MAN FACES DECADES BEHIND BARS
MAN FACES DECADES BEHIND BARS A man potentially faces decades behind bars after being found guilty in the 2018 murder of two men in the Dillehay Hollow located near the Defeated community. It took jurors about two hours to find Alain E. Benitez guilty of two counts of first degree murder and two counts of…
Read MoreCOBLE INURED IN HOME INCIDENT
COBLE INURED IN HOME INCIDENT Smith County Road Superintendent Steve Coble was hospitalized following a fall at his residence Friday morning. Coble, who was re-elected to his fourth term last month, was airlifted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. “The family is asking for prayers,” an employee with the highway department said Monday morning.…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 09/17/20
Trustee’s Sale WHEREAS, on November 30, 2007, by Deed of Trust of record in Record Book 183, Page 350, Register’s Office, Smith County, Tennessee, JOHN C. BRONSON conveyed to RANDALL CLEMONS, Trustee, the hereinafter described real estate to secure payment of a promissory note which is fully described in said Deed of Trust; and, WHEREAS, the holder…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Milton Acuff
A southern gentleman with a volunteer spirit has died at the age of 80. Mr. Milton Acuff, of the Buffalo community, died at 1:21 a.m. Saturday morning, September 5, 2020, at the Centennial Medical Center in Nashville after suffering an apparent fatal heart attack at his Buffalo Road home. Smith County 911 received a call…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Cindy Maxwell Givens-Harris
Mrs. Cindy Maxwell Givens-Harris, of the Gladeville community in Wilson County, died at the age of 64 at 9:37 a.m. Saturday morning, September 12, 2020, with her family by her side. Bro. Brad Holliman will officiate at the 6 p.m. memorial services which will be conducted Wednesday evening, September 16th, from the Gladeville United Methodist…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Stanley Brown
Mr. Stanley Brown, age 64, of the Rawls Creek Community, died Sunday morning September 13, 2020 at 11:32 a.m. in the coronary care unit at the Tri-Star Centennial Medical Center in Nashville where he was admitted Thursday September 10th at 6:47 p.m. with heart valve complications. Mr. Brown was at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Jerry Butler
A country boy born and raised on a farm in the Kempville Community left home, traveled to Detroit and learned the real-estate business and returned to Nashville and applied what he had learned and began what would be one of the most successful real-estate, land acquisition and home building companies in Rutherford County, Jerry Butler…
Read MoreObit – Ms. Debbie Oldham
Ms. Debbie Oldham, age 63 of Lebanon died at 7:20 a.m. Friday morning September 11, 2020 at the Carmack Avenue home of her daughter in Carthage from bone cancer with which she was diagnosed June 5th of this year. She was pronounced deceased at 7:49 a.m. by Kindred Hospice who had assisted the family with…
Read MoreCOUNTY COMMISSION SEATS UPDATE
COUNTY COMMISSION SEATS UPDATE Two county commission seats will be up for election in November. The deadline to qualify for a vacant commission seat in District 3 (New Middleton, Brush Creek, Hickman) was noon, August 20. Those qualifying to run for the seat were Josh Brown and Stephanie McCaleb. The seat was held for a…
Read MoreSTATE PLANS TO RELEASE DATA ON COVID NUMBERS IN SCHOOLS
STATE PLANS TO RELEASE DATA ON COVID NUMBERS IN SCHOOLS The Tennessee Department of Health says it will release COVID-19 information at school and district levels, including numbers of new positive COVID-19 cases in districts and schools. The announcement came Thursday and was made by Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn. Initially, the state said it would…
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