Jerry Burress
Mr. Jerry Burress, 92, a resident of Rives, died Feb. 5, 2023, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. today at White-Ranson Funeral Home. The Rev. Gary Doughten will be officiating. Burial will follow in East View Cemetery. The family will receive friends today from 1 p.m. until the hour of…
Read MoreBarbara Simmons
Barbara Simmons, age 88, of Union City passed away Friday, Feb. 3, 2023 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City. Visitation was held 1-3 p.m. Sun-day, Feb. 5, 2023, at White-Ran-son Funeral Home. There was no service. Barbara was born in Enid, Okla., on April 27, 1934, to the late John McIlwain and the late Vira Tansil…
Read MoreJerry Burress
Jerry Burress, 92, of Rives died Feb. 5, 2023, at his residence. Funeral services will be held 3 p.m. Wednesday at White-Ranson Funeral Home. Burial will follow in East View Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 1 pm until the hour of service at the funeral home. The Messenger/2.7.23
Read MoreSharon woman arrested on meth charges
On Feb. 6 at 10:24 p.m. Deputy Gary Eddings with the Weakley County Sheriff’s Department was on patrol and drove up on a vehicle in the ditch with the rear wheels off the ground. Eddings came into contact with the driver, 51-year-old Tina Forrester, and asked her what happened. Forrester stated that she went to…
Read MoreFormer WCLTRG member and survivor ‘washes his hands’ of the group
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter Former ex-officio member and survivor advocacy committee chair Mike Carroll requested a meeting with Weakley County Long Term Recovery Group to discuss reopening his case. Carroll lost his childhood home in the Dec. 2021 tornado that swept through Dresden. Carroll has been an advocate for survivor’s ever since…
Read MoreSearch for Weakley County School director approved
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter The Director search plan was approved after much discussion and the search for a director to replace the current Director of Weakley County Schools Randy Frazier, moves forward. The application for the director had some changes and some questions were removed, and those questions removed plan to be…
Read MoreVietnam veterans reconnect after 52 years
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter 52 years after meeting in Vietnam, two men who were stationed together were reconnected. Gleason resident, George Crawford and Minnesota resident Tom Roesch were stationed together in Vietnam 52 years ago. They served together in E Company, 4th Battalion, 3rd Infantry in 1970. In their squad was about…
Read MoreSharon man charged with vandalism and disorderly conduct
On Feb. 2 Weakley County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to Martin Avenue in Sharon regarding a house window that was busted out. The homeowners stated that 19-year-old Nathan King punched out the bedroom window. The bedroom window was found to be broken from inside the house, with broken glass found on the grass outside. King…
Read MoreDresden woman charged with possession of meth
On Feb. 2 at 8:15 a.m. Deputy Danny Buington with the Weakley County Sheriff’s Department arrested 39-year-old Rebecca Todd for a Weakley County General Sessions warrant for shoplifting. While conducting a search of her person, Buington found a small bag containing 2.19 grams of a white crystal substance believed to be meth. Todd admitted that…
Read MoreGleason woman charged with possession of meth
On Feb. 5 Officer Landon Callens with the Gleason Police Department received a call from a witness stating that while on a traffic stop with 52-year-old Sharon Hugueley, she threw something. Upon arriving back at the scene, Callens and Deputy S. Callens found a bag containing a white crystal substance believed to be meth and…
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