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Signs by Sharon owner files lawsuit against the City of Martin
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter Signs by Sharon owner Sharon Bowers filed a lawsuit against the City of Martin on Sep. 30, 2022. The agent for service of process is Martin Mayor Randy Brundige. The lawsuit reads that it “centers on Brundige illegally ordering Bowers to tear down her building after storm damages…
Read MoreCounty approves moving forward with multiple revenue projects
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter The Financial Management Committee met Jan. 3 to discuss and move forward with multiple revenue projects for the county. The first, a CDL training center, would help locals not have to travel over an hour away to get their CDL license and it would also bring in customers…
Read MoreMan arrested for cocaine by Martin Police Department
On Jan. 1 at approximately 12:32 a.m., Patrolman Cory Sparks with the Martin Police Department was doing foot patrol in the parking lot of the bars located on Church Street when he came into contact with 21-year-old Jackson Davis Whaley who was sitting in a black Chevy Malibu with a bag of white powdery substance…
Read MoreDallas Davis case going to Grand Jury
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter Last week District Attorney Colin Johnson sent an affidavit to this reporter detailing a warrant for 26-year-old Dallas Davis’s arrest in Shelby County. The affidavit claimed that on Nov. 7 a man came to Crump Station of the Memphis Police Department and reported an aggravated assault which occurred…
Read MoreGreenfield man charged with 15 counts of reckless endangerment
On Dec. 27 dispatch advised Patrolman Jeff Mathews with Greenfield Police Department of shots being fired at 206 Broad Street. Mathews and Deputy Gavin Elam arrived at the residence and knocked on the front door and then went to the rear door where several shots were heard fired from inside the residence which put officers…
Read MoreMartin man arrested for simple possession of schedule II drugs
On Dec. 28 at 9:18 p.m. Deputy Gary Eddings with the Weakley County Sheriff’s Department stopped a blue four door passenger vehicle om North Lindell for a broken taillight. Upon making contact with the driver, Gavin Davis, it was discovered that Davis had a revoked license from a DUI arrest and that there was no…
Read MoreGleason woman arrested for possession of meth
On Dec. 20 at 7:34 p.m. Patrolman Joseph Bates with Gleason Police Department initiated a traffic stop on a red Nissan Altima for speeding 70mph in a 55mph zone. Upon checking the license status for the driver, 25-year-old Sierra Terry, it was found to be revoked for a DUI on Dec. 28, 2018, out of…
Read MoreGreenfield man arrested for meth
On Dec. 20 at 9:00 a.m. Investigator Kyle Watkins with the Gleason Police Department observed a white Hyundai turn on East Union Street from James Mill with the front passenger not wearing a seatbelt. Upon conducting a traffic stop on the vehicle, dispatch advised that the driver, 53-year-old Gary Wallace, had an active warrant out…
Read MoreTentative budget and date revealed for municipal project
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter Members of A2H Construction and the Dresden board of mayor and alderman met Monday, Dec. 19 to go over the budget for the municipal complex project—a close to 7-million-dollar project—with a tentative start date of April 2023. The (tentative) budget was broken down in the design-development phase with…
Read MoreGleason man arrested for vandalism
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter On Dec. 18 Sergeant Zachary Brock with the Weakley County Sheriff’s Department responded to Parks Well Road in reference to trespassing and vandalism. Dispatch advised that the subject, 64-year-old Terry Green, who vandalized the complainant’s vehicle left the scene before police arrived. The complainant gave dispatch a description…
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