Area News

By Eddie West Staff Writer Planning is underway to take applications for director of schools. This comes as Director of Schools Barry Smith is not seeking a contract extension. School board members were to discuss an extension of the current director’s contract during this month’s meeting which was held l a s t  T u e s d a y (October 21) night. However, at the beginning of the meeting School…

By Eddie West Staff Writer For a second time a field located beside Defeated Creek in the northern section of the county is the site of an archaeological dig. The site is located at the Highway 85/Kempville Highway and Difficult Road intersection and is taking place on the East Tennessee Natural Gas pipeline’s right-of-way which is…

By Eddie West Staff Writer It promises to be a festive Halloween around the county. This year the holiday falls on a weekend night, Friday, October 31. Events Halloween night will include the Hometown Halloween in downtown Carthage from 6-9 p.m. The event will feature Trunk-or-Treat, Corn Maze and The Haunt. Meanwhile, the Gordonsville Events Committee…

By Eddie West Staff Writer One person died as a result of a wreck which occurred in the Defeated community Sunday afternoon. Elmwood resident and businessman Jeffrey Parker, 64, was the victim of an accident which occurred at 4:26 p.m., on Highway 85/Defeated Creek Highway. The location of the accident was 321 Highway 85/Defeated Creek Highway…

By Eddie West Staff Writer The gates to the Cordell Hull Lake Welcome Center/Resource Managers office were open Thursday morning. Inside the rustic structure, Carthage resident Don Kannapel was on hand at the front desk to greet visitors as usual.   There were no signs of the “2025 federal government shutdown”. Responsible managing, operating and maintaining…

By Eddie West Staff Writer A well used recreational area at the Cordell Hull Dam will be closing for an extended period beginning this month, according to the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (USACE). Referred to as the “Right Bank Tailwater Area”, the area includes a popular (bank) fishing spot as well as a common sight-seeing…

By Eddie West Staff Writer The sun rose on the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) iconic cooling tower located in the Dixon Springs area for the final time Thursday morning. Around 6:30 a.m., the 540 foot tall tower began sinking directly downward as if it were being swallowed by the ground underneath the structure. A second later…

By Eddie West Staff Writer A youth was injured and charges were filed following a two vehicle wreck which occurred on Main Street in Carthage Tuesday (September 16)night, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP). The wreck occurred at 7o3 Main Street North in front of the Carthage Church of Christ around 7:27 p.m. A vehicle…

By Eddie West Staff Writer A man faces charges after firing multiple shots at sheriffs department deputy while attempting to flee in a vehicle. Seth Mason Tunnicliff, 22, Murfreesboro, faces as many as 10 charges after allegedly admitting to an officer to firing “two to three” shots at sheriff’s department Sgt. Levi Grigg’s patrol vehicle during…