Area Breaking News
2023 TSWA All-State teams for basketball
The Tennessee Sports Writers Association has started to release its all-state basketball teams with girls basketball released on Tuesday. Here are the players that made all-state: Division II-A Jailyn Banks, Middle Tennessee Christian, Sr.* Olivia Lee, Trinity Christian, Sr.* Angelica Velez, Webb School-Bell Buckle, Sr.* Aaliyah Converse, St. George’s Independent, Jr. Keira Leffew, Christian Academy…
Read MoreGibson County area high school spring sports box scores for Week 6
Here are the box scores from Week 6 of the high school spring sports season: THURSDAY Baseball Peabody 10, Bradford 2 Bradford 002 000 0 — 2 4 0 Peabody 010 810 X — 10 10 2 WP: Owen Lee (4-1). LP: Cason Sharp (3-3). HR: P – Alan Torres (1). 2B: P – Guillermo…
Read MoreHigh schoolers prepare for careers
Welding, machinery, industrial positions offer high-paying jobs by ARIEL McRAE | Associate Editor amcrae@hchronicle.net In a time when college is the preferred career path most parents would like for their children to take, one career technical education course at Humboldt Jr./Sr. High School is a hidden gem for students looking to find work directly…
Read MoreWilliams declines offer to be fire chief
Mayor walks out of meeting after heated words by DANNY WADE | Senior Editor dwade@hchronicle.net *See updates for the latest information regarding the fire chief hire After months and months of waiting to name a new fire chief, Humboldt citizens will have to wait a little longer. During a special called meeting on Wednesday,…
Read MoreLencioni hired as fire chief
Lencioni hired as fire chief by senior editor, Danny Wade Before the newspaper could even go to press this week, which has a front page article on John Williams not accepting the fire chief position, a new chief was hired. During the Humboldt Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting on Monday, April 10, Humboldt Fire…
Read MoreGibson County area high school spring sports box scores for Week 5
Here are the box scores from Week 5 of the high school spring sports season: SATURDAY Baseball Houston 15, Milan 14 Milan 432 130 1 — 14 12 2 Houston 214 210 5 — 15 15 5 WP: Miner. LP: Will Johnson (1-1). HR: M – John Carter 2 (7); H – McCalla, Bland. 2B:…
Read MoreGibson County area high school spring sports schedule for Week 5
The fifth week of the high school spring sports season is here with games all week across Gibson County. Here is what we have going on: MONDAY High School Baseball Peabody at Humboldt (DH), 4 p.m.; Milan at Dresden, 5 p.m.; Bradford at Gleason, 5 p.m.; Frank Hughes at West Carroll, 5:30 p.m.; South Side…
Read MoreCity hires first ever female firefighter
by DANNY WADE | Senior Editor dwade@hchronicle.net The Humboldt City Board tackled a long agenda last week during their March 27 meeting. Items included voting on a fire chief (see related article), an ordinance to amend zoning to allow apartments in B-3 zoning, an ordinance to allow beer sales in the same B-3 zone, approving…
Read MoreCP Center helps abused children
by ARIEL McRAE | Associate Editor amcrae@hchronicle.net Child abuse in any capacity is a trauma that persists well past childhood. There is an old African proverb that states, “The ax forgets; the tree remembers,” which is interpreted to mean the person who receives the trauma will never forget what happened to them while the…
Read MoreGibson County area high school spring sports box scores for Week 4
Here are the box scores from Week 4 of the high school spring sports season: SATURDAY Baseball Milan 11, Stewart County 1 Stewart Co. 001 00 X — 1 2 4 Milan 180 2X X — 11 7 2 WP: JP Scott (1-0). LP: Bates. HR: SC – Brown. 2B: M – Carter Milligan. Leading…
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