Record amount raised in annual poker run
By Sabrina Bates News Producer More than a decade ago a group of S.A.L.s came together for the purpose of offering a fun event to help a family in need. That vision was part of one designed by the group’s fallen brother and former Weakley County Press Sports Editor Joey Guest. A couple of years…
Read MoreDISCUSSING THE FUTURE
DISCUSSING THE FUTURE — University of Tennessee interim president Randy Boyd spoke to Obion County Central High School senior Parker Ferguson Tuesday morning about the UT Promise program and all of the programs the UT system has to offer its students. The local stop was part of a three-day statewide tour touting the program, which…
Read MorePOWER OF PRAYER
POWER OF PRAYER — Lake Road Elementary School students gathered around their school’s flag pole before the start of classes this morning to participate in the student-led See You At the Pole global prayer initiative, where the program included assistant principal Alisha Hedge (far right) and her family, (from left) son Jacob, daughter Hannah and…
Read MoreMaurine Hickman
Maurine M. Hickman, 89, of South Fulton passed away Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, at Diversicare of Martin. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Friday at South Fulton Baptist Church. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until the hour of services Friday at the church. The family requests memorials be made to South Fulton…
Read MoreCatherine Abshire
Catherine May Abshire, 94, of Union City passed away 7:19 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019, at Clinton Place in Clinton, Ky. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home. Dr. Cecil Sewell will officiate. Burial will follow in Obion County Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from noon until…
Read MoreDyersburg City Schools on lockdown
UPDATE 3:10 p.m. Sept. 25, 2019 The following post was made by Dyersburg City Schools updating their earlier Facebook post about a threat on the Dyersburg High School campus: Before 11 a.m. we received a report of a threat to Dyersburg High School. Following our procedures, we went on immediate lockdown. The Dyersburg Police Department…
Read MoreMaurine Hickman
Mrs. Maurine M. Hickman, age 89, of South Fulton, passed away Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019 at the Diversicare of Martin. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the South Fulton Baptist Church. Visitation will be held Friday at the church from 10 a.m. until the hour of service with Hornbeak Funeral Home…
Read MoreMAKING NEW FRIENDS
MAKING NEW FRIENDS — Dr. Keith Carver, chancellor of the University of Tennessee at Martin (standing in chair, continuing from left), Obion County Central High School principal Barry Kendall and University of Tennessee interim president Randy Boyd stopped to take a selfie with a large group of OCCHS students this morning in Troy. Boyd started…
Read MoreA‘PEEL’ING ATTIRE
A‘PEEL’ING ATTIRE — Fulton native Crystal Craddock-Posey and her husband, Anthony Posey, were decked out in full banana attire as they visited the Banana Festival’s annual Rotary Club car show Saturday morning along Lake Street in downtown Fulton. The Poseys live in New Orleans but traditionally come back to the festival in Mrs. Craddock-Posey’s hometown…
Read MoreSWEET TREAT
SWEET TREAT — Naomi McGee (left) took a breath and a look at her competitor, Maisey Crosson, before continuing to devour a whipped cream pie during the Obion County CornFest pie eating contest Saturday all without the assistance of their hands. Neither was fast enough for Jose Valencia (not pictured), who ate all his pie…
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