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Lady Pioneers Cross Country place in Region 7 Championship
By Lori Cathey The Gibson County High School Girls Cross Country team ran their best races of the season Tuesday, Oct. 24, at the Region 7 Championships meet at Martin Westview. The Lady Pioneers placed five runners in the top 25 to propel the team to a third-place finish for Gibson County’s first ever TSSAA…
Read MoreDyer mayor says small towns must work together to get state’s attention
By J. D. Pinkerton “Why is rural West Tennessee left out of everything?” Mayor Chris Young asked at last week’s Dyer city board meeting. “You have $121 million going to a museum in Nashville that the taxpayers must pay for and you start leaving small towns and small areas out of everything. There’s a problem…
Read MoreThe Love of Art
by Kim Forbes Most people love a good party and Saturday night, the Opera House in Humboldt was the place to be for an elegant party entitled “Artful Evening” hosted by West Tennessee Regional Art Center. The theme for this year’s fundraiser was “The Golden Age.” Party-goers donned their best attire for an evening of…
Read MoreWade named editor
Longtime newspaperman, Danny Wade, has been named editor of the Humboldt Chronicle. Victor Parkins, owner of The Chronicle’s parent company, Gibson County Publishing, made the announcement Friday morning. Wade has decades of experience in the newspaper field. With the retirement of editor/publisher April Jackson last week, Wade has assumed duties as editor. “I’m honored to…
Read MoreVoters to select mayor, aldermen, school board
by Danny Wade Humboldt voters will go to the polls next Tuesday to select a mayor, aldermen and school board members. Voters will also decide if Humboldt will continue to allow liquor by the drink. With the mayor’s race, all five aldermen and four of the five school board seats up for grabs to be…
Read MoreHistoric magazine on sale
by Danny Wade The second edition of the Historic Humboldt magazine is hot off the press. The publication is a partnership with the Humboldt Historical Society and the Humboldt Chronicle. Last year, Humboldt celebrated 150 years. As a milestone in history, the Chronicle and Historic Society came together to produce two separate publications. One was…
Read MorePrincipal & MSSD sued for using excessive force in paddling
Principal & MSSD sued for using excessive force in paddling By Victor Parkins A lawsuit that alleges excessive force used during a paddling has been filed against the Milan Special School District and the principal of Milan Middle School, Chris Jones. The lawsuit claims that on or about September 8, 2016, Mr. Jones paddled a…
Read MoreAfter years of service, Murphy looks toward retirement
After years of service, Murphy looks toward retirement By Logan Watson For close to 30 years, Steve Murphy has stood beside his friends and neighbors through the worst days of their lives, but the time has come for him to focus on beginnings rather than endings. Murphy began his career on September 27, 1989, when…
Read MoreGCHS presents ‘The Glass Menagerie’ by Tennessee Williams
Calling all theater lovers. The Gibson County High School presents “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams. The Glass Menagerie is a memory play that is taken from the memoirs of Tom Wingfield, a character in the play. The scene is St. Louis 1937. Tom, an aspiring poet, labors in a shoe warehouse to take care…
Read MoreRutherford Mayor addresses police chief’s tardiness
By J. D. Pinkerton The Rutherford Mayor and Board of Alderpersons were all in attendance for the regularly scheduled city council meeting October 16. Mayor Robert “Bob” White presented the board Police Chief Adam Branch’s timesheet, noting that of 221 days, Branch had been late to work 62 days. He also noted that Branch has…
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