Obit – Mrs. Shannon Baker Bishop
Mrs. Shannon Baker Bishop of the Boulton Bend Community departed this life into eternity at 5:23 p.m. Thursday evening April 10, 2025 at the Saint Thomas Ascension Hospital Mid-Town where she was admitted March 10th at the age of 53 suffering from sepsis. Graveside services were conducted with her father James Lee Baker, delivering the…
Read MoreObit – Ms. Karol Stanley
Ms. Karol Stanley of the Smith Bend Community in Jackson County passed peacefully from this life into eternity at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday morning April 8, 2025 with her family at her bedside at their Rarick Lane home. She was pronounced deceased at 2:59 a.m. by Gentiva Hospice of Livingston who had been loving assisting her…
Read MoreLand purchase for new city hall in Carthage halted
By Eddie West Staff Writer Search for the location of a new city hall in Carthage continues. This comes as the city’s council halted plans to purchase a tract of land referred to as the “Stallings property”, located on the Carthage Bypass off Breezy Lane behind Walmart. It was during a special called meeting on…
Read MoreResidents complain about frequency of tornado siren
By Eddie West Staff Writer The frequent sounding of the city’s tornado siren Thursday morning resulted in complaints from some residents who live nearby the alert system. A flurry of National Weather Service warning were issued in the early morning hours of Thursday for Smith County, resulting in the frequent sounding of the siren which is…
Read MorePiper’s Ford kayak project moves forward
By Eddie West Staff Writer Plans for a kayak ramp on the Caney Fork River at the Carthage Junction Depot in Smith County are moving forward. The ramp is being constructed behind the depot at what is historically known as Piper’s Ford. The depot is located off Highway 53/Gordonsville Highway at the south end of Crump…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 04/10/25
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the terms, conditions, and payments provided in a certain Deed of Trust dated JUNE 11, 2021, executed by JOEY MOFIELD AND LISA MOFIELD, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to BASS & BASS ATTORNEYS, Trustee, of record in BOOK 403, PAGE 317, for the benefit of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC…
Read MoreObit – Barry G. McCoy
Barry G McCoy, 62, of Jacksonville, Florida passed away at sunset at 7:25 p.m. Tuesday evening March 25, 2025 following an extended illness. Mr. McCoy arrived from the Nashville International Airport to the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home on Friday April 4th from Jacksonville, Florida. Graveside services were conducted by Eld. Shawn Shepherd on…
Read MoreObit – Ms. Stormie Elaine Woods
Ms Stormie Elaine Woods, age 40, of Carthage, TN, passed away Thursday, April 3, 2025. Stormie was born on July 26, 1984 in Carthage, TN a daughter of the late Lary Lee Woods and Kay Marie Goss Woods who survives. She was a graduate of Smith County High School, a caregiver for her mother, and…
Read MoreObit – Mrs. Regina Sue Gillihan White
Mrs. Regina Sue Gillihan White, age 72 of Hartsville, TN passed away Sunday morning, March 30, 2025 at Highpoint Health Riverview, Carthage, TN. She was preceded in death by her parents, John Lee & Geraldine Law Gillihan and two sisters, Carolyn Dees and Beverly Odom. Mrs. White is survived by her husband, Don White of…
Read MoreVehicle registration to increase to $94 starting this month
By Eddie West Staff Writer Collection of the county’s new $50 wheel tax was expected to begin this month. Vehicle registration renewal notices mailed out from the state for the month of April included the new $50 wheel tax fee. As of this past Friday, March 28, the cost to renew vehicle registration was still…
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