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Community Concerns with Shannon
Our next question comes from Beverly Lewis of Dresden. She asked, “Why is it taking so long to rebuild the square at Dresden? It’s been over a year, and nothing has been done.” Beverly, there have been numerous meetings over the past year to go over blueprints with A2H engineers and the final blueprints for…
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Our next question comes from Jeremy Caudle from Greenfield. He asked, “Why can’t the city of Martin pave University Street because it’s so rough.” At the city of Martin’s March board meeting, they discussed the paving of University Street. Mayor Randy Brundige said that the paving of University Street will start this August, and that…
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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 MoreNick and Shannon: A Valentine’s Day Story
by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter Sometimes home isn’t four walls. It’s two eyes and a heartbeat. We met about three years ago. Our love story is not some grand, sappy, ooey-gooey love story, but it’s ours and one day when Nick is old and senile sitting in a nursing home, maybe he’ll look at…
Read MoreWhy I chose the United States Marine Corps
Story by Senior Investigative Reporter Shannon Taylor When I was a Senior in high school in 1998, I decided that I wanted to be among the few and the proud-one of the “bad asses” as my recruiter at the time so eloquently put it. So, I signed up to join the United States Marine Corps.…
Read MoreBe willing to ‘go on record’ so we can get the whole story
Letter to the Editor by Senior Investigative Reporter Shannon Taylor It has come to my attention that many people don’t understand how the Press gets news or how that news gets published. Last week, I typed up an incident report of an arrest made in Weakley County. Shortly after it was published on the website,…
Read MorePress Reporter accepted into O∆K
Story by Senior Investigative Reporter Shannon Taylor In her second year at Murray State University, Shannon Taylor was one accepted for membership into Omicron Delta Kappa, (O∆K) the National Leadership Honor Society. She is currently a graduate student in the MA-DA program of Literature/Pedagogy at Murray State University. She is in her second year of the…
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