Blue Light Hunger Fight big success, surpasses last year’s totals
Thanks to donations from the community, the Thunderbolt Radio and Digital and Martin Police Department “Blue Light Hunger Fight” collected 1,730 non-perishable food items and $1,793 in cash donations to help feed the hungry this holiday season.
Over 200 Henry Co. children take part in “Cops and Kids” shopping trip
Over 200 children took part in a shopping trip sponsored by the Paris and Henry County Chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police. Paris Police Chief Chuck Elizondo says the lodge invited 240 children to go shopping
Hampton attends Barron’s Top Women Advisors Summit
Edward Jones Financial Advisor Jennifer C. Hampton of Martin attended Barron’s 2019 Top Women Advisors Summit held last week in Palm Beach, Florida. It’s the second time Mrs. Hampton has been invited to attend the invitation-only event.
185 graduate Paris Special School District D.A.R.E. program
Over 180 students from the Paris Special School District are now graduates of the D.A.R.E. program conducted by the Paris Police Department. Paris Police D.A.R.E. Officers Jordan Klutts and Amber Roaten had approximately 185 fifth graders graduate
Reward offered in theft of flags, flagpoles from Sharon golf course
A reward is being offered for information in the theft of flags and flagpoles taken from Persimmon Hills Golf Course near Sharon. Weakley County Sheriff’s Captain Randall McGowan says sometime between sundown Tuesday night and sunrise Wednesday
Gleason students sign up for signage
(The following is a release from Weakley County Schools Communications Director Karen Campbell) — A sign of the times could very well be that Gleason School is making signs. Students in the Principles of Agriculture Mechanics course
FHU’s annual benefit dinner, featuring Dale Jr., raises over $1.3M
Freed-Hardeman University’s 55th Annual Benefit Dinner featuring NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt Jr. raised over $1.3 million dollars for student scholarships. The $1,345.560 dollars raised last week surpassed last year’s total by more than $100,000 dolalrs. During the
Clerk and Master, Chancery Court temporarily moved due to renovation
Beginning next week, the Weakley County Clerk and Master’s office as well as the Chancellor’s office will be temporarily moved due to renovation work at the courthouse. The two offices will be moved to the second floor