HALF POUND OF MARIJUANA FOUND AT RESIDENCE
HALF POUND OF MARIJUANA FOUND AT RESIDENCE A man faces multiple charges after approximately a half pound of marijuana was discovered at his Hiwassee residence. Sheriff’s department Sgt. Junior Fields went to the Hiwassee Road home of Roger Carroll Carpenter after discovering he was the owner of a shotgun found on Charity Lane which is…
Read MoreTWO SUSPECTS ARRESTED AFTER FOOT PURSUIT
TWO SUSPECTS ARRESTED AFTER FOOT PURSUIT Two people face theft and evading arrest charges following a foot pursuit in the Bradford Hill Road area, Monday night. The incident began when a Sammy Lane South resident reported an unoccupied vehicle parked on his property shortly before 6 p.m. Sgt. Dusty Hailey went to the area and…
Read MoreSCHOOL BURGLARY SUSPECTS ARRESTED
SCHOOL BURGLARY SUSPECTS ARRESTED Two people are suspected in the burglary of three schools in Smith County. The two are also suspected in school burglaries in Wilson and DeKalb counties, according to local law enforcement authorities. The two suspects were arrested in Lebanon, Thursday night, following an investigation conducted by Carthage police, Smith County Sheriff’s…
Read MoreNEARLY 300 JOBS COMING TO COUNTY
NEARLY 300 JOBS COMING TO COUNTY Reopening the Nyrstar Middle Tennessee Zinc Mines (Carthage, Gordonsville and Elmwood) will create nearly 300 new jobs. Since December of last year, production at the mines has been idle. What company officials term as a “small team” has been overseeing “care and maintenance” of the three mines since production…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 10/06/16
INVITATION TO BID TOWN OF GORDONSVILLE COLLECTION SYSTEM EXPANSION This project consists of the excavation and installation of approximately 2,660 LF of new 8-inch gravity sewer and 10 manholes in the Meadow Drive area of the Town of Gordonsville, TN. This project will be Phase 2 of the Sewer Collection System Expansion. The construction and…
Read MoreOBIT: Mrs. Edna Dimple Wilson, age 90 of Gordonsville, TN
Mrs. Edna Dimple Wilson, age 90 of Gordonsville, TN passed away Sunday, October 2, 2016. Mrs. Wilson was born June 16, 1926 in Hickman, TN, the daughter of the late, Robert Stanton & Jessie Lou Parker Preston. Mrs. Wilson and her late husband, Fred Esco Wilson, were married on May 13, 1944 & he preceded…
Read MoreOBIT: Mrs. Cora Rigsby, age 88 of Rawls Creek
Mrs. Cora Rigsby, age 88 of Rawls Creek, died Saturday evening, October 1, at Alive Hospice in Madison. She is survived by: 2 daughters, Loretta Hunter and husband John of Old Hickory and Wanda Brown and husband Stanley of Rawls Creek; 3 grandchildren, Keri Frazier and husband Harrison of Watertown, Brent Hunter and wife Lacey…
Read MoreOBIT: Mr. Lloyd Meachum, age 97, of Watervale
Mr. Lloyd Meachum, age 97, of Watervale, died Wednesday morning, September 28, at Tennova Healthcare in Lebanon. He is survived by: wife, Wynema Dixon Knight Meachum; daughter, Wynella Meachum Mathes and husband Douglas Brown Mathes of Huntsville, AL; niece, Cynthia Meachum Dennis and husband Ronnie of Cookeville; nephew, Doyle Edward “Buddy” Meachum and wife Sharon…
Read MoreOBIT: Betty Louise Inman Lancaster, Former Carthage Teacher
Betty Louise Inman Lancaster, 85, died peacefully on Friday, September 30, 2016 at Vanderbilt Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 12:00 noon at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Chip Hunter and Rev. Melinda Britt officiating. Private family interment will be in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Saturday from 10:00…
Read MoreOBIT: Ila Lee Osborne, Smith County Native
Ila Lee Osborne, 91, passed away on Sunday morning, September 25 at St. Vincent Hospital. Ila was born on July 18, 1925 to Myrtle and Eva McKinney in Gordonsville, Tennessee. Ila married her husband, Frank Osborne, in 1946 in Nashville, Tennessee. He precedes her in death (1979). Ila enjoyed quilting and sewing, gardening, camping, and…
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