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DOUBLE WINNER — Finlee Sanford was a double winner at the Junior Market Livestock Sale at last week’s Obion County Fair, taking home both the Grand Champion and Grand Champion County Born and Raised honors in the hog division. Her 232.80-pound animal sold for $17 per pound or $3,957.60 to Ervin Feed & Grain, Cole…

‘FOWL’ PLAY — Ten-year-old Tucker Jones, son of Cameron and Lauren Jones of Troy, was fully focused Monday night as he competed in the duck calling contest at the Obion County Fair. He was runner-up in the youthful contest, sponsored by Final Flight Outfitters at the Whitney Cozart Pavilion. It was a close finish, with…

CLAIMS TITLE — Khloe Grace James (second from left) of Obion claimed the title of Obion County Fairest of the Fair Saturday. The Union City High School graduate and Tennessee College of Applied Technology student is the 18-year-old daughter of Ben and Nikki Hardin. Her court includes first maid Ella Morgan Paschall (left), 17, of…

FAIR ENTRIES — Anita Moore (right) of Obion, superintendent of the junior crafts department at the Obion County Fair, accepted entries from Lake Road Elementary School fourth-grader Kenley Jane McKinnis on Saturday. Kenley is the 9-year-old daughter of Kenthia and Joel McKinnis of Union City. Most of the domestic arts entries were made this past…

‘FINAL’ OUTCOME — Obion County Sheriff’s Office investigator Landon Kelly (second from left) was surrounded Monday by Final Flight Outfitters owners (from left) Kelley Powers, Jon Ed Powers and Tripp Powers as they viewed a video and talked about key pieces of evidence which led to the arrests and conviction of four men in a…

NEW GEAR — Troy Assistant Fire Chief and emergency medical services director Bryan Lippard (right) helped alderman Doug Bobo put on a new set of turnout gear recently purchased for the department with Tennessee Rescue Squad Grant Program funding provided through the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance and the Tennessee State Fire Marshal’s Office.

HAVING FUN — Nine-month-old Preston Douglass, son of Mary Katherine and Blake Douglass of Union City, was being held by his poppa, Jack Douglass of Somerville, as he clung tight to the steering wheel of a McCormick Farmall Cub during the antique tractor show Saturday at Discovery Park of America. The tractor is owned by…

MINOR INJURIES — Lauren Nicole Culver, 29, of Union City was transported to Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City by EMS for minor injuries as the result of an accident involving her Ford XPL and a train on Friday around 4:48 p.m. According to a Union City Police Department report, Ms. Culver was traveling west on East…