William Barkley
Mr. William Dee Barkley, age 96, of Union City passed away Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at AHC in Union City. Funeral services were 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025 at White-Ranson Funeral Home, with Bro. Roger Shock officiating. Burial followed in Obion County Memorial Gardens. Visitation was Saturday at 11 a.m. and ran until the…
Read MoreMilli Stolpe
Mildred Burnice “Milli” Stolpe, age 98, of Union City passed away peacefully on Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, at Van Ayer Manor Nursing Home in Martin. White-Ranson Funeral Home was in charge of cremation services. Born on April 18, 1927, in Viola, Kan., Milli grew up on a farm as the only girl among four older…
Read MoreTwin Cities Chamber of Commerce golf tournament scheduled
The Twin Cities Chamber of Commerce annual golf tournament is scheduled for Sept. 26 at Fulton Country Club. Check-in and lunch will be at 11:30 a.m., and the tournament will tee off at 12:30 p.m. Team entry fee is $300, and individual player entry fee is $75. Those fees include two mulligans and one shot…
Read MoreHOME DESTROYED
HOME DESTROYED — Firefighters Clint Hopper and Jesse Calhoun, both of the Troy Fire Department, helped battle a blaze early Saturday at a home on Wolverine Road between Troy and Obion. The Troy FD was paged out at 5:18 a.m. and, upon arrival, received conflicting reports of possible entrapment. Troy Fire Chief Brandon Baldwin said…
Read MoreBANANA BLAST
BANANA BLAST — Rylee Simmons, 3-year-old daughter of Chloe and Joey Simmons of Fulton, sprayed a blast of water from a fire hose with the help of Triston Mannery, a member of the Fulton Fire Department’s Junior Firefighter Program, during the Banana Festival’s Touch-a-Truck and Kids Day activities last Saturday at Pontotoc Park in downtown…
Read MoreCharles Hooper
Charles “Charlie Brown” David Hooper, 67, of the Shawtown community has passed away on Sept. 15, 2025. He was born on April 20, 1958, Charlie spent his life devoted to his family. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, at White-Ranson Funeral Home. Danny Cook will officiate. Burial will follow in Cobbs…
Read MoreSouth Fulton ranked 9th in latest TSWA/USA Today Class 1A football poll
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Sports Writers Association and USA Today Network announced football rankings after Week 4 on Monday. Top 10 teams in each of the six Division I classifications and Top 5 in three Division II classes were selected by TSWA members and USA Today writers with first-place votes in parentheses and total points…
Read MoreTennessee Tech climbs to No. 12 in latest FCS poll
Everything’s Golden (Eagles) with Tennessee Tech football. The Golden Eagles are soaring in the first month of the 2025 season, including a No. 12 ranking in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll on Monday that’s their highest since 1994. They’re off to a 3-0 start for the first time since 1977 after pounding Davidson…
Read MoreFrank Norris
Benjamin Franklin “Frank” Norris Jr., 70, of the Shawtown community passed away Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, at his home. Memorial services will be conducted 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Pastor Robin Rotgers will officiate. Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 3 p.m. until…
Read MoreRobert Hogg
Robert Earl Hogg, 59, of Samburg died on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Vanderbilt Wilson University Hospital in Lebanon. Born Friday, Dec. 31, 1965, in Charlotte, N.C., he was the son of the late Albert Paul Hogg and the late Mary Lou Davis Hogg. Robert worked for many years as a construction worker, but his…
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