BEACH REOPENS – E. COLI DISCOVERED
BEACH REOPENS – E. COLI DISCOVERED Residents are heading to the beach. After being closed for almost a week, the beach at the Defeated Creek Recreational Day Use Area at Cordell Hull Lake is back open. The beach reopened Friday after it was closed because of high levels of E.Coli. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers…
Read MoreCOUNTY’S FUND BALANCE DEPLETED; TAX HIKE PROPOSED
COUNTY’S FUND BALANCE DEPLETED; TAX HIKE PROPOSED Three critical county budget projections, totaling approximately one million dollars, have depleted the county’s fund balance. The budget miscues mean the county’s Budget and Finance Committee is set to recommend a 59 cent property tax increase in order to fund the 2019-2020 fiscal year budget which is set…
Read MoreTBI: SO. CARTHAGE MURDER INVESTIGATION RESULTS IN ARRESTS
FROM THE TBI: SOUTH CARTHAGE MURDER INVESTIGATION RESULTS IN ARRESTS SMITH COUNTY – An investigation by Special Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and several other law enforcement agencies has resulted in the arrest of three men in connection to a South Carthage murder in April. At the request of 15th District Attorney General…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 06/06/19
Legal & Public Notices For The Week Of 06/06/19 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Sale at public auction will be on July 8, 2019 at 1:00PM local time, at the front door, Smith County Courthouse, 211 North Main Street, Carthage, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Tracie D Raymer, to Hugh M. Queener, Trustee, as…
Read MoreOBIT: James Garvey McKee
James Garvey McKee, age 88 of Lebanon passed away Monday, May 20, 2019 in the Carrick Glen Senior Living in Mt. Juliet. Mr. McKee was born in Smith County in the Grant Community to the late Garvey Wilson and Loron Louise Carson McKee. He is survived by wife of 67 years, Weibena Hackett McKee. They…
Read MoreOBIT: Mr. John William Lee
Mr. John William Lee, age 68, of Carthage, TN, passed away Saturday, November 10, 2018. Mr. Lee was born June 30, 1949 in Franklin, KY, son of Julie Ann Pulaski and the late William Franklin Lee. He married Beverly Jan Paradis Lee and she preceded him in death on April 19, 2017. Mr. Lee was…
Read MoreOBIT: Mr. Eddie Lee Upchurch,
Mr. Eddie Lee Upchurch Mr. Eddie Lee Upchurch, age 59, of Carthage, TN, passed away on Saturday, May 25, 2019. Mr. Upchurch was born June 19, 1959 in Carthage, TN, a son of the late Frank Burton Upchurch and Eva Ray Mofield Upchurch. He was also preceded in death by Siblings; Donald Upchurch, Jimmy Upchurch,…
Read MoreOBIT: Mr. Billy Joe Likens
Mr. Billy Joe Likens Mr. Billy Joe Likens, of Holliman Lane in the Defeated Creek Community, died Sunday morning June 2, 2019 after suffering a heart attack at the Palace Care and Rehabilitation Center in Red Boiling Springs where he had resided since August of 2016.He was pronounced dead at the Macon Community Hospital in…
Read MoreOBIT: Mrs. Barbara Hensley
Mrs. Barbara Hensley Mrs. Barbara Hensley, age 61, a homemaker of South Carthage, was found deceased by her husband at the kitchen table at their Cumberland Cove Drive home about 2:30 a.m. Sunday morning. She was pronounced dead on arrival at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E. R. in Carthage at 6:15 a.m. Sunday morning…
Read MoreOBIT: Mrs. Virlah Wilson Bennett Montgomery
Mrs. Virlah Wilson Bennett Montgomery, Mrs. Virlah Wilson Bennett Montgomery, age 90, of Old Hickory, TN, and a native of Lancaster, TN, passed away Saturday, June 1, 2019. Mrs. Montgomery was born February 9, 1929 in Lancaster, TN, a daughter of the late Carr Wayne Bennett and Sara Louvenia Hall Bennett. She married Sam Denton…
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