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    by ARIEL McRAE  |  Associate Editor amcrae@hchronicle.net The 7th annual African American Heritage and Music festival will return to Viking Park to celebrate the weekend of Juneteenth as well as African American culture. Valerie Porter, the coordinator of the festival, is geared up for the weekend filled with fun and games, music and…

by DANNY WADE  |  Senior Editor dwade@hchronicle.net The Rotary Club of Humboldt is always seeking ways to better the Humboldt community. One way the club has done this in the past is by sponsoring a Humboldt Jr./Sr. High School student to attend Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA). This year, the club is thrilled to be…

  by DANNY WADE  |  Senior Editor dwade@hchronicle.net For the first time in almost three decades, the Humboldt Fire Department has a new fire chief. Greg Lencioni was named fire chief on April 10 when the Humboldt Board of Mayor and Aldermen unanimously voted to offer him the position. Former Fire Chief Chester B. Owens…

by ARIEL McRAE  |  Associate Editor amcrae@hchronicle.net All across the state of Tennessee educators, parents and students are in the midst of summer school due to a new law regarding third grade retention for the covid era class. Students in third grade during the 2022-2023 were subjected to new standards put in place by the…

  During a special called grand jury last week, a seven-count indictment was returned on Cordarious McCurry, including first degree murder. On Thursday, May 25, McCurry was arraigned on the seven-count indictment by Circuit Court Judge Clayburn Peeples. McCurry was out on bond in Circuit Court for allegedly being a felon in possession of a…

Priceless Treasure-r     by DANNY WADE  |  Senior Editor dwade@hchronicle.net Kim Hadley says he has been contemplating retirement for a few months. After 26 years serving as the city of Humboldt treasurer and before that, 10 years with the Tennessee Department of Transportation, Hadley is closing his ledger, stowing away his pencils and turning…

Portion of East End Dr. to be designated as T.G. Sheppard Way by DANNY WADE  |  Senior Editor dwade@hchronicle.net A Humboldt legend will now be memorialized for years and years to come. Country music superstar and Humboldt native T.G. Sheppard now has a marker in his honor and put Humboldt on the map as part…

by DANNY WADE  |  Senior Editor dwade@hchronicle.net History was made last week for the city of Three Way when a new mayor was sworn into office. Mayor Mary Ann Tremblay is Three Way’s first female mayor in the city’s almost 25 years of existence. Mayor Tremblay takes over for the late Three Way Mayor Larry…

by DANNY WADE  |  Senior Editor dwade@hchronicle.net After much thought and planning, a Humboldt educator has been memorialized by having a library named in her honor. The late Ann Simmons Williams, who was principal of East End Elementary School for many years, now has the school library named in her honor—Ann S. Williams Library and…

Globetrotter Goals   by DANNY WADE  |  Senior Editor dwade@hchronicle.net and by ARIEL McRAE  |  Associate Editor amcrae@hchronicle.net   The Humboldt community came together last week for an evening of brotherhood, benevolence, bravery, belonging and brilliance; and do not forget burgers and birds. The 11th annual Boys & Girls Club of Humboldt’s Bird & Burger…