SPECIAL GRAND JURY SESSION HELD
SPECIAL GRAND JURY SESSION HELD Postal Employee Indicted; Man Threatens Judge A U.S. Postal worker has been indicted by the grand jury for theft and official misconduct. Shearye N. Gooch, 35, Gordonsville, was indicted for theft between $1,000 and $9,999 and official misconduct. The indictment alleges between “August 1 (2017) and November 30 (2017) Gooch…
Read MoreTOP STUDENTS NAMED AT SCHS
TOP STUDENTS NAMED AT SCHS Matthew Lynn is valedictorian and Ethan Kyle Fox salutatorian of the 2018 graduating class at Smith County High School, Principal Tim Towns announces. Matthew Lynn is the is the son of Allison Carver and Johnny Lynn and grandson of the late Roy and Robbie Carver. Matthew’s hobbies include working at…
Read More‘LITTLE HOUDINI’ BACK IN COUNTY JAIL
‘LITTLE HOUDINI’ BACK IN COUNTY JAIL A man wanted in connection with a high dollar theft is in the county jail. Christopher Gay, 44, Sumner County, is being held without bond on a charge of theft over $10,000. Police allege Gay took a front-end loader belonging to Four-Way Inn resident Ted Kemp. When the incident…
Read More‘HARMONICA WIZARD’ DEFORD BAILEY
‘HARMONICA WIZARD’ DEFORD BAILEY A KEN BECK FEATURE He called his harmonica his “best friend,” but the harmonica may never have had a better friend than Smith County native DeFord Bailey, country music’s first African-American star. “This harp has carried me places money wouldn’t start to . . . and brought me back. It’s worth…
Read MoreSPRING FORWARD THIS WEEKEND!
SPRING FORWARD THIS WEEKEND! Daylight Saving Time begins 2 a.m., Sunday. Clocks will be turned one hour forward.
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 03/08/18
Legal & Public Notices For The Week Of 03/08/18 NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Cynthia Ann Rodgers Notice is hereby given that on the 23rd day of February, 2018, Letters of Administration, in respect to the estate of Cynthia Ann Rodgers, Deceased, who died on the 2nd day of February, 2018, were issued to the…
Read MoreOBIT: Mrs. Dimple Bowman Banks, age 79, of Lincolnton, Georgia
Mrs. Dimple Bowman Banks age 79 of Lincolnton, Georgia entered into eternal rest at 7:02 a.m. at her McCormick Highway home with her family at her bedside on Friday morning March 2, 2018. Funeral services from the Bethany United Methodist Church were conducted Monday afternoon March 5th at 3 p.m. with Rev. Lanis Lewis and…
Read MoreOBIT: Little Miss Caroline Marie Stubbs, Of Lebanon
Little Miss Caroline Marie Stubbs, 3 day old infant daughter of Joshua and Katie Stubbs of Lebanon, TN, passed away on March 3, 2018. Caroline is survived by her Parents; Josh and Katie Stubbs of Lebanon, TN. Siblings; Zackery, Kallie and Olivia Stubbs of Lebanon, TN. Grandparents; Gayle Mallicoat of Lebanon, TN, and Ralph and Veronica…
Read MoreOBIT: Mrs. Sandy Williams, Of Gallatin, And Formerly Defeated Creek
Mrs. Sandy Williams, of Gallatin and a longtime resident of the Defeated Creek community, died at 4:48 a.m. Friday morning, March 2, 2018, at the age of 62 at the UAB Birmingham Medical Center. She had been awaiting a liver transplant for almost a year. Monday afternoon, March 5th funeral services from the Carthage Chapel…
Read MoreOBIT: Mr. Terry Garcia, Of Carthage
Carthage resident and retired Overstreet Hughes employee Mr. Terry Garcia died 11 days before his fifty second wedding anniversary at 2:55 a.m. March 1, 2018 at the Tri-Star Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. He was 69 years old. Mr. Garcia was to be cremated at Cumberland Family Services in Algood. Saturday afternoon, March 10th, memorial…
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