Trenton Gazette - News
Plans for new library to be presented
By Steve Short “Good news” is coming to Gibson County Commissioners next week. Officials will hear about plans for a new, state-of-the-art, county library planned for Trenton. At the commission’s bimonthly meeting September 14 at 9 a.m., architectural drawings of the interior of a new Gibson County Memorial Library will be presented. Floor plans of…
Read MoreTrenton getting out of the city sticker business
By Crystal Burns As of Jan. 1, 2021, the City of Trenton will be out of the city sticker business. The board of aldermen voted unanimously at the Aug. 25 City Council meeting to approve the first reading of an ordinance that allows the Gibson County Clerk’s Office to collect money for city stickers.…
Read MoreColleagues call retiring DA ‘a true public servant’
By Crystal Burns When Garry Brown, district attorney general of the 28th Judicial District, walked out of the Teapot Museum in Trenton on Friday afternoon, he did so with an armload of gifts. Several of Brown’s former employees presented him with a personalized Heirloom Henry .22LR rifle. Members of the Tennessee District Attorneys General…
Read MoreGrand jury returns 66 true bills
By Crystal Burns The Gibson County Grand Jury met last week in Trenton and returned 66 true bills, many of which deal with sexual crimes against minors and violent crimes. Indictments against Derek Harper appear to show a pattern of sexual abuse of a minor spanning from August 2011 to May 2019. Harper was…
Read MoreGolf balls available for chamber giveaway
The Greater Gibson County Area Chamber of Commerce is selling golf balls for its annual Great Golf Ball Drop, held in conjunction with the annual Business & Industry Golf Outing on Friday, Sept. 11 at the Gibson County Golf Course in Dyer. Purchase one ball for $5 or five balls for $20. You do not…
Read More165th Gibson County Fair going back to its roots
By Crystal Burns The oldest continuously running fair in the South is going back to its roots. Not by choice, the 165th Gibson County Fair will look similar to the first one held here in October of 1856. There will be no Ferris wheels, demolition derbies, fiddle sticks, or corn dogs. Instead, the fair…
Read More32 candidates qualify for local elections
By Crystal Burns A total of 32 candidates have qualified for local elections to be held Nov. 3. The qualifying deadline was noon Thursday, Aug. 20. Shortly after, Gibson County Administrator of Elections Julieanne Hart provided the candidate list to local media. Candidate withdrawal deadline is Thursday at noon. Bradford – Voters will elect…
Read MoreRitz theater shows livestream of Milan-Trenton game
By Steve Short Danny Penn said he hadn’t missed a Peabody football game since 1972. That’s why he and his nephew, Lane Penn, were first in line on the sidewalk in front of Milan’s Ritz theater last Thursday before 5 p.m. The Peabody vs. Milan football game wouldn’t start until 7 p.m. at Milan’s…
Read MoreBuilding projects underway in Trenton
By Crystal Burns Dirt is moving in Trenton. Three separate projects in the city limits are in similar phases as construction crews work on a retention basin at Gibson Electric Membership Corporation, the new Jack’s Family Restaurant, and an indoor sports facility at Peabody High School. The retention basin at Gibson Electric is the…
Read MoreLongtime TRMS band director was ‘music personified’
By Crystal Burns Longtime Trenton Rosenwald Middle School band director Leigh Boyce, who died Tuesday night, Aug. 11, was more than a musician or teacher. She was “music personified,” best friend Leah Jean Rollins said. “Our musical collaborations on clarinet and piano were amazing,” Rollins said. “She was so talented, and it made me try to…
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