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Real ID Deadline is May 7th
Beginning May 7, 2025, everyone must have a REAL ID or another approved federally-issued ID, such as a passport, to enter certain federal buildings, military bases, and nuclear power plants, or to …
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett today announced 60 Tennessee high schools that are this year’s recipients of the Anne Dallas Dudley Award for meeting student voter registration …
The May term of the Weakley County Grand Jury met and handed down more than 20 felony indictments.
Those who face felonies were expected to be officially arraigned on their charges in the 27th …
The Weakley County School Board approved the budget for the upcoming school year—a plan that still carries an $850,000 deficit but now comes with an amendment mandating additional revenue from …
UT baseball sputtering
For a time, Tennessee’s SEC baseball series with Vanderbilt this past weekend looked promising.
The Vols, needing a jolt of adrenaline to stay in the mix for a home regional berth, took …
Last Thursday, the Dresden Track and Field athletes competed against the top athletes from 33 teams in West Tennessee for a chance to advance to the TSSAA Class-A State Finals. Five athletes will …
DHS track and field traveled to Union City High School, who played host of the Northwest TN Class A Sub-sectional competitions. Qualifiers will advance to the sub-state competitions which will take …
With a total of 21 competing schools invited to the Union City Rotary Relays, Dresden High girls brought home 3 rd place overall. Briley Smith walked away with gold after finishing first in the …
Dresden Middle Girls First in the Dyersburg Middle School Invitational
Out of a total of fourteen schools, Dresen female runners smoked the competition, bringing home a team first. The Tennessee state ranking 4x400 meter relay team does it again and brings home first …
Obituaries
Mrs. Patsy S. Wilkerson, age 92, passed away Wednesday, April 30, 2025, at her residence in Dresden, TN. She was born to the late Adron J. Nipp and Martha Elizabeth George Nipp on August 9, 1932 in …
Kristin LeAnn Goode, 33, of Dresden, TN was pronounced deceased by the State Medical Examiner on April 7, 2025.
She leaves her father Scott Goode of Dresden, TN; Mother Cindy Johnson of Ripley, …
Dr. Wallace E. Crider of Martin, Tennessee, age 96 passed away April 1, 2025 at Van Ayer Nursing Home while under care of Union City Baptist Hospice.
Dr. Crider was born March 18, 1929, to the …
Mr. Gerald Ray, 83, of Huntingdon, Tennessee passed away Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at Patriot Health and Rehabilitation Center in Paris, Tennessee. Funeral services were conducted 2:30 PM Monday, …
A Celebration of Life Memorial Service for R. J. Carlton, 71 of Corinth, MS, will be Friday, March 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM at Magnolia Funeral Home – East Chapel. Visitation will be Friday, March …
Opinion
Public Funds Are the Public’s Business
Transparency is a cornerstone of a free society. As Thomas Jefferson, our third president and author of the Declaration of Independence, wrote, a government’s “just powers” are …
Entertainment
Greenfield to Host 1st Annual ‘Front Street Festival’ Oct. 22 – 26
The City of Greenfield will host their first annual Front Street Festival slated for October 22 – 26. For 35 years, Greenfield’s Fire Chief Bob Dudley coordinated their annual Fire …
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