School board considers wood shop class
Split board approves interim superintendent Shelton with $600 car allowance by Danny Wade The Humboldt School Board met last Thursday evening and into the night. The 6:30 p.m. lasted almost two and a half hours. After the agenda was amended at the beginning of the meeting, it received unanimous approval by all five board members.…
Read MoreBoard reopens Pine Hill Park
When COVID hit Tennessee at a pandemic rate, Governor Bill Lee and Madison County officials were forced to shut down businesses and other areas including parks. Three Way officials had to close Pine Hill Park April 1, 2020. In May, Mayor Larry Sanders advised the city board that Madison County had opened their parks’…
Read MoreWilliam Franklin Osborne
William Franklin Osborne Mr. Franklin Osborne, 89, passed away Friday, March 20, 2020, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was born in Oakfield, Tenn. to the late W.L. Osborne and Sadie Plunk Osborne, and grew up in the Friendship community. Mr. Osborne retired from J. Hungerford Smith. He loved to have a garden and good…
Read MoreBoard refuses to discuss property rezoning
Property owner seeking to rezone from residential to business by Danny Wade It had been almost three months since the Humboldt Board of Mayor and Aldermen had met. Their last meeting was June 29, 2002. With 22 agenda items, Mayor Marvin Sikes expected the meeting to be lengthy. But that was not so. The meeting…
Read MoreAgnes Virginia Forsythe Thompson
Agnes Virginia Forsythe Thompson Mrs. Agnes Thompson, 92, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on Thursday, October 1, 2020. Funeral services were held on Saturday, October 3, 2020, at 4 p.m. in the Replogle-Lawrence chapel with Bro. Eddie Martin officiating. Burial followed in Antioch Cemetery. Mrs. Thompson was born at home in Madison…
Read MoreRiggs facing arson charges
Special Agent Fire Investigators with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have arrested and charged a Gibson County man in connection with a fire at a residence in Humboldt, in which four individuals were inside. Saturday, TBI agents, along with accelerate detection canine Wrigley, joined the Humboldt Fire Department and the Humboldt Police Department in investigating…
Read MoreRhonda Gay Christie
Rhonda Gay Christie Funeral services for Mrs. Rhonda Christie were held 11 a.m. Friday, October 2, 2020, at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church with Rev. Steven Fonville and Rev. Dan Tilly officiating. Burial followed in Rose Hill Cemetery in Humboldt. Mrs. Christie, 44, passed away September 30, 2020 at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville with…
Read MoreHalford offers legislative update
by Danny Wade State Representative Curtis Halford, representing Gibson County and a portion of Carroll County, offered a legislative update for 2020. Halford, who grew up in Kenton and has lived most of his life in Dyer, described 2020 as the strangest year in his whole life, especially as a legislator. “This is the first…
Read MoreExchange Club display to use five locations this year
Flags will fly at the Church at Sugar Creek, Humboldt Higher Education Center, Downtown Mini-Park, Edward Jones, St. James Baptist Church by Mindy East With Veteran’s Day just around the corner, the Humboldt Exchange Club and the Gibson County Carl Perkins Center are getting a head start on their annual display of American flags to…
Read MoreStudents receive additional classroom time to stay on track
Shelton, Kendall offering ACT assistance by Danny Wade Everyone knows just how hard the coronavirus pandemic has made life over the past several months. But one field has been struggled exponentially—education. There was the debate of closing schools last March. Then there was the debate to reopen school this year. Once it was decided to…
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