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Annual FFA bbq, auction just around the corner

    by DANNY WADE | Senior Editor dwade@hchronicle.net It is August and people are geared up for football, but in Humboldt, people are also anticipating the annual FFA Alumni BBQ & Auction. This year’s event will be Saturday, August 26 at Bailey Park. This year, FFA director Jason Wiles said things are changing up…

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School board tackles several topics

by ARIEL McRAE | Associate Editor amcrae@hchronicle.net The Humboldt School Board meeting started on a somber note last Thursday as board member Valeria Wedley led everyone in a moment of silence for the Humboldt High School class of 1988 in honor and memory of three individuals lost from the class this year, Jason Tubbs, Randy…

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Riverside opens season as No. 1 in West Tennessee football rankings

A new season is set to begin this week. Teams have gone through spring workouts, 7-on-7 scrimmages, heat acclimation practices, scrimmages and jamborees to be ready to start the season. Before it all begins, here is the first West Tennessee high school football ranking, which includes every school outside of Shelby County. 1. Riverside (12-3)…

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Historic scholarship comes to a close

by ARIEL McRAE | Associate Editor amcrae@hchronicle.net An end of an era happened Friday, July 28 at the Humboldt Senior Center as six students heading to college in the fall received the last scholarships from the Louise Croom scholarship fund. Louise Croom was a prominent figure in the Humboldt community with an expansive career in…

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Historic busts now back with original family

    by ARIEL McRAE | Associate Editor amcrae@hchronicle.net Up a long winding driveway, past fields of crops there sits a beautiful white house surrounded by the magic of nature and the rich history of the past. Birds stop in for a bite to eat out of feeders, bees buzz amongst the flowers and a…

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Humboldt’s Stephon Shivers gets offer from Volunteers

On Saturday evening, Humboldt junior Stephon Shivers announced on X — formerly known as Twitter — that he had received an offer from the University of Tennessee. Shivers, listed at 6-foot-5, 340-pounds, has been a highly recruited offensive and defensive lineman since his freshman season. Recently, his offers from the bigger SEC schools have picked…

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