EXPLOSION – ROCKS PLEASANT SHADE
EXPLOSION – ROCKS PLEASANT SHADE REASON FOR NATURAL PIPELINE BLAST UNCLEAR A natural gas line explosion rocked the Pleasant Shade community, Saturday. Meanwhile an investigation into what caused the explosion is being conducted by the company which owns the gas line. While no one was injured, the community is fortunate. The explosion sent tons of…
Read MoreEVACUATED – DEFEATED ELEMENTARY
EVACUATED – DEFEATED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENGULFED IN THURSDAY BOMB SCARE HOAX Defeated Elementary School was evacuated after becoming engulfed in a nationwide bomb scare, Thursday. According to Director of Schools Barry Smith, the school system’s safety plan for the elementary school, which included evacuation of students and teachers, was implemented when school officials became aware…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 12/20/18
Legal & Public Notices For The Week Of 12/20/18 PUBLIC NOTICE The Carthage Town Council will meet in a Special Called meeting on January 3, 2019 at 12:00 p.m. This meeting will be held at City Hall. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the following: Compliance issues with regard to Carthage Waste Water…
Read MoreOBIT: Jimmy “Keester” Garrett Kee
Jimmy “Keester” Garrett Kee, age 64 of the Winklers Community in Macon County, TN passed away Wednesday afternoon, December 12, 2018 at his residence. Jimmy is at the Anderson & Son Funeral Home in Red Boiling Springs, TN. Funeral Services for Jimmy Garrett Kee will be conducted on Saturday afternoon, December 15, 2018 at 1:00…
Read MoreOBIT: Mrs. Rozell Driver
Mrs. Rozell Driver Mrs. Rozell Driver of the Pea ridge Community died at the age of 81, at 11:28 p.m. at Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin. She died nine days before her Christmas Eve birthday when she would have turned 82. Eld. Steven Ray officiated at the 1 p.m. Tuesday afternoon December 18th funeral…
Read MoreOBIT: Mr. Charles (Satch) Beasley
Mr. Charles (Satch) Beasley Mr. Charles “Satch” Beasley, a southern gentleman with a little boy charm, was pronounced dead at 5:25 p.m. Wednesday evening December 12, 2018 at the Riverview Regional Medical Center in Carthage after suffering an apparent heart attack at his Rome Road home in Dixon Springs. Mr. Beasley had just been discharged…
Read MoreOBIT: Ms. Dana Thompson
Ms. Dana Thompson Mrs. Dana Thompson, age 47, of Carthage died at 7:20 a.m. Wednesday morning December 12, 2018 at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville where she was admitted December 1st and was being treated for complications from a stroke caused by a thyroid condition. Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson…
Read MoreOBIT: Ms. Cathy Faye Stafford
Ms. Cathy Faye Stafford Ms. Cathy Faye Stafford, age 64, of Lafayette, TN, passed away Sunday, December 9, 2018. Cathy was born June 20, 1954 in Carthage, TN, daughter of the late Reggie Woodard and Catherine Christian Woodard. She married Dennis Wayne Stafford and he preceded her in death on December 16, 2012. Ms. Stafford…
Read MoreWOMAN HELD AT GUNPOINT, RAPED, STRANGLED
WOMAN HELD AT GUNPOINT, RAPED, STRANGLED A man faces aggravated rape charges for allegedly holding a woman at gunpoint, strangling and raping her in a vehicle at the Smith County Welcome Center in Buffalo Valley. Charges were filed by the Smith County Sheriff’s Department on Wednesday of last week against Joshua Andrew Stephen Fox, 40,…
Read MoreINDICTMENT – AGGRAVATED SEXUAL BATTERY ON A CHILD
INDICTMENT – AGGRAVATED SEXUAL BATTERY ON A CHILD A man faces a host of charges after allegedly having sexual contact with two minors under the age of 13. A sealed indictment was returned by the grand jury this month charging Ricky Dewayne Murphy, 38, Gordonsville with two counts of aggravated sexual battery of a child…
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