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Dresen man loses life in boating fatality on Kentucky Lake
—For Immediate Release: BOATING FATALITY FROM AN INCIDENT ON KENTUCKY LAKE HENRY COUNTY, Tenn.— The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency responded to a report of a two-boat collision on the West Sandy portion of Kentucky Lake in Henry County at approximately 5 p.m. on Friday, March 10. The boating incident resulted in one fatality of a…
Read MoreDresden board approves exterior design for Municipal Complex
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter The Dresden board of mayor and alderman met Thursday, March 9 to discuss the plans and designs for the Dresden Municipal Complex. After 40 minutes of discussion regarding the project, the board voted to move forward with the project minus a few suggestions they wanted the engineers to…
Read MoreSchool board hires consultant for Director search
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter The Weakley County School Board held a special-called meeting and voted 5-3 with four absent to hire Wayne Qualls as a consultant for the Director of Weakley County Schools (WCS) search. The price to hire Qualls was $5,000 not to exceed $7,000. Qualls said this is his…
Read MoreDresden votes for floating wetlands as their CDBG project
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter The Dresden board of mayor and alderman voted unanimously to go with the floating wetlands for the Community Development Block Grant Project (CDBG) and adopted Resolution 2023-07 which would authorize matching funds of 17% for the application for the CDBG for up to $400,000. During citizen input, Brandi…
Read MoreSharon man charged with possession of meth and resisting arrest
On March 6 at approximately 5:20 pm, Deputy Gary Eddings with the Weakley County Sheriff’s Department, along with Deputy Joseph Crocker, arrived at a residence in Gleason to arrest 43-year-old Michael Bynum for an active warrant out of Weakley County General Sessions Court. Bynum also had an active warrant out of Carroll County. A…
Read MoreCommunity Concerns with Shannon
Our next question comes from Bethany Mendenhall from South Fulton. Bethany asked, “We just started a new Obion County 4H Homeschool Club. Our group wants to know how we can lend a hand to serve our county and surrounding areas.” I reached out to a homeschooler in Dresden that is a part of Martin…
Read MoreWe each bloom uniquely, but at Sharon School, we grow together
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter The Weakley County School Board met at Sharon school for the March meeting. Principal Michelle Clements spoke on the great things happening at Sharon schools stating that the last time a meeting was had at the school was in March of 2020. Clements said that…
Read MoreDallas Davis sentenced
story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter Dallas Davis had a status hearing on Friday Feb. 24 at 9 a.m. at Weakley County Circuit Court. During that hearing Davis accepted a plea agreement after negotiations with the District Attorney’s office that he felt was in his best interest. Davis was not indicted for…
Read MorePalmersville man charged with two counts of sexual battery
On Feb. 23, 31-year-old Shawn Eaton from Palmersville, without consent of the juvenile victim, touched a 16-year-old inappropriately. After being mirandized, Eaton admitted to touching the juvenile during an interview. The juvenile disclosed a second occurrence of unknown date when the victim was 15 years old. Both incidents occurred late at night. …
Read MoreUnknown person sends mass email threat to UTM students
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter UTM students received an alarming email Wednesday morning, March 1 from a former student. An offensive email reply to an announcement sent out about a Google account policy change was sent out to UTM students. IT services responded with, “IT Services has notified UTM Public Safety and provided…
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