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GCSSD director urgers parents to keep symptomatic children home
By Crystal Burns Better to be safe than sorry. Eddie Pruett, director of the Gibson County Special School District (GCSSD), is urging parents to keep children showing signs of COVID-19 at home. “We’re seeing quite a few students that are coming to school that are symptomatic,” Pruett told the GCSSD board at its Sept.…
Read MoreSix arrested in Rutherford drug bust
The West Tennessee Drug Task Force served a search warrant in Rutherford last week, resulting in the arrests of six people. Finis Hundley, 39, of Dyer; Rachel Morgan, 45, of Rutherford; Laura Burkhart, 40, of Greenfield; Joshua Montgomery, 36, of Bradford; Mathew Parish, 35, of Union City; and James “JR” Scott, 32, of McLemoresville; were…
Read MoreGCHS student builds outdoor classroom at Rutherford School
By Laurin Stroud A Gibson County High School student has built an outdoor classroom at Rutherford School. Reese McVay has spent the last 11 years in Boy Scouts. To qualify for his Eagle Scout rank, he had to complete a community service project by his 18th birthday. “Reese knew he wanted to do something…
Read MoreFormer Navy chaplain builds golf course to honor military veterans
By Steve Short Wayne Holmes says he’s a “do it yourself” kind of guy. But building your own golf course? It’s taken Holmes seven years to carve grass fairways, putting greens and a driving range out of rough woodland and farm fields on his 70-acre farm north of Milan near the Gann Community. The homemade…
Read MorePlans 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 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 MoreWhite seeks election as Rutherford mayor
The following announcement is paid for by the candidate. Robert H. “Bob” White is announcing that he is seeking election as mayor of the Town of Rutherford. “I have been a citizen of Rutherford for 63 years and raised three sons here, David White of Collierville, Terry White of Springdale, Ark. and Barry White…
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 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…
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