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Pro-consolidation group addresses GCSSD Board
Pro-Consolidation Group Addresses GCSSD Board By Logan Watson A group of teachers and parents in favor of consolidating the schools on the north end of the Gibson County Special School District had their first official audience with the GCSSD Board of Trustees last Thursday night. The group pressed the issue on social media during the…
Read MoreSuperintendent’s evaluation tool discussed at school board meeting
by Danny Wade When the Humboldt School Board met last Thursday evening, they had a relatively short agenda, but there were some key topics to discuss. One of those items was approving the tool to be used for Dr. Janice Epperson’s superintendent’s evaluation. According to school board policy, the board and superintendent must agree on…
Read MoreWest Tennessee high school football standings after Week 4
We are four weeks into the 2022 high school football season. Here are the updated region standings for across West Tennessee: RANKINGS: Milan up to No. 4 in football rankings after Week 4 SCHEDULE: Gibson County fall sports Week 5 schedule ROUNDUP: Week 4 Football – West Carroll beats South Fulton in OT Region 6-1A…
Read MoreMilan up to No. 4 in West Tennessee football rankings after Week 4
Two matchups between top 12 teams – USJ beating Hardin County and Huntingdon beating Riverside – caused some shakeup in the West Tennessee football rankings. No team fell out, but there was plenty of movement. STANDINGS: Updated West Tennessee football region standings after Week 4 SCHEDULE: Gibson County fall sports Week 5 schedule ROUNDUP: Week…
Read MoreGibson County area high school fall sports schedule for Sept. 12-17
Check out the Week 5 schedule for the county. This is the final week of the high school golf regular season, and there is three more weeks of the volleyball regular season. STANDINGS: Updated West Tennessee football region standings after Week 4 RANKINGS: Milan moves up to No. 4 in West Tennessee football rankings after…
Read MoreWeek 4 Roundup: West Carroll stops 2-point conversion to win
After battling to a 42-42 tie in regulation, West Carroll’s Jayden Milton scored on a three-yard run to put the War Eagles up 49-42. South Fulton answered with a touchdown run, but the West Carroll defense made a defensive stand to lead the War Eagles to the 49-48 overtime victory over South Fulton on the…
Read MoreVic vs. Odom: High school football picks for Week 4
Wow, what a week of games in Week 3, and Gibson County led the way with three great ball games with Milan-South Gibson, Peabody-Lake County and West Carroll-Humboldt. After Week 3, Michael Odom gained another game on Victor Parkins. Odom went 13-1 with the lone loss being Milan’s win over South Gibson, while Parkins went…
Read MoreCounty Commission to vote on allocating $4M for city water projects
County Commission to vote on allocating $4M for city water projects By Caleb Revill The Gibson County Commission will vote to allocate $4,689,709 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARP) funds to be spent on city drinking water, wastewater and stormwater projects at their upcoming September meeting. County commissioners meet in regular bimonthly session Monday,…
Read MoreHumboldt Utilities earns three awards
by Danny Wade Those who are customers of Humboldt Utilities know just how fortunate they are to have such an outstanding company ensuring their lights are on, water is running, gas is burning and sewer is… well… sewaging. This does not happen on its own. It is the professional men and women of Humboldt Utilities…
Read MoreWest Tennessee high school football standings after Week 3
We are three weeks into the 2022 high school football season, so here are the updated region standings. RANKINGS: Milan moves up to No. 7 in West Tennessee football rankings after Week 3 SCHEDULE: Week 4 Gibson County area high school fall sports schedule ROUNDUP: Week 3 – Westbrooks FG leads Milan over SGC Region…
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