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    by ARIEL McRAE  |  Associate Editor amcrae@hchronicle.net The 85th Annual West Tennessee Strawberry festival is right around the corner with only 19 days separating Humboldt from its beloved festival. This should be a time of anticipation and celebration; instead one couple is in a time of mourning as their prized strawberry lawn decorations…

Leading Ladies by ARIEL McRAE  |  Associate Editor amcrae@hchronicle.net The sun was shining nearly as bright as four Humboldt Jr./Sr. High School ladies’ futures. Some of the most prominent women in Humboldt gathered in celebration of four students receiving well-deserved scholarships for their endeavors after graduation. The second Humboldt Leading Ladies Scholarship Luncheon was held…

    by DANNY WADE  |  Senior Editor dwade@hchronicle.net Before the newspaper could even go to press last week, which had 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 Department’s…

  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…

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,…

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…

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…

  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…