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Strawberry Festival theme remains same, with one new addition
by Danny Wade In 2019 when Strawberry Festival officials began planning for the 2020 festival, they worked on coming up with a theme. Strawberry Festival President Betty Langley, General Chairman Sherry Jo Smith and Chamber of Commerce Events Coordinator Beth Culpepper brainstormed and came up with a catchy theme. Playing off the year 2020…
Read MoreHumboldt Chronicle Best of the Best 2021
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Read MoreBlankenship named Public Library director
by Danny Wade Humboldt Public Library has a new director. John Blankenship was selected to be library director. As director, Blankenship’s duties will be to oversee all day-to-day operations. Blankenship has a professional and qualified staff at the library. Joshua Fisher serves as assistant director. Blankenship said one of Fisher’s main roles is working with…
Read MoreHumboldt City Board terminates law officer
by Danny Wade The Humboldt City Board had the ominous decision to make last Monday night regarding a long-time policeman. Lt. Curtis Baxter had been with the Humboldt Police Department since he was hired May 21, 1984. Police Chief Reynard Buchanan submitted a letter to the board, recommending Lt. Baxter’s termination. “It is unfortunate that…
Read More$4.5 million stimulus funding coming to HCS
by Danny Wade Humboldt City Schools has been the benefactor of millions of dollars from federal and state funding. Last week, the state released their latest round of funding, Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER 3.0), where Humboldt will receive almost $4.5 million. This is the third round of ESSER funding this school…
Read MoreWTSF City Tour takes new look
No tour bus, no industry visits this year due to COVID did not mean no Strawberry Festival City Tour. The 83rd West Tennessee Strawberry Festival kicked off last Saturday with the first event of the year. The City Tour usually takes place in mid-April but this year’s version came early. Saturday was not the typical…
Read MoreTrenton church feeding bellies and souls with food giveaway
Trenton church feeding bellies and souls with giveaway 1,200 food boxes available Wednesday By Logan Watson Trenton’s First Baptist Church North is taking a leap of faith this week. According to Reverend Ferdnando Bailey, his church is preparing to give away over 1,200 boxes of food, no matter the need, every Wednesday morning. “It’s…
Read MoreSchool board talks director search
by Caleb Revill The Humboldt Board of Education discussed teacher bonuses and approved a motion to get the Tennessee School Boards Association (TSBA) involved in their search for a new superintendent at Thursday night’s board meeting, March 11. All board of education meetings are open to the public. Humboldt Interim Superintendent Lillian Shelton said that…
Read MoreMcCurrie, Cox retiring after 40-plus years
Jones Family of Companies congratulates Cox for 46 years and McCurrie for 47 years as loyal employees by Danny Wade It is not often to have two people retire from the same company at the same time after spending over four decades with the same company. But that is the case when Frank McCurrie and…
Read MoreStrawberry Festival moving forward
Most events will remain the same, some will see changes, others had to be canceled by Danny Wade A few weeks ago, Strawberry Festival officials announced the festival is still on. That has not changed and now they have the full week planned out. Of course, changes could and probably will happen when festival week…
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