John Stevens of Huntingdon is seeking another term as senator in the state’s 24th Senatorial District.

Well, July is half gone and so is the year. Christmas is just around the corner. It is high summer, and in summer a young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of … watering. 

Casey Hood of Obion is a candidate for the 24th District State Senate seat, which encompasses all of Benton, Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Obion and Weakley counties.

If you flip on the news, you will be hard-pressed to miss the pervasive anarchy in the streets. And yet the unsympathetic mainstream media will wrap the perpetual accosting of our police officers up as a footnote.

In my last column, I opined as to how the presidential election may have a greater impact on U.S. Senate races than usual.

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Famed poet James Russell Lowell allowed that no days are as near perfect as those of June.

Anomaly: Departure from the regular arrangement, general rule or usual method.

NEW YORK (AP) — Holy Communion will have a different look when in-person worship services resume at the end of May in the Catholic Diocese of Knoxville: The wafers signifying the body of Christ will be placed in the hands of parishioners by priests and deacons wearing face masks and safety glasses.

Gary and Jackie Gamlin of Shady Grove Road in the Puryear area will be marking their 50th wedding anniversary Friday.

With the arrival of April, it is assumed winter is past. Well, April Fool. I read of a little girl who was asked when winter would be over. She said that her neighbor would plant his garden first, then it would freeze. He would plant it again, and again it would freeze. Then he would plant i…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The release of the James Bond film “No Time To Die” has been pushed back several months because of global concerns about coronavirus. 

Eileen Hook and Teresa Millikin were hostesses for the Feb. 20 meeting of the Newcomers Club held at the Paris Country Club. 

Every four years we are blessed (hopefully not cursed) with an extra day. It’s leap year and the month won’t end until midnight Saturday. What will  you do with the extra day?

Blossomway Garden Club and Paris Garden Club have worked together to implement an exciting project at Paris Landing State Park, in partnership with PLSP officers. Nine woodpecker houses were recently purchased and then donated on Feb. 11 to the park by the two clubs. The park officers will b…

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A new member was installed, and organ and tissue donation was discussed at the Quota club meeting Jan. 22 at the Lunchroom at Lee Academy for the Arts.

Paris native Felicia Renee Riggs was hooded on Jan. 18 as a doctor of education from the Richard W. Riley School of Education and Leadership of Walden University.

A local student was named to the dean’s list at The University of the South, known by its town’s name, Sewanee.

Old Janus has packed his bags and will leave our scene in a few days. Janus, the mythological Roman god and namesake of January, has two faces, one looking backward, the other forward. He controlled, or thought he did, beginnings and endings, time, doorways, duality and on ad infinitum.  

Several Henry Countians graduated from Bethel University during the school’s Fall 2019 commencement ceremony Dec. 7.

Larry and Connie Wilson of Smith Road in Paris will be marking their 50th wedding anniversary Friday, and plan a reception Saturday at Trinity United Methodist Church.

What is the most important tool in the gardener’s arsenal? 

The first week of December is National Hand Washing Awareness Week. Hand washing is such a simple and basic act, yet it is the easiest way you can prevent the spread of disease.

The holiday season has arrived. This time of year, for most people, is a joyful time of year filled with parties, celebrations, shopping, gifts and social gatherings with family and friends.

We cautioned you here last week about choosing a tree simply on the basis of autumn color and disregarding possible problems down the road with some of them. Well, shoot, where are the ones that have good autumn leaf color and other good qualities to boot?

Just as we are wallowing in the luxury of the most colorful time of the year, I will ply my trade as spoilsport No. 1. This is in addition to my efforts in organizing a Paris Pessimist Club here. 

Well, here it is: November. Thank Heaven we live in an area of the world that welcomes the month. In England and most of northern Europe, the gray (“grey” there) curtain of winter has already descended with the infamous London fogs, rain and other slippery features of nature’s often nonfeasance.