OC UNITED — Brooke Coffey, community relations director for the Obion County Joint Economic Development Corporation, displays the design for the “OC United” T-shirt project. The Obion County Chamber of Commerce is accepting pre-orders for the shirts with the intention of purchasing gift cards from its membership base to help ease the impact of the…

SUPPORT SYSTEM — Eighteen Union City hair stylists are featured in a unique photo collage created to show they are united and support one another amid the coronavirus pandemic, which forced salons to close. Among those featured are (from left, top row) Stephani Quinn, owner of Stillwater Salon; J.J. Richards, owner of A Better You;…

MEDITERRANEAN SEA — Electronics Technician 2nd Class Michael Chambers of Union City recently wiped down a pole aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98). Forrest Sherman is conducting operations in U.S. 6th Fleet to support maritime security operations in international waters alongside our allies and partners as a part of the Harry S.…

PLAYING OUTSIDE — Annalynn Rice, 1-year-old daughter of Kendall and Hannah Rice of Union City, has spent her time during the COVID-19 pandemic picking dandelions. Sarah Rice, who submitted the photo when The Messenger requested information on Facebook about what people have been busy doing while staying at home, said Annalynn loves playing outside on…

LEADING LADY — Longtime local pilot Mike Rinker and his Grumman G-21 Goose, known as “Lucy,” made their television debut Sunday night in an episode of the CBS series “NCIS: New Orleans.” The scenes with Rinker piloting his 1944 amphibious aircraft were shot in February in a Louisiana canal for the final minutes of the…