Area News

School board members have approved a three percent raise. The pay increase is for “all school board employees” including teachers, cooks, school bus drivers, custodians, assistants and other staff members. In addition, the school board could hand out a one-time bonus because of staff having to deal with COVID issues. School board members have discussed…

We have a state winner. South Carthage resident Myra Fisher placed second in the Tennessee State Fair Apple Pie Baking Contest at the Wilson County – Tennessee State Fair.  For placing second, Fisher received a red ribbon and $150 in cash. As a member of the Carthage FCE Club, each year Fisher enters various contests…

Upper Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation (U.C.E.M.C.) will be holding a board of directors election this week. The election will be held on Friday, August 27 and Saturday, August 28. Voting hours are from 7 a.m. until 3 p.m. Voting will take place in each of the electric company’s district offices. There’s one note to voting…

Both the Democratic and Republican parties will be holding May primary elections in 2022. This will be a new step in the election cycle for Smith County which traditionally has not held primary elections for county offices. “The Smith County Democratic Party has requested a primary to be held on May 3 (2022) for all…

By Eddie West Staff Writer A woman was discovered deceased inside a mobile home during a fire last Tuesday morning. The fire occurred in the Bluff Creek community which borders South Carthage on the south side of its city limits in the area of Gordonsville Highway/Highway 53 and Bradford Hill Road. The victim was identified…

By Eddie West Staff Writer Law enforcement authorities continue to be on the lookout for a man who reportedly broke into a residence in the Flat Rock community while homeowners were home, Thursday morning. The incident began shortly before 6 a.m. when a caller reported to the sheriff’s department a wrecked vehicle  in the 300…

By Eddie West Staff Writer It was the biggest news in the Defeated community, Wednesday morning. Several curious onlookers either stood or parked along the roadside in their vehicles on State Highway 85/Defeated Creek Highway in order to watch a two-story house being moved a short distance down the road to its current location. Residents…

Michael Kemp is the county’s new road superintendent. Kemp, a South Carthage resident, was seated by the county commission during its August meeting by a 16-5 vote.  Two commissioners abstained from voting. One commission seat was vacant at the time of the vote but has now been filled. Kemp ran for the position in August…

STATE FAIR BOUND ~ DILLARD The Dillard family is state fair bound this week. For several years, Bob Dillard’s family transported their prize winning Dillard Angus Farms cattle to Nashville to compete at the Tennessee State Fair. This year the Raccoon Branch Lane family will have a shorter distance to travel with the new Wilson…

INVESTIGATION LEADS TO TWO ARRESTS Two people face multiple charges following a sheriff’s department investigation in the Elmwood community. Phillip Lawrence, 54, Brush Creek, was charged with criminal impersonation and five counts of possession of a controlled substance. Martha Bowman, 58, Baxter, was charged with introduction of contraband into a penal institution and five counts…