Greenfield citizens worried about issues surrounding shooting
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter The press has received new details from a Greenfield alderman concerning the Greenfield city court incident that took place Oct. 17. During city court, a Memphis man, Dallas Davis, was informed of a warrant for his arrest and took off running out of the courtroom. Davis was unarmed…
Read MoreMark Laderman
Mark Allen Laderman, age 60, of Martin died Sunday at St. Thomas Midtown Hospital in Nashville. Funeral service will be Friday, December 16, 2022, 1:00 P.M. at Murphy Funeral Home with Tommy Bynum officiating along with other family members. Burial will follow in East Side Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday from 4:00 P.M. – 7:00…
Read MoreDresden BZA approves fence
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter On Nov. 30 the Dresden Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) met to discuss a resident, Betsy McDaniel, wanting to place a privacy fence between her and her neighbor on Beyer Street. McDaniel requested to place a fence from the corner post of her carport to the edge of…
Read MoreRick Hansen
Rick Eugene Hansen age 63 of Dresden passed away December 9, 2022 at his home. “Family Only” Graveside funeral service will be Monday, December 12, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. in Matheny Grove Cemetery near Dresden. Rick Hansen was born December 16, 1958 to the late Lester Eugene and Evelyn Graham Hansen in Mitchell, South Dakota.…
Read MoreVernon Matlock
Vernon Matlock age 83 of Dresden passed away on December 11, 2022 at Hillview Community Living Center. Visitation will be Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at Bowlin Funeral Home from 10:00 am until service time at 1:00 pm. Vernon Matlock was born on January 10, 1939 to the late Issac Matlock and Java Wyota Ward in…
Read MoreCity of Dresden Recovery Commemoration Event
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter Dresden residents gathered in a packed McWherter Civic Center for a commemoration event of the one-year anniversary of the tornado that destroyed much of Dresden on Dec. 10, 2021. Former Dresden Mayor Jeff Washburn and Weakley County mayor Jake Bynum estimated a turnout of around 125 people attended,…
Read MoreShirley Box
Services for Shirley L. Box age 86 of Greenfield, TN will be held Monday December 12, 2022 at 11 a.m. at Williams Funeral Home in Greenfield. Burial to follow in Morris Cemetery in Greenfield. Visitation will begin Sunday evening at 4 p.m. and go until 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Shirley is survived by…
Read MoreCynthia Baker
Graveside services for Cynthia Baker age 60 of Sharon, TN, will be held Friday December 16, 2022 at 11 a.m. at Woodlawn Cemetery in Sharon, TN. Cynthia Baker passed away suddenly at Jackson Madison County General Hospital on 12/5/22. Surviving mother Paula Moore, sister Michelle (Warren) Alexander, brother in law John Paul Alexander, nieces Karlie…
Read MoreDresden man charged with two counts of simple assault
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter On Dec. 7 around 2:30 p.m., Investigator Ethan Lee of Dresden Police Department was patrolling D&C Subdivision when he rode upon a verbal altercation happening in the middle of the road between Brock Arnold, Sherry Vickers and Dale Holt. When Lee arrived, he witnessed Arnold threatening Holt in…
Read MoreGreenfield man charged with forgery and theft of property
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter On Dec. 1 around 10:39 a.m. Investigator Kerry Workman with the Weakley County Sheriff’s Department spoke with a man in reference to having some personal checks stolen. The victim stated that he had two personal checks stolen with his name forged on them and cashed without his permission.…
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