Dresden BZA votes to allow home business to remain
Story by Senior Investigative Reporter Shannon Taylor At the last Dresden city board meeting, Alderman Anderson spoke on an area where he lives that has been approved by the board of zoning appeals. He said that a business was planning to be operated in an R-1 District. “It’s a business being put in to run…
Read MoreRonald McDonald House gets boost from ADPi
Story by Senior Investigative Reporter Shannon Taylor The University of Tennessee at Martin’s Alpha Delta Phi (ADPi) chapter has partnered with the Martin McDonalds to do a fundraiser for the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) chapter in Memphis. ADPi’s philanthropy states, “From the time of our founding, Alpha Delta Pi has believed in the importance…
Read MorePETA protests UTM Board of Trustees meeting over ‘pig mutilation’
Story by Senior Investigative Reporter Shannon Taylor The University of Tennessee has not operated on live pigs since 2018 when Robert C. Fore, interim dean for the medical school at UT, said that the college would no longer use live pigs to teach surgical skills to students and instead use simulators of human bodies that…
Read MoreBe willing to ‘go on record’ so we can get the whole story
Letter to the Editor by Senior Investigative Reporter Shannon Taylor It has come to my attention that many people don’t understand how the Press gets news or how that news gets published. Last week, I typed up an incident report of an arrest made in Weakley County. Shortly after it was published on the website,…
Read MorePress Reporter accepted into O∆K
Story by Senior Investigative Reporter Shannon Taylor In her second year at Murray State University, Shannon Taylor was one accepted for membership into Omicron Delta Kappa, (O∆K) the National Leadership Honor Society. She is currently a graduate student in the MA-DA program of Literature/Pedagogy at Murray State University. She is in her second year of the…
Read MoreGleason man arrested for assaulting a first responder
Story by Senior Investigative Reporter Shannon Taylor On Oct. 28 around 8:40 p.m., Patrolman Joseph Bates with the Gleason Police Department, received a call regarding an intoxicated male. When Bates arrived at the residence in Gleason, he spoke with the complainant, Wendy Paschall, who told Bates that her son, 34-year-old Anthony Paschall, was highly intoxicated…
Read MoreWeakley County Library pumpkin contest results are in
Story by Senior Investigative Reporter Shannon Taylor The Ned R. McWherter Weakley County Library recently held its annual Pumpkin Decorating Contest. Several creative entries graced the shelves this year and the judges were given a heavy task, but they selected winners in each of four age groups – Ages 0-5, Ages 6-9, Ages 10-11, and…
Read MoreTraffic stop leads to DUI and drug arrest
Story by Senior Investigative Reporter Shannon Taylor On Oct. 10 at 6:32 p.m., Patrolman Joseph Bates with the Gleason Police Department attempted to initiate a traffic stop on a white Buick for speeding 75 in a 55 on Highway 22 in Gleason. The vehicle would not stop for approximately one mile, when it turned off…
Read MoreTraffic stop leads to DUI arrest
Story by Senior Investigative Reporter Shannon Taylor On Oct. 29 around 8:45 p.m, Deputy Seth Callens observed a gold Cadillac sedan travelling north on Hyndsver Road and North Lindell Street in Martin with no lights on. Callens initiated his emergency equipment and both his unit and the sedan came to a stop in the parking…
Read MoreTraffic stops leads to assault and drug arrest charges
Story by Senior Investigative Reporter Shannon Taylor On Oct. 28 at around 7:09 p.m. Sergeant Kerry Workman conducted an investigative traffic stop on a yellow Camaro on Highway 118 and Carney Road in reference to an aggravated assault involving a handgun that had occurred at 2000 East State Line Road. Workman made contact with the…
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