CARTHAGE CITY HALTS BRUSH PICKUP
CARTHAGE CITY HALTS BRUSH PICKUP The city of Carthage will no longer be picking up brush from homeowners. In recent months, the county landfill has stopped taking brush from the city. Mayor Sarah Marie Smith informed council members officials with the county landfill were told by the state’s department of environment and conservation the landfill…
Read MoreRIVER CITY BALL SATURDAY
RIVER CITY BALL SATURDAY The second annual River City Ball is this weekend. The fundraiser will be held on Main Street in front of the courthouse beginning at 6 p.m., Saturday, May 11. The black tie event is for ages 21 and up. A new twist has been added to this year’s event, attendees are…
Read MoreSHERIFF’S DEPT. INVESTIGATIONS LEADS TO CHARGES
SHERIFF’S DEPT. INVESTIGATIONS LEADS TO CHARGES Three separate investigations by sheriff’s department deputies resulted in three people facing drug sale charges, including a man want in Florida. One of the investigations involves a man wanted in Florida for violation of probation. While on routine patrol, Deputy Stephen Enoch stopped a vehicle at the intersection of…
Read MoreGRADUATIONS AT HIGH SCHOOLS/ELEMENTARIES BEGIN NEXT WEEK
GRADUATIONS AT HIGH SCHOOLS/ELEMENTARIES BEGIN NEXT WEEK Graduations at county schools begin next week. Seniors at Gordonsville High School will be first to graduate. Graduation will be held at the school at 7 p.m., Friday, May 17. The following morning graduation will be held at Smith County High School at 10 a.m. (May 18). A…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 05/09/19
Legal & Public Notices For The Week Of 05/09/19 FOR SALE – NOTICE The Town of South Carthage is receiving bids for the sale of one (1) 2008 Chevrolet Impala until Thursday June 6, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. (local time). Qualifying bids will be publicly opened and read at the regular Town Council meeting to…
Read MoreOBIT: Bobby Rex “Bob” Kemp
Bobby Rex “Bob” Kemp, 84 of Houston, passed away April 19, 2019. Bob was born in Smith County, Tennessee to Curtis Draper Kemp and Dorothy Mai Hackett Kemp on February 25, 1935. Upon graduation from high school he entered the U.S. Marines and served in the Korean War. After coming to Houston in the late…
Read MoreOBIT: Mrs. Flora Caplenor
Mrs. Flora Caplenor, age 87 of the Flat Rock Community, died at the Rutherford Assisted living in Murfreesboro at 1:05 a.m. Wednesday morning May 1, 2019. Funeral services from the Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home in Lebanon were conducted on Friday afternoon May 3rd at 1 p.m. with Bro. Jimmy Gregory and Rev. David Hesson…
Read MoreOBIT: Mrs. Marion Haigh Otto
Mrs. Marion Haigh Otto, age 97, of Carthage, TN, and a native of Brewwster, NY, passed away Monday, April 29, 2019. Mrs. Otto was born March 24, 1922, a daughter of the late Frank and Katherine Haigh. She married Cornelius Otto on June 21, 1947 and he preceded her in death on March 20, 2017.…
Read MoreRACE FOR JORDAN SATURDAY
RACE FOR JORDAN SATURDAY The sixteenth annual Race For Jordan 5K Run/Walk will take place Saturday morning. The annual run/walk will begin at 8 a.m. The event is held rain or shine. The race begins at the boatramp below the Cordell Hull Dam and continues along the access road to the Cordell Hull Lake Resource…
Read MoreALBERT GORE BIO RELEASED
ALBERT GORE BIO RELEASED A new biography on Albert Gore Sr. proves an enlightening examination of the Tennessee maverick, one of the South’s leading Democrats on Capitol Hill in the mid-20th century, while simultaneously detailing the transformation of Southern politics of those times. “Albert Gore, Sr.: A Political Life,” written by Anthony J. Badger and…
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