Carrie Ogden Posted: Monday, June 25, 2012 4:00 pm Carrie Mae Ogden, 75, of Union City, formerly of Bogota, died June 20, 2012, at Southlake Methodist Hospital in Merrillville, Ind.She was a retired sales associate for K-Mart in West Palm Beach, Fla., a member of Perfect Faith Tabernacle in Troy and a former pizza restaurant…

‘Dot’ Argo Posted: Monday, June 25, 2012 4:00 pm Dorothy “Dot” Argo, 87, died at her residence in Hickman, Ky., on June 23, 2012.Funeral services were scheduled for 11 a.m. today at First Church of God, with the Revs. Gary Poe and Henry Callison officiating. Burial was to follow in the Hickman City Cemetery.Expressions of…

TFA meeting planned Posted: Monday, June 25, 2012 4:00 pm The Obion County Chapter of Tennessee Firearms Association will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday at Snappy Tomato Pizza in Union City.The guest speaker will be Danny Jowers, who is a candidate for the District 24 State Senate seat being vacated by Roy Herron. The…

Support group to meet Posted: Monday, June 25, 2012 4:00 pm The Loving Hearts and Caring Hands support group will meet on Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church in the Christian life center.At this meeting, caregivers will have time to talk with one another and share ideas for support.Loving Hearts and…

Penn State alumni looking to the future Posted: Monday, June 25, 2012 10:35 pm By RALPH D. RUSSOAP College Football WriterJust days before Jerry Sandusky was convicted on multiple counts of child sex abuse, an email was sent to thousands of Penn State alumni with a simple message:“We are ONE TEAM. Join us.”Inside was a…

OC school board closes out budget Posted: Monday, June 25, 2012 10:35 pm By CHRIS MENEESStaff ReporterThe Obion County School Board this morning approved several housekeeping matters to wrap up the current fiscal year and got a glimpse of the next fiscal year’s budget.The board met in regular session at 7:30 a.m. today at the…

Kenton approves rural fire plan Posted: Monday, June 25, 2012 10:35 pm By KEVIN BOWDENStaff ReporterA new rural fire subscription plan is now in place in Kenton.“For all practical purposes, we’re back to where it was,” Fire Chief Ed Sims told The Messenger today.He explained Kenton operated under such a subscription program before the recent…

Drought causes closure of Dorena-Hickman Ferry Posted: Monday, June 25, 2012 10:35 pm Severe drought conditions along the Mississippi River have forced the shutdown of the Dorena-Hickman Ferry.Service was halted at 9 a.m. Saturday due to the low water on the Mississippi River at Hickman, Ky., and the ferry will remain out of service until…

Shumate graduates Posted: Monday, June 25, 2012 5:00 pm Army Pvt. Second Class Mason A. Shumate of Woodland Mills recently graduated from the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning, Ga.He is stationed at Fort Stewart, Ga., with the 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division and is currently at Fort Polk, La., preparing…

Fulton WOW Lodge makes donation Posted: Monday, June 25, 2012 5:00 pm MAKE DONATION — Fulton Woodmen of the World Lodge 4 members Billy Lawson (left), Barbara Lawson (third from left) and Tommy Lawson (fourth from left) recently presented a donation from the lodge to Lynnita Pierce (second from left), Chris Pane (second, from right)…