Area News

By Eddie West Staff Writer Gordonsville Highway/Highway 53 and four businesses in Gordonsville were temporarily shut down over the weekend, following a bomb threat. The bomb threat was received at the Gordonsville McDonalds restaurant shortly after 6 p.m., Saturday. After receiving the call, a McDonalds employee contacted the Gordonsville Police Department to report the incident.…

By Eddie West Staff Writer The Defeated Creek Volunteer Fire Department building was recently dedicated in honor of the late Fire Chief Brandon Powell. Powell was the charter fire chief of the department which was established as District 3 in October of 1986.  The longtime fire chief passed away in September of 2016 at the…

By Eddie West Staff Writer A man who managed to elude Nashville Metropolitan police in Davidson County since December  of last year was discovered deceased inside a Smith County residence. Jeremiah Abel, 41, Wilson County, has been listed on Metro-Nashville Police Department’s “Nashville’s Weekly Most Wanted”, according to a spokesperson with the police department’s public…

By Eddie West Staff Writer A man faces 10 charges after fleeing from sheriffs department officers before wrecking at a service station located on Highway 70 in the Rome community. Philando Fullilove, 35, Lebanon, has been charged with driving while in possession of methamphetamine, evading arrest, driving on revoked license,. possession of controlled substances, three…

By Eddie West Staff Writer The most recent star sighting in Smith County is country music superstar Wynonna Judd. Judd, accompanied by three people, had lunch at RoJas Kitchen on Monday of last week. Restaurant owner Stacy Rojas says she’s not sure why Judd selected her particular restaurant to have lunch. “She (Judd) said she…

Riverview Regional Medical Center celebrated the addition of a 3D Mammography machine with an open house and ribbon cutting event organized with the Smith County Chamber of Commerce.  The new machine now provides improved imaging services for the women in the Carthage community. “Getting a mammogram is an important annual screening for women to get…

By Eddie West Staff Writer Funeral services were held Friday afternoon for longtime firefighter and rescue squad member Nicky Stallings. The Carthage resident was a volunteer firefighter and rescue squad member for more than 40 years. Stallings, 62, was also a Carthage city employee and was employed with Sanderson Funeral Home and Smith County Monument…

By Eddie West Staff Writer Two people face charges following an investigation conducted by a sheriffs department K-9 unit, involving the alleged attempted sale of methamphetamine. During the investigation, a significant amount of methamphetamine was located by officers. K-9 officer Sgt. Junior Fields began an investigation into Ryan Moore, 32, Lebanon, for alleged distribution of…

By Eddie West Staff Writer Motorists traveling along Pleasant Shade Highway/Highway 80 in the Four Way Inn community should be aware of a Tennessee Department of Transportation Department (TDOT) project. The road work is expected to result in temporary lane closures. TDOT is looking to correct a slide area a few yards north of Pleasant…

Funeral services were held Friday afternoon for Carthage resident Bill K. Reece, founder/director of the Smith County Fine Arts Center/Theatre. Reece, a government leader as well, died Tuesday (January 3) at the age of 72 at TriStar Stonecrest Hospital in Murfreesboro from respiratory distress from COVID. Reece was a Smith County Commissioner, representing the Carthage…