Home buying: now is the time Posted: Friday, June 22, 2012 1:59 pm By: Bobby Goode, Special to The Press Nearly every rural Tennessean benefits from USDA Rural Development investments in businesses, cooperatives, communities and non-profits. We help them create jobs and improve access to things like reliable water, sewer, broadband, electricity, rental housing, home…

Argus Hamilton: The Lighter Side – 6.22.12 Posted: Friday, June 22, 2012 7:01 pm By: By Argus Hamilton The Messenger 06.22.12 HOLLYWOOD — God bless America, and how’s everybody?Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is in movie theaters Friday about a young Lincoln who swings his ax to kill zombies. Hollywood can’t just appropriate great men and…

A Note from the Senate desk – 6.21.12 Posted: Friday, June 22, 2012 1:58 pm By: Sen. Lamar Alexander “Why Cleaner Air Also Means Better Jobs”Over the years I have learned that cleaner air means better jobs as well as better health for Tennesseans. That’s why this week I will vote to uphold a clean…

Annie’s Mailbox – 6.22.12 Posted: Friday, June 22, 2012 8:01 pm By: By Kathy Mitchell & Marcy Sugar The Messenger 06.22.12 Dear Annie: My husband and I are in our 60s and have been married for 28 years. We recently retired. My husband and I both enjoy stopping at neighborhood bars for a drink before…

UT Martin ranks first in satisfaction Posted: Friday, June 22, 2012 1:46 pm The University of Tennessee at Martin ranks first in the state among public universities for student satisfaction for the second consecutive cycle in the recently released 2011-12 Tennessee Higher Education Fact Book, published by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission. The results are…

Local teens taking stand against drugs Posted: Friday, June 22, 2012 1:48 pm Jackson – Westview and Dresden High School students represented Weakley County when they recently joined nearly 400 youth leaders from across the state at the Tennessee Teen Institute. As a part of the Teen Institute, Weakley County participants will be working towards…

Library receives free children’s books Posted: Friday, June 22, 2012 1:54 pm Sharon children (from left) Dalton Morgan, Tony Allen and Trey Gallimore LIBRARY GETS NEW BOOKS – Representatives of the Sharon Public Library said they were excited to receive its shipment of children’s fiction and non-fiction Books from the Libri Foundation. The Libri Foundation…

Father, son prep for trip of a lifetime Posted: Friday, June 22, 2012 1:51 pm Meeting and greeting at Final Flight were (from left) Michael Waddell, Schwahn, Dylon, Nick Mundt and Travis “T-Bone” Turner. The trip is estimated at nearly $25,000. But for Martin Fire Chief Russell Schwahn and his son, Dylon, all expenses are…

W.C. General Sessions – 6.21.12 Posted: Friday, June 22, 2012 2:09 pm • Amy D. Coble Walker – Worthless checks-up to $500 (three counts), deferred-diversion.• Jacqueline Leigh Todd – Worthless checks-up to $500 (two counts), guilty as charged.• Mary Whitley – Worthless checks-up to $500, deferred-diversion.• Linda Lou Davis – Worthless checks-up to $500, dismissed…

W.C. Divorces – 6.21.12 Posted: Friday, June 22, 2012 2:04 pm • Robert M. Nelson Sr. vs. Jeannie Anniel Brashier Nelson.• Julianne Sue Vincent vs. Jon-Michael Brent Vincent.• Sabrina Michelle Boone vs. Marty Brent Boone.• Gerald W. Jones vs. Tracey C. Jones.• Janice T. Gill vs. Justin Wayne Gill.• Amanda Gail White vs. Charles Ryan…