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STORM CLEANUP — Crews worked to clear debris from the parking lot at Star Physical Therapy and Best Donuts on the corner of South First Street and Reelfoot Avenue in Union City Sunday morning after a severe storm moved through Obion County. Nearby Simmons Bank also had damage to its building as well as debris…

HELPING CHIMES — Members of the newly-established Chimes for Charity board, including (from left) Kim Taylor, Ginny Starks and Nell Ray, met last week to discuss upcoming activities and fundraising projects, starting with an inaugural golf tournament set for June 8 from 1:30-5:30 p.m. at Wynridge Greens & Golf Club in Troy. Chimes is currently…

— Hazye Wright (left), 7, and Hattye Wright, 9, daughters of Justin and Kayla Wright of Troy, took a closer look at an eagle built with LEGO® bricks at the recent member night for Discovery Park of America’s exhibit “Sean Kenney’s Nature Connects®, made with LEGO® bricks.”

EDUCATIONAL ENDEAVOR — Union City High School graduating senior Bailey Wagoner (center) was joined by Bill and Carol Latimer after being chosen as the inaugural recipient of “The Latimer,” a $40,000 scholarship being given to her in four $10,000 increments by the Bill and Carol Latimer Charitable Foundation. Latimer is a proud 1956 graduate of…

PAY DAY — Former Obion County resident Jake Lawrence held up a $115,000 check after winning the Major League Fishing Tackle Warehouse Invitationals Stop 4 Presented by E3 Sport Apparel at Lake Eufaula, Ala. The win put him in the lead of the Fishing Clash Angler of the Year race and qualified him for REDCREST…

LET US PRAY — Crosswind Church senior pastor Jeremy Powell gave a brief devotion and led in prayer to kick off the local National Day of Prayer program at noon Thursday at Merchants Park in downtown Union City. The event was sponsored by the Obion County Ministerial Association. It included local pastors or community leaders…

BLESSING THE COMMUNITY — Jerome Warren of Paducah, Ky., a member of Turning Point Ministries of Hickman, Ky., checked on hamburgers he was cooking during a community feed Saturday at the Save A Lot store parking lot in Union City. The outreach event was free to the public and included 500 meals, with the choice…

HELPING WOMEN RECOVER — LeEllen Smith (center) was recently joined by Lisa Salazar (left) and Kayla Wilson in readying the travel gear they make and have on display for sale at OUTsideIN in Troy. Mrs. Smith, founder of the social enterprise, has announced she is expanding her effort to help marginalized women by opening recovery…

BIG INVESTMENT — The City of Fulton has received a $12.9 million federal gas safety grant to mitigate the safety risk and methane emissions from the highest-risk legacy natural gas distribution pipes within the city. City officials on hand for the presentation Tuesday included (from left) Laura Byrd, utility billing clerk; Nathan Lamb, code enforcement;…

SPECIAL STAR — Nine-year-old Bricen Simmons, a student at South Fulton Elementary School, made his way toward the finish line in the 25-meter wheelchair race, with the support of SFES speech pathologist Denise Wright, during the Upper West Tennessee-Area 7 Special Olympics spring games Friday at Union City High School’s War Memorial Stadium. He is…