Six arrested in Rutherford drug bust
The West Tennessee Drug Task Force served a search warrant in Rutherford last week, resulting in the arrests of six people. Finis Hundley, 39, of Dyer; Rachel Morgan, 45, of Rutherford; Laura Burkhart, 40, of Greenfield; Joshua Montgomery, 36, of Bradford; Mathew Parish, 35, of Union City; and James “JR” Scott, 32, of McLemoresville; were…
Read MoreGCHS student builds outdoor classroom at Rutherford School
By Laurin Stroud A Gibson County High School student has built an outdoor classroom at Rutherford School. Reese McVay has spent the last 11 years in Boy Scouts. To qualify for his Eagle Scout rank, he had to complete a community service project by his 18th birthday. “Reese knew he wanted to do something…
Read MoreSchools receive meal grants
By Laurin Stroud USDA has released COVID-19 flexibilities to allow all children 18 years and under to receive free breakfast and lunch through the school meal program. The new flexibility was effective Sept. 1 and will extend through Dec. 31. The grant was awarded to all schools nationwide. “So many people have struggled through this…
Read MoreTrenton team wins 5th place in hot wing championship
By Laurin Stroud Bourdreaux’s Wingos from Trenton, placed fifth out of 24 teams in the World Championship Hot Wing Contest and Festival which was held virtually this year. “They put us in brackets and had an hour to vote for each round.” Holly Rowan said, “You had to at least donate $200 to the Ronald…
Read MoreFormer Navy chaplain builds golf course to honor military veterans
By Steve Short Wayne Holmes says he’s a “do it yourself” kind of guy. But building your own golf course? It’s taken Holmes seven years to carve grass fairways, putting greens and a driving range out of rough woodland and farm fields on his 70-acre farm north of Milan near the Gann Community. The homemade…
Read MorePlans for new library to be presented
By Steve Short “Good news” is coming to Gibson County Commissioners next week. Officials will hear about plans for a new, state-of-the-art, county library planned for Trenton. At the commission’s bimonthly meeting September 14 at 9 a.m., architectural drawings of the interior of a new Gibson County Memorial Library will be presented. Floor plans of…
Read MoreTrenton getting out of the city sticker business
By Crystal Burns As of Jan. 1, 2021, the City of Trenton will be out of the city sticker business. The board of aldermen voted unanimously at the Aug. 25 City Council meeting to approve the first reading of an ordinance that allows the Gibson County Clerk’s Office to collect money for city stickers.…
Read MoreColleagues call retiring DA ‘a true public servant’
By Crystal Burns When Garry Brown, district attorney general of the 28th Judicial District, walked out of the Teapot Museum in Trenton on Friday afternoon, he did so with an armload of gifts. Several of Brown’s former employees presented him with a personalized Heirloom Henry .22LR rifle. Members of the Tennessee District Attorneys General…
Read MoreWhite seeks election as Rutherford mayor
The following announcement is paid for by the candidate. Robert H. “Bob” White is announcing that he is seeking election as mayor of the Town of Rutherford. “I have been a citizen of Rutherford for 63 years and raised three sons here, David White of Collierville, Terry White of Springdale, Ark. and Barry White…
Read MoreGrand jury returns 66 true bills
By Crystal Burns The Gibson County Grand Jury met last week in Trenton and returned 66 true bills, many of which deal with sexual crimes against minors and violent crimes. Indictments against Derek Harper appear to show a pattern of sexual abuse of a minor spanning from August 2011 to May 2019. Harper was…
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