, died Saturday afternoon, March 19 at his home. He is survived by: wife, Ruth Hill; 4 daughters, Denise Payne and husband Donny of Club Springs, Kimberly Baker and husband Phillip of Baxter, Kathy Robertson and husband Buddy of Carthage; Tabitha Hill and fiance’ Kelvin Shealey of Middletown,…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Bobby W. Williams, Sr.
Mr. Bobby W. Williams, Sr, age 80 of the Dry Fork Community in Brush Creek, TN, passed away on Monday, March 14, 2022. Mr. Williams was born October 16, 1941 in New Middleton, TN, a son of the late Jack Williams and Edith Frances Allen Williams. He was also preceded in death by Daughter; Angie…
Read MoreOWNER OF RUNAWAY KAYAK LOCATED
OWNER OF RUNAWAY KAYAK LOCATED The mystery of a kayak discovered floating down the Caney Fork River has been solved. Two kayakers entered the river at Betty’s Island in the Club Springs community and one overturned, according to Ricky Gibbs, with the county’s rescue squad said. The two, both believed to live outside the county,…
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