Rome bridge closing planned
By Eddie West Staff Writer A long-awaited state bridge project located in the Rome community apparently will begin this week, according to the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT). The project includes repair work to the bridge which crosses Roundlick Creek in the Rome community on Highway 70 (also referred to by the state as State Route…
Read MoreBIG BLUE GRIT; Grisham’s breakout night, clutch defense boost GHS in fight against gutsy Purple Tigers
By Shea Haile Courier Sports WATERTOWN — The first two weeks of the 2024 high school football season has featured its fair share of fourth quarter drama for the Gordonsville High Tigers. The Tigers’ defense stood tall and helped preserve a 26-19 road victory over Wilson County rival Watertown last Friday night. The Purple Tigers, who…
Read MoreGROWING PAINS; Owls struggle against border rival DeKalb
By Terry Collins Courier Sports CARTHAGE — The Smith County High Owls football team played its second straight home game to start the 2024 season last Friday night against DeKalb County. The Class 4A Tigers used two scores each in the middle two quarters to post a 35-6 win to improve their mark to 2-0. Cecil…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 09/05/24
NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Whereas, Zachary H Farmer, unmarried man by Deed of Trust (the “Deed of Trust”), dated 6/24/2016 and of record in Deed Book 306, Pages 266-276, and as Instrument Number 16001562, in the Register’s Office of Smith County, Tennessee, conveyed to Jonathan R. Vinson, Trustee, for the benefit of Mortgage Electronic Registration…
Read MoreObit – Dr. Roger Duke
A highly respected and beloved Smith County physician has died at the age of 72 following a nearly seventeen-year battle with multiple sclerosis. Dr. Roger Duke age 72 of Lebanon was pronounce deceased at 6:13 a.m. Monday morning August 26, 2024 at the Quality Center for Rehabilitation and Healing in Lebanon where he was admitted…
Read MoreObit – Master Easton Bush
Master Easton Bush age 2 of the Popes Hill Community succumbed to his injuries in his mother’s arms at the Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital in Nashville from injuries received in a single car automobile accident which occurred on Sunday evening August 25th in the Whites Bend Community of Jackson County. He was pronounced deceased at 4:39…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Curtis Hoover Woodard
Mr. Curtis Hoover Woodard, age 91, of Temperance Hall, TN, passed away on Tuesday, August 27, 2024 at Riverview Regional Medical Center, Carthage, TN. He was born November 22, 1932 in Smith County, TN, son of the late Herman Haskel Woodard who died in Lakeland, FL at the age of 86 on April 16, 1977…
Read MoreObit – Shirley Ann Williams
Shirley Ann Williams, age 89, (February 11, 1935 – August 26, 2024) passed away on August 26, 2024 at 11:19 PM at Redstone Village in Huntsville, Alabama. She was held in the arms of her family as the Lord called and received her spirit ushering her into her Heavenly home. Shirley was a member of…
Read MoreObit – Harry John Seise
On Sunday August 25, 2024, Harry John Seise of Carthage, TN passed away at home at the age of 63. Harry was from St. Louis, Missouri where he attended St. Mary’s Catholic High School. Afterwards, Harry joined the US Navy where he served his country from 1980 to 1984 as Machinist Mate on the USS…
Read MoreFOUR QUARTER FIGHT
By Terry Collins, Shea Haile Courier Sports CARTHAGE — The 2024 high school football season got underway last Friday night with the county’s two high schools tangling at Owls Stadium. The host Owls had won two games in-a-row in the series as the Tigers were looking to break that streak. The Big Blue used their offensive line…
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