5 YR OLD BECOMES LOCAL CELEBRITY
5 YR OLD BECOMES LOCAL CELEBRITY With two appearances on a national television show boasting millions of viewers, Gordonsville resident Harlan Hensley has become a recognizable figure around town. “We went to Walmart yesterday and some of the people there recognized him,” the youth’s mother, Jennifer Hensley, explained. Harlan is also popular among the customers…
Read MoreELMWOOD MAY BE SITE OF COUNTY’S 5TH DOLLAR GENERAL
ELMWOOD MAY BE SITE OF COUNTY’S 5TH DOLLAR GENERAL Discussions concerning a fifth Dollar General store in Smith County continue. Company officials say a final decision on a new store is expected to be made this summer. The proposed store would be located in the Elmwood community on Highway 70. While discussions and planning have…
Read MoreDOMINO’S PIZZA EYES DOWNTOWN CARTHAGE LOCATION
DOMINO’S PIZZA EYES DOWNTOWN CARTHAGE LOCATION A number of new businesses and developments around the county have either opened or are in the planning/discussion stage. Here’s a list of some new developments, as well as upcoming activities noted during the April meeting of the Smith County Joint Economic and Community Development Board: Carthage: Domino’s Pizza…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 05/27/21
NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Sammy Bridgewater Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day of May, 2021, Letters Testamentary in respect to the estate of Sammy Bridgewater, Deceased, who died on the 8th day of April, 2021, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court of Smith County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims,…
Read MoreObit-Ms. Sheena Fowler Insco
Ms. Sheena Fowler Insco, 38, of Watertown, passed away May 22, 2021 of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. She was born September 9, 1982 in Nashville, the daughter of Holley W. Fowler and Doris Denson. Ms. Insco worked as a pharmacy tech at VA in Murfreesboro. She attended the Native American church. Funeral…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Ray Swicegood
Mr. Ray Swicegood, age 73, died at 11:43 p.m. May 20th with his daughter and son-in-law by his bedside and was pronounced deceased by Avalon Hospice of Lebanon at 12:55 a.m. Friday morning May 21, 2021 at his Horizon Circle home in Carthage. He suffered from the effects of Agent Orange which he contracted from his…
Read MoreKEMPVILLE TRAGEDY – TN’S FIRST MAJOR AIRPLANE CRASH
KEMPVILLE TRAGEDY – TN’S FIRST MAJOR AIRPLANE CRASH Standing beside a barbed-wire fence on Dean Hill on a recent sunny morning, four Kempvillians peered into a steep ravine and tried to envision the appalling scene they would have witnessed below in the waning black hours of Nov. 10, 1932. On that rainy and windswept November…
Read More$100,000 WINNER
$100,000 WINNER Four-year-old Harlan Hensley was a hit with America’s Funniest Videos fans again — winning the $100,000 grand prize Sunday night. The Courier featured a story about the Hensley family’s experience in the March 4 edition. Look for additional coverage upcoming.
Read More2021 FAIR BOOK IN THIS WEEKS COURIER
2021 FAIR BOOK IN THIS WEEKS COURIER The Smith County Fair (The Fair On The River) is a little more than a month away. This year’s fair runs from June 28 through July 3. Inside this week’s edition of the Courier is the annual tabloid which details the schedule events and times, event rules and…
Read MoreFATAL SHOOTING TO GRAND JURY
FATAL SHOOTING TO GRAND JURY The case in which a Gordonsville woman is charged in the shooting death of a Hogans Creek area man in February has been bound over to the grand jury. Tara Leigh Greene, 33, is now charged with first degree murder in the death of Wendel Wilkey (Wenn) Bennett, 47, Thompson…
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