Deadline approaching Posted: Thursday, June 14, 2012 4:00 pm The deadline to purchase personalized bricks from the Union City High School Athletic Booster Club is June 30. The bricks will pave a walkway in the new football stadium entrance. Bricks are $50 each. Order forms are available in the school office or at www.unioncityathletics.com under “Booster…

Crosses to be placed Posted: Thursday, June 14, 2012 4:00 pm Volunteers are needed to set up the Obion County Right to Life’s  display of the “Cemetery of Innocence.” Those willing to help are asked to meet at Bible Baptist Church in Troy at 8 a.m. Saturday. The display will be moved to Second Baptist…

Budget meeting planned Posted: Thursday, June 14, 2012 4:00 pm The Obion County Budget Committee will meet Tuesday at 9 a.m. at the Obion County Courthouse. The committee will consider the fiscal year 2012-13 budgets for county departments. The meeting is open to the public. Published in The Messenger 6.14.12

UTM set to take shots at championship round Posted: Thursday, June 14, 2012 12:00 pm The UT Martin rodeo team has completed two rounds in the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) in Casper, Wyo., and head coach John Luthi said his team members have a good chance to make it to Saturday night’s championship short…

UTM pitcher Mills likes Royals’ deal Posted: Thursday, June 14, 2012 12:00 pm Alec Mills, who was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft, will forgo his senior season at UT Martin to sign with the Royals. All juniors who were drafted on June 4-6 have until July 13…

Argus Hamilton Posted: Thursday, June 14, 2012 7:00 pm HOLLYWOOD — God bless America, and how’s everybody? The White House was urged by the U.S. Senate Tuesday to reveal who leaked sensitive national security secrets to the New York Times. Yesterday we learned conclusive proof that Muammar Khadafy and Osama bin Laden are dead. They…

A Senate referendum on Obama’s war on coal Posted: Thursday, June 14, 2012 7:00 pm By PHIL KERPEN If you’ve been understandably focused on the increase in prices at the pump, it’s time to focus on another pending energy policy disaster that will hit your electric bill soon: the Obama administration’s War on Coal. After…

Karlee Jayde Griffin Posted: Thursday, June 14, 2012 4:00 pm The Messenger congratulates Mr. and Mrs. David Griffin of Kenton on the birth of a daughter, Karlee Jayde Griffin, at 8:19 a.m. May 9, 2012, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City. She weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long. She is the…

Natalie Tidwell Posted: Thursday, June 14, 2012 8:00 pm Natalie Tidwell, daughter of Nathan and Shawn Tidwell of Dresden, recently celebrated her first birthday with a party held at Wee Play in Union City. A princess theme was used. The honoree is the sister of Carson and Colton Tidwell. She is the granddaughter of Bubba…

Mr. and Mrs. Leon Brann Posted: Thursday, June 14, 2012 8:00 pm 60 YEARS — Mr. and Mrs. Leon Brann of Union City recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary at Catfish Galley in Union City. Brann married the former Katie Nell Clark May 23, 1952, with the late Sammy Price of Clinton, Ky., officiating. Mrs.…