“Hello, I’m Mike McWherter. I was wondering if I could get you to consider me for your vote this November.” It was a line said multiple times by Governor hopeful Mike McWherter (D), while in Brownsville last Tuesday, August 24. Yet, instead of going the traditional route, driving from neighborhood to neighborhood, knocking on home doors, McWherter made his face-to-face campaign with the residents of Sugar Creek Retirement Center. McWherter spent his time talking of the issues that are important to him, his trip through Tennessee’s 95 counties, and fielding questions from residents, some o... full story
Local officials take oath of office Mayor Franklin Smith may have said it best Monday when he exclaimed, “There’s a lot of courage in this courtroom today,” as he followed up with a “and now the honeymoon’s over.” Haywood County’s e...
Brownsville resident aims for bull riding gold What can you do in eight seconds? In that short span of time, you can probably send an email, contact a person through your cell phone or pull up a website. Depending on the connections, you could...
Miss Amber Renee Rice, Age 18, passed away Saturday, August 28, 2010 in Hermitage. Miss Rice was preceded in death by her father: David Allen Rice; and her Pappaw: William David Rice. Miss Rice wa...
Mrs. Dora Rutherford, 96, died Friday, August 20, 2010, at Haywood Park Community Hospital in Brownsville. Services will be Thursday, August 26, 2010, at 11:00 a.m. at Tabernacle C. M. E. Church i...
Mrs. Kizzie Elizabeth Duckworth, age 90, died August 20, 2010 at the Regional Hospital of Jackson. Services for Mrs. Duckworth were Wednesday, August 25, at noon at the Willow Grove Baptist Churc...
Do you have an all-time favorite author or book? If you do, please tell us about him/her/it. We’d love to find out what all our patrons enjoy reading. It helps us to select new titles to purchas...
The local chapter of the Girl Scouts is in need of volunteers, accepting parents, teachers, mentors, woman auxiliaries, church members, and any other concerned citizen of Haywood County. There is ...
Outcomes instead of enrollments. That’s how public Tennessee higher education institutions will be judged in the future, and Interim President Jan Simek says that the University of Tennessee is pos...
A musical and tribute in honor of minister Jeffrey Vaulx will be held September 11 at 5 p.m. at the Good Hope Church. Everyone is invited to attend and support this tribute.
Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church will have their annual stew Saturday, September 4 at 315 Mt. Pleasant Road in Hillville. Stew will be ready at 11 a.m. All proceeds benefit the New Life UMC i...
The United Male Chorus Reunion will be at 6:00 p.m. Sunday, August 29 at the Cane Creek Baptist Church. The Male Choruses on the program will be Cane Creek, London Branch, Browns Creek, Mt. Olive, ...
There are some issues to consider when deciding between cremation and burial. Families may encounter some discomfort with cremation and resistance from family members for a variety of personal reas...
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September 2, 2010 Public Notices SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE’S SALE Default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid in a certain Deed of Trust executed on June 2, 2008 by Gregory Todd Carver and ...
August 26, 2010 Public Notices NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS , default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note dated August 24, 2000, and the Deed of Trust of even...
August 19, 2010 Public Notices NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS , default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note dated August 24, 2000, and the Deed of Trust of even...
“The Cure for a Wavering Faith” was the subject of the message Sunday. The text was taken from II Kings 18 concerning the contest proposed by Elijah between the prophets of Baal and the Almighty Go...
Don’t you just love this paper with all these columns that keep you up to date on everything happening around town? I do! My granddaughter accuses me of liking to “busy-body around” in her busine...
It was in 1982, that Elma Pirtle got the chance to work for the Haywood County Circuit Court Clerk’s office. “The Lord had blessed me with a job and I just took it from there,” Pirtle said. Since...
What can you do in eight seconds? In that short span of time, you can probably send an email, contact a person through your cell phone or pull up a website. Depending on the connections, you could...
Some who attended the gospel meeting recently held at Maury City Church of Christ from Westside were Brother Larry and Emily Sweeney, Billy and Bobbie Connally, and Paul and Mary Lewis. The Connal...
Thought for the week: What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin more beautiful than the garment with which it is cloth...
This week’s thought for the week is by Jacqueline Leaycraft of California as published in the Upper Room Devotional. “For every complaint you make, think of three reasons to be thankful.” Makes yo...