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The Labor Day holiday, Sept. 2-4, is the final major weekend of the 2023 summer boating season. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is emphasizing the use of life jackets while boating in a safe and responsible manner. The TWRA wants all those who visit the waterways to have an enjoyable time. However, TWRA officers will …
David Carroll, whose weekly column is featured in this newspaper, has published his fourth book, “I Won’t Be Your Escape Goat,” which was released this week. Carroll, whose column is featured in 52 newspapers in Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia, says, “This book is all humor, 100 percent. A few years back, I began collecting and …
Ruth Marie Terry, born in Whitwell, TN, in 1936, was also known as Lady of the Dunes. She was a formerly unidentified murder victim found on July 26, 1974, in the Race Point Dunes in Provincetown, Massachusetts. On February 16, 1974, she married Guy Rockwell Muldavin, an antique dealer in Reno, Nevada. Four months before …
Division I – Class 6A School Record Points Prv 1. Oakland (10) 1-1 193 1 2. Bradley Central (8) 2-0 183 2 3. Maryville (1) 2-0 168 3 4. Germantown (2) 2-0 148 5 5. Brentwood 2-0 112 7 6. Farragut 2-0 96 6 7. Collierville 2-0 77 9 8. Riverdale 1-1 75 4 9. …
Tennessee’s dove season opens Sept. 1 at noon (local time) and is one of the state’s most long-standing outdoor sports traditions. This year’s opening day falls on a Friday. Tennessee’s dove season is once again divided into three segments: Sept. 1-Sept. 28; Oct. 14-Nov. 5; and Dec. 8-Jan. 15, 2024. Hunting times, other than opening …
Schools across the state have been applying for part of the nearly $200 million in school safety grant money since June. All public schools and private schools are eligible to apply for two grants. So far, here is a list of allocations: Bledsoe County Schools: $64,120.80 Marion County Schools: $157,016.54 Sequatchie County Schools: $80,477.34 Grundy County …
Don’t miss your chance to compete in our inaugural Marion County 4-H Chili Cook-Off at the Marion County Market on October 4 from 4-8 PM. If you or someone in your organization makes the best chili, sign up today! The contest is open to cooks of all ages. The deadline to register is September 15. …
On October 7th at 9:00 a.m, Maximum Sports will conduct the 2nd Annual “The Blansett” workout. All proceeds will go to the Matt Blansett Scholarship. Maximum Sports, along with the family, were very honored to give this scholarship out this past spring to a very deserving student in Matt’s honor. Please join in so they …
FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) this fall. The national test will consist of two portions, testing WEA and EAS capabilities. Both tests are scheduled to begin at approximately 1:20 p.m. CT on Wednesday, Oct. 4. The WEA portion of the test …
The Southeast TN Human Resource Agency has received a $208,137 grant through the Emergency Rural Health Care Grant Program. The grant will help feed families in rural communities that are in need. This funding will assist in purchasing updated food storage equipment and refrigeration system as well as a refrigerated box truck, and salary assistance that …
