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IT’S BACK — The Unknown Confederate Soldier Cemetery, located on Summer Street in Union City, is finally back on the official Civil War Trails. Otho French Stahl, Camp 176, Union City camp adjutant Barry Sowell praised the occurrence recently when Chris Brown (second from right) and Ashley Bassetti (right), representatives from the Civil War Trails…

WALKING TOUR — Main Street Union City executive director Katie Graves (right) recently installed the first Downtown Historic Walking Tour cling while board president Lolly Bearden made sure it looked good from the outside. The window clings are part of the Downtown Improvement Grant from the State of Tennessee.

HAVING A BALL — Union City Elementary School kindergartner Helena Ballance smiled up at Abby Suiter, a special education educational assistant at UCES as well as a volleyball coach in the UC system, after making her toss in the softball throw event Friday morning during the Area 7 Special Olympics spring games at War Memorial…

DOING HER PART — A few raindrops didn’t keep Addison Long of Union City from helping clean up the downtown Union City area Saturday morning as she pulled weeds growing between a building and the sidewalk along Washington Avenue. The Go Green Day event was sponsored by Main Street Union City, Century 21 and Union…

FOR THE RECORD(S) — Obion County Mayor Steve Carr (center) led a tour of the county’s newly-renovated records storage building on South Fourth Street near the courthouse Monday. He was joined by (from left) Register of Deeds Cheryl Reddin, county commissioners Phillip Dunlap and Rob Holman, county purchasing director Shanna Ferguson and county commissioner Kenneth…

FILLING THEIR BUCKETS — Callen Dick (front, right), 5-year-old son of Kristen and Dustin Dick, and Koah Gwaltney, 5-year-old son of Sarah and Justin Gwaltney, filled their buckets with plastic eggs during Obion’s Easter egg hunt Saturday morning at Indian Park. The event was delayed by one week because of rain Easter weekend. Others joining…

LIBRARY GETS GRANT — Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (from right) handed a $22,500 ceremonial check to Obion County Public Library director Carolina Conner and assistant director Beth Micke Friday morning. The construction grant will be used to expand the size of the teacher resource room.

By Benita Evans Press News Martin’s board will address well water issues, fire service fees, and court fees at their formal meeting Monday evening. Mayor David Belote reported that the C.E. Weldon Building has been cleaned. The rubbish-free building is now to the standard required by the insurance provider. Belote also reported that TLM is…

HELPING TRUDY’S — Twenty-seventh Judicial District Drug Recovery Court Program clients (from left) Garilei Washam of Martin, Tiara Yates of Union City and Mason Spurlock of Martin bagged up non-perishable food items for local students at Trudy’s Kids Café in downtown Union City recently. The Recovery Court members give back to the community through several…