MEETING RESCHEDULED
The Smith County Financial Management Committee will now meet on Tuesday, July 30th at 7:00 pm at the Smith County Chamber of Commerce.
Read MoreCOURIER LANDS 2ND STRAIGHT TOP STATE AWARD
The Carthage Courier brought home a near-record 17 total awards — and once again the coveted top prize for 1st Place for General Excellence among Division I newspapers from across the state — in last Friday’s 2024 Tennessee State Press Contest Awards held at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Franklin. The annual awards marked the…
Read MoreSchools awarded $300,000 grant
By Eddie West Staff Writer A more than three hundred dollar grant aimed at improving playgrounds has been awarded to the Smith County school system. Totaled, the Smith County Board of Education will receive $313,906. In addition, the school system will provide $78,476 in matching funds. Through the grant, 18 playgrounds at seven schools and one…
Read MoreTIGERETTE BASKETBALL WELCOMES HEAD COACH TERRI BROCK
Shea Haile Carthage Courier Basketball is deeply rooted in Gordonsville High Tigerettes head coach Terri Brock’s life — who will take the reins of the program this season. “Basketball has been a part of my life since early on in elementary school,” said Brock. “I have been fortunate along the path of my playing career…
Read MoreLegal & Public Notices For The Week Of 07/25/24
STATE OF TENNESSEE PROBATE COURT OF SMITH COUNTY AT CARTHAGE NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Donald Bruce Apple Case#80CH1-2024-PR-2799 Notice is hereby given that on the 9th day of July, 2024, Letters of Testamentary in respect to the estate of Donald Bruce Apple, Deceased, who died on the 12th day of May, 2024, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Jim Porter
Longtime and well known Smith and Macon County banker, Mr. Jim Porter, a former resident of Carthage and now a resident of Lebanon departed this earthly life at 10:30 p.m. Monday evening July 15, 2024 and was pronounced deceased at the age of 78 at Knollwood Manor in Lafayette where he had made his home…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Jimmy Robertson
Mr. Jimmy Robertson age 69 of Alexandria was pronounced deceased at 11:18 p.m. Wednesday evening July 17, 2024 at the TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville shortly after being transferred from HighPoint Health-Riverview E. R. suffering from an aortic aneurysm. Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home were conducted on Saturday afternoon…
Read MoreObit – Mr. Roy Mathews
Mr. Roy Mathews of the Defeated Creek Community died at the age of 65 on Friday evening July 19, 2024 at the HighPoint Health-Sumner in Gallatin where he was admitted July 10th being treated for thyroid cancer. Funeral services from the Hackett Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home were conducted Tuesday morning July 23rd with Pastor…
Read MoreObit – Janet Tubb Sanders
Janet Tubb Sanders, age 85 of Lancaster, TN, passed away on Monday, July 15, 2024. Janet was born October 4, 1938 in Lebanon, TN, a daughter of the late George Gragson Tubb and Virginia Dare Lancaster Tubb. She was also preceded in death by her Brother; Ricky Tubb and Sister; Dian Tubb. Janet became a…
Read MoreArmed suspect makes threats; flees from law enforcement
By Eddie West Staff Writer Armed with a shotgun, a male subject allegedly threatened multiple people at the Smith County Welcome Center at Buffalo Valley on Interstate 40, Sunday morning, according to Smith County Sheriff Steve Hopper. The suspect eventually left the scene on foot without injuring anyone but was the subject of an extensive manhunt…
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