Jerry & Rosa Hollis named Washer Pitchin’ grand marshals
By Lori Cathey With the sun shining brightly in Yorkville, organizers of the 26th Annual International Washer Pitchin’ Contest honored Jerry and Rosa Hollis as the grand marshals and welcomed a host of competitors for a day of friendly games, good food and lots of fellowship. Before the opening ceremony, juniors competed with Cason Reynolds…
Read MoreChristian Women’s Job Corp closes on transitional home
By Crystal Burns Christy Skelton, executive director of the newly incorporated Gibson County Christian Women’s Job Corp (CWJC), flashed a big grin last week as the group closed on a transitional house for women. The home, located in Trenton, will house up to eight women beginning in November. Skelton said the women would likely come…
Read MoreBrothers donate Air Evac subscriptions to every Trenton resident
By Crystal Burns At the ribbon cutting of the Trenton helipad, located on Halliburton Street off Highway 45 Bypass W, brothers Bob and Ken Wilson donated one-year, basic subscriptions to Air Evac Lifeteam for every Trenton resident. Bob Wilson, owner of AVC Inc. in Trenton, introduced his brother Ken, who lives in Connecticut and owns…
Read MoreCounty Fire Chief questions dispatcher training
By Crystal Burns “When you call 911 for help and you don’t get help, what do you do?” Gibson County Fire Chief Bryan Cathey posed the question after learning that a Bells man called 911 around 10 p.m. Sunday, July 21 but didn’t get the assistance he needed. Thomas Smith was on Hwy. 70/79 in…
Read MoreTrenton school board approves $13.9M budget
By Crystal Burns The Trenton Special School District board voted 4-0 to approve a $13.9M budget for the 2019-2020 Fiscal Year at its July 30 meeting. Board member Doug Smith was absent. Director of Schools Tim Haney walked the board through last year’s actual budget figures and this year’s estimated numbers. He highlighted a 1%…
Read MoreChurches provide school supplies for Dyer students
By Lori Cathey Dyer School held a Back to School Block Party and Open House for students to get their school supplies and meet their teachers Thursday. This year, Dyer students from kindergarten through eighth grade don’t have to purchase supplies for the school year because local churches and business provided all of those…
Read MoreDyer man wins national championship in darts
By Crystal Burns What started as a bet quickly bloomed into a passion for a Dyer man. Eric Freeman, a 2004 graduate of Gibson County High School, partnered with Shane Meeks of Virginia to win the American Darters Association (ADA) National Championship in Men’s Open Doubles Cricket at the end of July. “I expected to…
Read MoreBradford man sentenced to 35 years in state prison
By Crystal Burns Circuit Court Judge Clayburn Peeples recently sentenced a Bradford man to 35 years in state prison for charges ranging from attempted murder to false imprisonment. A jury found Torey Estes, 39, guilty of attempted first-degree murder, attempted voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault with injury and weapon, and false imprisonment in March. Peeples sentenced…
Read MoreFive Bradford teachers receive tenure
By Crystal Burns The Bradford Special School District board approved tenure for five teachers at its July 22 meeting. Brenda Siddell, social worker and guidance counselor for grades 1-6; Emily Waddell, elementary Special Education teacher; Merideth Jacobs, high school wellness/PE teacher; Phillip Tyler, high school and junior high history teacher; and Kyle Gehring, agriculture teacher…
Read MoreVideo of Dyer policeman dancing with children goes viral
By Crystal Burns Dyer Ptlm. Mark Meadows tends to be the life of the party. “I just love to dance,” he said. The 36-year-old Rutherford native never expected a video of him doing “The Git Up,” surrounded by a crowd of children at the Dyer Station Celebration street dance to go viral (circulated rapidly on…
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