Area Breaking News
Chamber banquet heads outdoors
By Crystal Burns The ongoing COVID-19 health crisis presented planning challenges for the Greater Gibson County Area Chamber of Commerce annual banquet, but leaders believe they’ve found the solution. This year’s banquet will be held outdoors at the Downtown Pedestrian Park in Trenton on Tuesday, Oct. 20 at 6 p.m. “This gives us a…
Read MoreMikkelsen seeks re-election to Dyer board
The following political announcement is paid for by the candidate. My name is Tom Mikkelsen. I live in Dyer. My family and I moved to Dyer in 1971, my senior year in high school. That is the same year we started Poly-M Contractors. We have enjoyed providing custom built homes in Dyer and the…
Read MoreSchool 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 MoreRural hemp farm allegedly covering for marijuana grow operation
By Logan Watson, The Mirror-Exchange A legal hemp farm operating on Caraway Hills Road between Trenton and Milan became the target of a Drug Task Force raid last week after a shipping company discovered a box that appeared to contain marijuana plants. According to West Tennessee Drug Task Force Director Johnie Carter, the company…
Read MoreBradford schools see improvement in COVID numbers
By Crystal Burns Bradford Special School District officials are breathing a little easier. At the school board’s Sept. 28 meeting, superintendent Dan Black and principals Kelly Knott and Shane Paschall said COVID-19 concerns have eased since Labor Day. All three credited students, families, and teachers for making in-person learning possible. “If we can make…
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 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 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 MoreDyer’s Select Tennessee Certified Site is first for northern end of county
State and local officials were on hand at the Dyer Industrial Park on Thursday, Sept. 3, where it was announced that Dyer now has a 32-acre Select Tennessee Certified Site. The Select Tennessee program helps communities like Dyer prepare industrial sites for private investment and job creation. The program sets rigorous standards to give companies…
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