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Recreation area set to open this spring
by Danny Wade A new wildlife recreation area is set to open this spring. The Middle Fork Bottoms Recreation Area is located south of Three Way, Tenn. with a small section actually inside the city limits. West Tennessee River Basin Authority located in Humboldt will oversee the project. Executive Director David Blackwood and Executive Assistant…
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Former Viking Martin achieves career milestone by Katrina Smith It is quite an accomplishment for an athlete to score 1,000 in either their high school or college basketball career. But it is extremely rare to score 2,000 points. Kortland Martin, 2017 graduate of Humboldt High School reached a milestone last month when he scored his…
Read MoreOwens to remain Humboldt fire chief
by Danny Wade After a contentious Humboldt City Board meeting on January 10 that had some fireworks regarding the fire chief and appointing an interim chief, last week’s meeting was much more calm. The commotion from the January 10 meeting was revisited during the January 24 meeting. During the January 10 meeting of the Humboldt…
Read MoreHumboldt Chronicle Honor the Blues 2022
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Read MoreTop 5 high school basketball games during Week 11 of season
2 weeks. That is all that remains in the regular season before district tournaments will take over the high school sports landscape in West Tennessee. That means teams are playing harder to try and move up the district standings. So there were lots of good games to pick from this week. Michael Odom is now…
Read MoreMiddleton boys, Westview girls stay No. 1 in West Tennessee high school basketball rankings after Week 10
Every district in West Tennessee is now in conference play, so the struggle has gotten harder to try and earn one of the top seeds in the district tournaments scheduled in two weeks. While there was some movement, no team dropped out of the West Tennessee high school basketball rankings this week. SCHEDULE: Week 11…
Read MoreGibson County high school basketball games for Jan. 31-Feb. 5
Week 11 of the high school basketball season is here. Check out the full high school basketball schedule for the Gibson County area: RANKINGS: Middleton boys, Westview girls No. 1 in West Tennessee basketball rankings after Week 11 TOP GAMES: Top 5 games in the Gibson County area during Week 11 MONDAY High School Basketball…
Read MoreWest Tennessee high school basketball district standings during Week 10
Here are the updated high school basketball district standings for West Tennessee during Week 10 of the 2020-21 season: SCHEDULE: Week 10 high school basketball schedule for Gibson County area RANKINGS: Dyer County girls enter West Tennessee high school basketball rankings after Week 9 TOP GAMES: Top 5 games in Gibson County area for Week…
Read MoreHigh school basketball box scores from Gibson County teams in Week 10
Here are the box scores from Week 10 of the high school basketball season in the Gibson County area: SCHEDULE: Week 10 high school basketball schedule for Gibson County area RANKINGS: Dyer County girls enter West Tennessee high school basketball rankings after Week 9 TOP GAMES: Top 5 games in Gibson County area for Week…
Read MoreTop 4 high school basketball games during Week 10 of season
So what have I learned this month? When I pick South Gibson to lose to a state-ranked team on a Friday night, Makell Melton and his Hornet teammates will prove my pick wrong. I have picked South Gibson to lose to Dyersburg and North Side each of the past two Fridays, and the Hornets won.…
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