MEDLEY HONORED AT LEBANON HIGH
MEDLEY HONORED AT LEBANON HIGH Indoor facility, weight room named after LHS, GHS football legend The 2021 Lebanon High Blue Devils football team will be the first to utilize the program’s new “The Med” indoor practice facility and weight room as they navigate through their fall campaign. The namesake of “The Med” will be familiar…
Read MoreELECTRIC WORK DOWNTOWN
ELECTRIC WORK DOWNTOWN Upper Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation (UCEMC) has been conducting work on utility lines on Third Avenue East in downtown Carthage in recent days. The work has been occurring between Main Street and Spring Street across from Ebel’s Tavern. The work required the street to be temporarily shutdown. There has been some discussion…
Read MoreTWO FACE BURGLARY CHARGES
TWO FACE BURGLARY CHARGES Shampoo, deodorant and razors were some of the least expensive items reported stolen in a recent home burglary. Meanwhile, the sheriff’s department has arrested two suspects in connection with the residential burglary which took place on Hartsville Pike. Two bottles of shampoo was valued at $10, two containers of deodorant was…
Read MoreSTRING OF ROADWAY DEATHS CONTINUE
STRING OF ROADWAY DEATHS CONTINUE Latest Accident Involves Motorcycle The death total on Smith County’s roadways continues to climb. As many as eight people have died in seven fatal wrecks within the county this year. Meanwhile, back-to-back fatal wrecks have occurred in the past two weeks. The latest fatality occurred on Interstate 40 at the…
Read MoreLegal & Pubic Notices For The Week Of 09/09/21
NOTICE LEEANNE RENEE HARRIS JIMMY ANDERSON SMALLWOOD, JR., The State of Tennessee, Department of Children’s Services, has filed a petition against you seeking to terminate forever your parental rights to Liam Anderson Smallwood. It appears that ordinary process of law cannot be served upon you because your whereabouts are unknown. You are hereby ORDERED to serve upon Laura…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Barbara Sue Akers
Mrs. Barbara Sue Akers, age 63 of Chestnut Mound, TN, passed away on Sunday, September 5, 2021. Mrs. Akers was born March 14, 1958 in Hartsville, TN, a daughter of the late Virgil Louis Neal and Daura Jane Guffey Neal. She was also preceded in death by Sister; Vel Pilon. Mrs. Akers married John Akers,…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Betty Lancaster Parker
Mrs. Betty Lancaster Parker, age 87 of Gordonsville, TN, passed away on Monday, September 6, 2021. Mrs. Betty was born July 17, 1934, a daughter of the late James “Jim” Lancaster and Laura Mason Lancaster. She was also preceded in death by Siblings; J.D. Lancaster and Erleene Lancaster Montgomery. Mrs. Betty was a 1953 graduate…
Read MoreTennessee History for Kids:
Tennessee History for Kids: Originally, Gatlinburg was to be Clear Cut and Mined By Bill Carey Tennessee History for Kids Hindsight’s 20/20, and humans have never been able to predict the future. Today we associate Gatlinburg with hotel rooms, kid-friendly museums, rides, tourist traps, mountain scenery and hiking. A century ago, practically no one foresaw…
Read MoreBREAKING: GHS FB GAME CANCELLED FOR SEPT 3
BREAKING: The GHS Football game for Friday night, Sept. 3 is cancelled due to covid.
Read MoreTennessee History for Kids: Tennessee’s Landscape Changed with the Interstate Highway System
Tennessee’s Landscape Changed with the Interstate Highway System By Bill Carey Tennessee History for Kids Most of us, I suspect, don’t think much about what life would have been like without the interstate highway system. But if it weren’t for the interstates, most of us wouldn’t live where we live and vacation the way we…
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