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REPAVING OF CARTHAGE’S MAIN STREET PLANNED For some time now, motorists may have noticed Main Street in Carthage has gotten to be a bumpy ride. Plans are in motion to repave the entire city street. A public notice was placed in last week’s edition of the Courier seeking bidders on the project. Main Street North…

DEPOT RESTORED TO ORIGINAL ELEGANCE A project more than six years in the development stage continues to take shape. Work on the Carthage Junction Depot project located on Highway 53 at the south end of Crump Paris Park continues to move forward. In October 2014, the depot was relocated from its former location which was…

EARLY DEADLINES FOR MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY; OFFICE CLOSED The Courier office will be closed Monday (May 31) for Memorial Day, requiring a change in deadlines for next week’s paper. The deadline for ad and news copy for the June 3 edition of the Courier will be noon, Friday, May 28.

5 YR OLD BECOMES LOCAL CELEBRITY With two appearances on a national television show boasting millions of viewers, Gordonsville resident Harlan Hensley has become a recognizable figure around town. “We went to Walmart yesterday and some of the people there recognized him,” the youth’s mother, Jennifer Hensley, explained. Harlan is also popular among the customers…

ELMWOOD MAY BE SITE OF COUNTY’S 5TH DOLLAR GENERAL Discussions concerning a fifth Dollar General store in Smith County continue. Company officials say a final decision on a new store is expected to be made this summer. The proposed store would be located in the Elmwood community on Highway 70. While discussions and planning have…

DOMINO’S PIZZA EYES DOWNTOWN CARTHAGE LOCATION A number of new businesses and developments around the county have either opened or are in the planning/discussion stage. Here’s a list of some new developments, as well as upcoming activities noted during the April meeting of the Smith County Joint Economic and Community Development Board: Carthage: Domino’s Pizza…

KEMPVILLE TRAGEDY – TN’S FIRST MAJOR AIRPLANE CRASH Standing beside a barbed-wire fence on Dean Hill on a recent sunny morning, four Kempvillians peered into a steep ravine and tried to envision the appalling scene they would have witnessed below in the waning black hours of Nov. 10, 1932. On that rainy and windswept November…

$100,000 WINNER Four-year-old Harlan Hensley was a hit with America’s Funniest Videos fans again — winning the $100,000 grand prize Sunday night. The Courier featured a story about the Hensley family’s experience in the March 4 edition. Look for additional coverage upcoming.

2021 FAIR BOOK IN THIS WEEKS COURIER The Smith County Fair (The Fair On The River) is a little more than a month away. This year’s fair runs from June 28 through July 3. Inside this week’s edition of the Courier is the annual tabloid which details the schedule events and times, event rules and…

FATAL SHOOTING TO GRAND JURY The case in which a Gordonsville woman is charged in the shooting death of a Hogans Creek area man in February has been bound over to the grand jury. Tara Leigh Greene, 33, is now charged with first degree murder in the death of Wendel Wilkey (Wenn) Bennett, 47, Thompson…