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Christmas on Main offers something for everyone
by DANNY WADE | Senior Editor dwade@hchronicle.net Everyone loves Christmas. It is a time to get together with family and friends. Each year, the city kicks off the season with Christmas on Main—a celebration in historic downtown Humboldt. Christmas on Main has become a wonderful time to celebrate the holidays and this year will be…
Read MoreHelping Hand resale shop moves
by ARIEL McRAE | Associate Editor amcrae@hchronicle.net Helping Hand of Humboldt is expanding with the reopening of their resale shop. With the new building opening up, the non-profit organization will be able to attend to more customers and display more merchandise to make the organization more funds in order to better serve the people. Originally,…
Read MoreTop 5 Gibson County high school basketball games during Week 3 of season
Hopefully everyone had a great Thanksgiving meal with the ones that they love. But now it is time for the push through the first half of the season with the Christmas holiday approaching. For the second straight week, I went 4-1 with my picks with the missing being Sacred Heart boys beating Humboldt. So I…
Read MoreTop 5 Weakley County high school basketball games during Week 3 of season
Well, the focus has turned completely to basketball in Weakley County, and most teams are off to good starts to the 2023-24 season. I also got off to a hot start in my pick’em, as I went 4-1 last week with my one miss being Jackson Christian’s win over Westview in boys basketball. So let’s…
Read MoreWest Tennessee high school basketball district standings after Week 2
After two weeks of the high school basketball season, here are the updated district standings for across West Tennessee: BOYS District 12-1A Dist. Over. McEwen 0-0 3-1 Houston Co. 0-0 2-2 Big Sandy 0-0 0-2 Bruceton 0-0 0-3 McKenzie 0-0 0-3 District 13-1A Dist. Over. Middleton 0-0 2-1 Bradford 0-0 1-2 Clarksburg 0-0 1-2 Halls…
Read MoreObion County boys, girls enter West Tennessee basketball rankings after Week 2
Hoping all the readers had a great Thanksgiving, and there were definitely some basketball action to take in last week. More boys teams got their football players, and basketball season is going full-steam ahead. Three teams joined the basketball rankings, and two of them were the blue and red of Obion County. Here are the…
Read MoreGibson County, Weakley County high school schedules for Week 3 of basketball season
With the Thanksgiving holiday now complete, it is time to get back to basketball as we work toward the Christmas break. Here are the Week 3 games happening in Gibson County and Weakley County in Week 3: GIBSON COUNTY TUESDAY High School Basketball Madison at Milan, 6 p.m.; Bradford at Greenfield, 6 p.m.; Dresden at…
Read MoreGibson County, Weakley County high school basketball box scores for Week 2
The second week of the high school basketball season involves the Thanksgiving holiday, but here are the box scores for Gibson County and Weakley County schools: FRIDAY Boys MUS 58, Humboldt 46 Humboldt 6 14 11 15 — 46 MUS 13 11 15 19 — 58 Humboldt (46) — KeyVontay Wedley 13, Fred Moore 18,…
Read MorePigue is city’s new treasurer/CFO
by DANNY WADE | Senior Editor dwade@hchronicle.net When Kim Hadley retired as the city of Humboldt treasurer and CFO on June 30, a huge void was created as it relates to the city’s finances. For weeks and months, Mayor Marvin Sikes, with the assistance of MTAS (Municipal Technical Advisory Service), have tried to find a…
Read MoreGibson County, Weakley County high school schedules for Week 2 of basketball season
We enter into the second week of high school basketball along with Thanksgiving happening this week and Dresden in the Class 1A semifinals: GIBSON COUNTY MONDAY High School Basketball Peabody at Obion County, 6 p.m. TUESDAY High School Basketball Huntingdon at South Gibson, 6 p.m.; South Fulton at Bradford, 6 p.m.; Greenfield at Gibson County,…
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