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  TUCKER VIDEO SHOT IN CARTHAGE NOW ONLINE The music video for Tanya Tucker’s “Bring Me My Flowers Now” shot in Carthage just weeks ago has just been released. See the video at the link below……. http://www.cmt.com/news/1813401/tanya-tucker-bring-my-flowers-now-video/?fbclid=IwAR0f0v7LeU-1V3RAAeq-GwJKTbziDHLxF6zuNq-c6n4_nLwPivbIlFoBitM      

TWO WHEEL TAXES SET FOR MARCH 2020 BALLOT Residents will vote in two wheel tax referendums come March of next year. Two resolutions calling for the referendums were approved on second and final reading during the county commission’s October meeting, Monday night. One referendum calls for a $25 wheel tax which would help fund the…

PARKING IN FIRE LANE CO$TLY Carthage police continue to monitor fire lanes in the town’s businesses. The department recently announced plans to begin strict enforcement of fire lane laws at Walmart and Sav-Way. A ticket for parking in a fire lane can be costly. The fee for being found guilty of parking in a fire…

HOMICIDE CASES MAKING WAY THROUGH CRIMINAL COURT With the 2013 homicide of a Carthage woman resolved in August, the county now has two pending murder cases. Those two cases include a double homicide which occurred in April in 2018 in the Dillehay Hollow north of the Defeated community and the murder of a man in…

PROPERTY OWNERS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OCTOBER DISCOUNT Residents are taking advantage of new legislation which allows a two percent discount for those paying their county property taxes in October. County property owners received their county property tax notices on October 1, Tuesday of last week. During four days, Tuesday through Friday, 232 county property owners…

ONE KILLED IN MONDAY ACCIDENT The year’s sixth fatality occurred Monday morning in the Lancaster community. Margie Cole, 74, Lancaster, died in a single vehicle wreck on Lancaster Highway, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol. The wreck occurred around 8:02 a.m. when a car was reported in a ditch. Cole was transported to Vanderbilt’s Wilson…

TRAFFIC STOP LEADS TO GROW OPERATION The sheriff’s department K-9 unit discovered a significant indoor marijuana grow operation following a traffic stop, Friday night. The investigation led to what was described as “19 large marijuana plants” which when confiscated and harvested resulted in 24.4 pounds of (non-dried) marijuana. The investigation began when Sgt. Junior Fields…

PARKING LOT ALTERCATION LEADS TO ARRESTS Two people face charges following an altercation involving guns in the parking lot at Walmart, Thursday afternoon. Paul Daniel Boyett, 33, Pleasant Shade, and Rodney Diamond Good, 57, Park City, Kentucky, have each been charged by Carthage police with reckless endangerment and unlawful possession of a weapon. Lt. Dt.…

COUNTY IN MIDST OF DROUGHT Leaves are falling, but it’s not because of cooler fall nights. The county is experiencing a drought and recording breaking heat as September came to an end Monday (September 30). While forecasters were calling for some relief by the end of the week from the persistent 90 plus degree temperatures,…

COUNTRY MUSIC LEGEND FILMS VIDEO IN TOWN The town of Carthage was abuzz Monday as filming for a music video took place on Main Street in downtown. Country music legend Tanya Tucker was in town to film the music video for “While I’m Living”. Tucker, who rose to fame in 1972 at the age of…