by DANNY WADE | Senior Editor dwade@hchronicle.net For dozens of Humboldt Tyson parents, July 24 will be a blessing when the Tyson Learning Center opens its doors. Tyson Learning Center will be more than a daycare facility, but a place where children receive high quality educational foundations that prepare them for school. A grand opening…

    by ARIEL McRAE | Associate Editor amcrae@hchronicle.net The Humboldt Public Library has a summer calendar full of fun activities for kids, teens and adults. There has been an escape room, a science experiment and lots of crafting. Last week, the library took the fun on the road as they traveled on a field…

    by DANNY WADE | Senior Editor dwade@hchronicle.net After years of delays due to covid and the skyrocketing costs, upgrades to the playground equipment at Bailey Park are back on track. This comes after the Humboldt Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted to fund an additional $200,000 to the overall scope of the project.…

  by DANNY WADE  |  Senior Editor dwade@hchronicle.net The Humboldt Public Library is always offering educational opportunities for both adults and children. Children’s Librarian Ashley Nevin is doing even more to make learning fun. That is how the escape room came about. For those unfamiliar with an escape room, the concept is to figure out…

  by ARIEL McRAE  |  Associate Editor amcrae@hchronicle.net The Humboldt Boys & Girls Club summer camp is in full swing. Recently, a group of B&G Club kids received some valuable lessons in different life skills from the Humboldt Junior Auxiliary. The goal was to help them learn important tasks that will aid them as they…

    by ARIEL McRAE  |  Associate Editor amcrae@hchronicle.net The 7th annual African American Heritage and Music festival will return to Viking Park to celebrate the weekend of Juneteenth as well as African American culture. Valerie Porter, the coordinator of the festival, is geared up for the weekend filled with fun and games, music and…

by ARIEL McRAE  |  Associate Editor amcrae@hchronicle.net All across the state of Tennessee educators, parents and students are in the midst of summer school due to a new law regarding third grade retention for the covid era class. Students in third grade during the 2022-2023 were subjected to new standards put in place by the…

  During a special called grand jury last week, a seven-count indictment was returned on Cordarious McCurry, including first degree murder. On Thursday, May 25, McCurry was arraigned on the seven-count indictment by Circuit Court Judge Clayburn Peeples. McCurry was out on bond in Circuit Court for allegedly being a felon in possession of a…

Priceless Treasure-r     by DANNY WADE  |  Senior Editor dwade@hchronicle.net Kim Hadley says he has been contemplating retirement for a few months. After 26 years serving as the city of Humboldt treasurer and before that, 10 years with the Tennessee Department of Transportation, Hadley is closing his ledger, stowing away his pencils and turning…

Portion of East End Dr. to be designated as T.G. Sheppard Way by DANNY WADE  |  Senior Editor dwade@hchronicle.net A Humboldt legend will now be memorialized for years and years to come. Country music superstar and Humboldt native T.G. Sheppard now has a marker in his honor and put Humboldt on the map as part…