From the evening of Sunday, February 14 through the morning on Friday, Feb. 19, TDOT used approximately 18,000 tons of salt and logged over 99,000 miles clearing and treating snow-laden roadways across 21 counties in West Tennessee’s Region 4, according to a news release from the Tennessee Dept. of Transportation (TDOT). The Carroll County area…
Jimmie Sue Staten, 67, of Huntingdon remembers living in Nashville back in the 60’s with her father and mother for a time and attending East Junior High School there. The year was 1966 and intergration had just begun. She was in the seventh grade at the time. “I can remember being so scared,” she said….
County Mayor Joseph Butler and wife Megan, are the the new parents of twin sons born Feb. 18 in Winterhaven, Florida. They have been named Harry Lee and Judah James. It’s not certain if they are identical or fraternal. The Butlers are in Winterhaven now as the infants grow stronger and the Butlers bond with…
Three cheers for TDOT employees for the great job they did in clearing the highways after two major snows this past week. I have never known the highways to be completely cleared so quickly. Generally, only the tracks where the tire tires run are cleared during the first two or three days after a snow….
I sent a friend a message on Facebook earlier. Actually it was a comment on a post from a west coast cousin. Sort of a cousin. She’s a cousin on my wife’s side. So would that make her a “cousin-in-law”? My comment was meant to be funny but I could see how it was taken…
Being stuck really sucks. As I sit here writing this on Friday, I’ve been stuck here in my home since my hair-raising trek back from the office Monday afternoon. My little Prius is great on gas, but it’s not ideal for driving on snow and ice. I made an escape attempt this morning, but I…
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