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Chamber Cash puts more than $10,000 in local businesses
By Crystal Burns It was a banner month for the Greater Gibson County Area Chamber of Commerce’s Chamber Cash program. In December 2020, the chamber sold $10,045 in Chamber Cash, benefitting participating member businesses across the county. The 2019 total during the same time frame was $6,400. “That’s $10,000 from this chamber alone,” said…
Read MoreCommissioners accept $347K restoration bid for courthouse clocktower
By Caleb Revill Gibson County Commissioners voted to accept a $347,702 bid for restoration work on the Gibson County Courthouse’s clocktower at their bi-monthly meeting held via Zoom Monday morning, Jan. 11. Gibson County Mayor Tom Witherspoon called the meeting to order, and Commissioner Steve Hemann gave the invocation. After roll call, the adoption…
Read MoreTown Hall covers junior high basketball options
By Crystal Burns The Gibson County Special School District board hosted a Town Hall to discuss options for consolidating the junior high basketball programs on the north end of the district Sunday, Jan. 10 at Gibson County High School. The board has discussed consolidation in years past and most recently at the district’s December…
Read MoreYorkville School seeks recipes for cookbook
Yorkville School leaders are reaching out to students’ parents and families as well as community friends to collect recipes for a cookbook. All sales of the cookbook will benefit the school. “When families gather, you seem to find most of the people in the kitchen because that is where the food is!” principal Sharon Sewell…
Read MoreFire destroys old funeral home
By Lori Cathey A Sunday night fire decimated the former Karnes & Son Funeral Home in Rutherford. The Rutherford Fire Department was dispatched to 113 South Trenton Street in Rutherford around 10:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10. Upon arrival, firefighters found a working two-story residential structure on fire with heavy smoke coming out of the…
Read MorePettigrew is new Viking football coach
New Skipper by Danny Wade The search for a new head football coach for the Humboldt Vikings is over. Teddy Pettigrew accepted the position and will lead the team this season. His first official day with Humboldt City Schools will be January 19. Pettigrew has Gibson County roots and brings a wealth of knowledge and…
Read MoreTwo facing animal cruelty charges
by Danny Wade Two men are facing charges for animal cruelty after an explosion of posts made on social media. A video of two city of Humboldt workers killing a dog by knocking it in the head with a shovel surfaced on Facebook, causing quite a stir. According to Humboldt police, on January 4, 2021…
Read More‘Tis the Season to Lock Your Doors
‘Tis the Season to Lock Your Doors Police warn about post-holiday break-ins By Logan Watson A rash of recent burglaries around Milan have police urging residents to make sure their doors are locked before turning in for a long winter’s nap. The holiday season is, well, like Christmas for opportunistic thieves. Families make the mistake…
Read MorePainting a picture of 2020 in 12 stories
By Crystal Burns Staff at the Tri-City Reporter chose one story from every month to paint a picture of 2020 in our local communities. While the COVID-19 pandemic caused unimaginable heartache across the country, 2020 still brought some good news of volunteers helping others, a happy ending for a Dyer toddler in need of…
Read MoreTown Hall set Sunday at GCHS
By Crystal Burns The Gibson County Special School District Board of Trustees will hold a Town Hall in the Gibson County High School theater Sunday, Jan. 10 at 2 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to allow parents to discuss and ask questions about a proposal to consolidate junior high basketball teams from…
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