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Vic vs. Odom Pick’em: High School Football Week 5

Thankfully, Victor Parkins is on vacation, and I won’t have to hear about how he beat me last week. We differed on one pick, and he currently got North Side’s win over Lexington. But while I was eating at Scott’s Pizza Kitchen with my wife having a large Meat Paradise, Tim Haney, Director of Schools…

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Lemons vs. Odom Pick’em: High School Football Week 5

Weakley County mayor Jake Bynum walked through downtown Martin during the Soybean Street Fair with an extra smile on his face Saturday. Friday night was another big night for Weakley County football teams with Dresden, Greenfield and Westview all picking up wins. Walking by with my corn dog, I asked, “Why are you so happy…

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Superintendents perplexed over potential new Tennessee policies

  by ARIEL McRAE | Associate Editor amcrae@hchronicle.net All across the state of Tennessee, Superintendents and other school personnel are attending town hall meetings to discuss the newly proposed rules for giving letter grades (A, B, C, D, F) to school systems. Not everyone is on board with the potential updates to the policies. Letter…

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Overdose awareness, recovery day held at Gibson Civic Center

by DANNY WADE | Senior Editor dwade@hchronicle.net Drug and alcohol addiction is a problem many families deal with every day—either as an addict themselves or a family member. The good news is there are organizations and people who can help. On August 26, Alternative Choice Counseling Center hosted their Overdose Awareness and Recovery Day event…

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Tennessee AP high school football poll after Week 4

The Associated Press’ Top 10 teams in each of Tennessee’s six Division I non-financial aid classifications and in the combined Division II financial aid classification as selected by Tennessee AP-member sportswriters and broadcasters. With first-place votes in parentheses, records through September 5, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point…

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