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  by ARIEL McRAE  |  Associate Editor amcrae@hchronicle.net The first school board meeting for the second semester of the year met last Thursday, January 19 to discuss a few items pertinent to the 2023-2024 school year. One of the biggest topics on the agenda discussed was the Trane presentation given by Jim Crone. The board…

   by DANNY WADE  |  Senior Editor       dwade@hchronicle.net Practically everyone in Humboldt knew or knew of the late Ann Williams. She spent most of her life educating the children of Humboldt. Now, the library at East Elementary School will be named the Ann S. Williams Library and Literacy Center in her honor.…

  by Danny Wade Over the past several years, it has been customary for the sitting mayor to look back at the previous year, while looking forward into the current year to offer the state of the city. Mayor Marvin Sikes sat down with the Humboldt Chronicle last week to let Humboldt citizens know of…

by Ariel McRae The Humboldt Chronicle officially has a new face that has joined their team as Tabitha Howell has accepted the administrative assistant position. Her first day on the job was Monday, January 9. “We feel extremely lucky to find someone with newspaper experience to join our team,” Senior Editor Danny Wade said of…

by Danny Wade Humboldt Viking standout football player, Stephon Shivers, spent part of his Christmas break making a name for himself. Shivers, who is a sophomore at Humboldt Jr./Sr. High School and touted among the top lineman in the country, was invited to attend Supermax 100 Midwest Invitational held at Ford Field in Detroit, Mich.,…

by Danny Wade In December of 2017, Guy and Tammy Causey purchased a downtown building with dreams of creating a cozy place for people to socialize and enjoy a good cup of coffee. After month of remodeling, The Coffee Shop was opening in September of 2018. People from all over West Tennessee gravitated to The…

  The end of 2022 ended on a tragic note as police investigate a shooting. On December 27 at 9:52 a.m., officers of the Humboldt Police Department were dispatched to a home on N. 17th Ave. in reference to an individual being shot. Upon arrival, officers confirmed that Marquisa Antionette Turner, a 33-year-old black female…

  by Danny Wade The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently supplied a much needed item to the Helping Hand of Humboldt. On Monday, a truck arrived with a forklift the church no longer needed in its operations .. This donation will aid in the unloading of pallets of food delivered to the…

by Danny Wade Representatives of a program aimed at helping teens has reached out to the community in hopes of coming to Humboldt. Youth Rising is a federally funded nonprofit that works with teenagers to put them on the right track and become successful. Katie McGill, operations manager for YR’s Jackson location, set up a…

by Ariel McRae Santa Claus is coming to town in less than a week, but for some students from Stigall Primary and East Elementary, Christmas came a little early last Monday, December 12. Various needs-based students selected by teachers gathered in the cafeteria at East Elementary where a large group of law enforcement officers from…