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HOMETOWN CHRISTMAS, PARADES Carthage Parade Sunday, Gordonsville Next Week The kick-off to the Christmas holiday season will take place Sunday with the annual Hometown Christmas and Carthage Christmas parade. Hometown Christmas is a time of merriment with holiday music, refreshments and live entertainment. Among the performers will be Williamson Branch, a bluegrass band based in…

ONE INJURED IN TURKEY CREEK WRECK One person was airlifted to a Nashville hospital following a single vehicle wreck on Turkey Creek Highway/Highway 263 at 2:17 p.m., Thursday. Injured in the accident was Peggy J. Kemp, 72, Carthage. Kemp was a passenger in a 1998 Dodge Ram pickup truck driven by Nick T. Willmore, 73,…

CARTHAGE RESIDENTS ELECT THIRD MAYOR IN 3 ELECTIONS For the third time in three elections Carthage residents have elected a new mayor. Carthage native Sarah Marie Smith is set to become the town’s newest mayor. Smith narrowly defeated incumbent and first term Mayor Donnie R. Dennis 313 votes to 286 in Tuesday’s Carthage City Election.…

ONE DEAD, ONE INJURED IN BRUSH CREEK SHOOTING The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) and sheriff’s department are investigating a domestic incident in the Brush Creek community which left a man dead and his wife injured. The two were shot in the incident during an altercation. While the husband was fatally wounded, his wife received…

ELMWOOD RESIDENT CHARGED BY TBI A tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children resulted in the arrest of an Elmwood man for allegedly having sexual contact with a minor. Shawn Cody Boyd, 28, is charged with one count of aggravated statutory rape and one count of solicitation of a minor. Charges stem…

ELECTION RESULTS – NOV. 6, 2018 WHEN ALL PRECINCTS HAVE REPORTED IN THE LINK BELOW WILL GO LIVE FOR THE RESULTS CLICK HERE

FROM THE TBI…… TBI ARRESTS, CHARGES SMITH CO. MAN ACCUSED OF INAPPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIP WITH A MINOR NASHVILLE – Special Agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have arrested and charged an Elmwood man who stands accused of having a sexual relationship with a minor.   After receiving information from the National Center for Missing and…

EVENTS TO RECOGNIZE VETERANS A number of events will be taking place to recognize veterans and military personnel for Veterans Day. Events begin this week and continue into next week. •Wilson Bank & Trust will host its annual luncheon at noon, today (Thursday, November 8), at the Carthage office located at 1300 Main Street North.…

MISSING WOMAN LOCATED AT CORDELL HULL LAKE Law enforcement authorities are conducting a death investigation after the body of a Macon County woman was discovered at Cordell Hull Lake, Tuesday morning. The woman, identified as Mary Dotson, 45, Red Boiling Springs, had been reported missing in Macon County hours earlier. Dotson’s vehicle was spotted parked…

MAN FLIPS VEHICLE EVADING POLICE A Dixon Springs man attempting to evade police ended up flipping his vehicle in the Four Way Inn community. The man was not seriously injured but faces multiple charges. The incident began shortly after 4 p.m., Thursday when sheriff’s department Deputy Robin Bellar observed a 2004 red Honda Civic car…