FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
25 years ago
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Fearing they could be overwhelmed with visitors, officials in the remote Nevada county that’s home to the Area 51 military base have drafted an emergency declaration and a plan to team resources with neighboring counties and the state ahead of events next month tied to the “…
According to a press release late Tuesday morning from state Rep. Bruce Griffey, R-Paris, Henry County will not be moved out of the 24th Judicial District.
HELHEIM GLACIER, Greenland (AP) — This is where Earth’s refrigerator door is left open, where glaciers dwindle and seas begin to rise.
The Paris-Henry County Chamber of Commerce is signing up people now for the next Leadership Henry County program.
featured
Paris Board of Public Utilities employees work to repair a damaged electrical pole Tuesday morning on Highway 140 east of Paris. A pickup truck hit and damaged the pole, and emergency personnel closed off a block of the highway near the downed lines to allow work to be done without endangeri…
featured top story
“We have a really good economy right now, unemployment rate is way down,” Congressman David Kustoff told a group of about 30 people at noon Tuesday in Paris.
Editor's Note: The following press release was received at 11:49 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20, and was posted without editing.
25 years ago
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Even after Hurricane Katrina ended her political career and as cancer ate away her strength, former Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco still described her life as “charmed.” With strength in her faith and her family, the state’s first elected female governor time and agai…
A Saturday afternoon fire engulfed a building near Walnut Grove Presbyterian Church at 100 Radford Lake Road west of Henry.
Energy adviser to speak
A Paris man was sentenced to 10 years in jail after he pleaded guilty to a drug charge Friday in Henry County Circuit Court.
Mark Berg (center, holding scissors) cuts the ribbon Wednesday afternoon during a ribbon cutting marking the reopening of Blues Landing, 130 Tate Drive in the Buchanan area. The Paris-Henry County Chamber of Commerce event allowed Chamber members and guests to sample the restaurant’s Cajun-h…
Henry County High School’s speech team raised about $2,000 at its cornhole tournament on Aug. 10. From left, team coach Linda Miller poses with Roger Burges and Mark Carlisle, who won $250 as the winning team. The second-place team, Bob Haepp and Jerry Stallions, took home $150 while Rhonda …
More details have been released about the arrest of a Henry man Friday for vehicular homicide, with reports indicating he was texting while driving before causing a November crash that killed a 12-year-old girl.
Henry County has found an occupant for a hangar at the Henry County Airport that was vacated when a previous company went out of business.
The Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are seeking public comments about three upcoming programs at the refuge.
featured top story
The Henry County Literacy Council, in partnership with the Henry County School System and Paris Special School District, is recruiting volunteers to participate in an individual tutoring program called Team Read.
featured
Work tools litter the ground after an accident involving a Ford pickup truck that happened about 9:50 a.m. Monday on Highway 641 north of the intersection with Harvey Bowden Road. Further details were unavailable pending the release of information from the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — When 63-year-old Margie Reckard was killed by a gunman who opened fire at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, earlier this month, Antonio Basco lost his entire world. So, as the man who felt so alone planned her funeral, he invited the world to join him in remembering his comp…
City milling, paving delayed
TASIILAQ, Greenland (AP) — Greenlanders are giving Donald Trump the cold shoulder.
IWWA (Independent World Wrestling Alliance) wrestler Randall Floyd (left) holds Mohammed down on the top rope in an early match in a professional wrestling card presented by Jarrett Parsons Wrestling Saturday at the Atkins-Porter Recreational Center. Floyd went on to win by submission. The s…
NASHVILLE (AP) — Marcus Mariota jumped into the air and flipped over Patriots cornerback Duron Harmon into the end zone for a 2-point conversion.
featured
Posting a 14-0 victory over Paducah Tilghman in the McDonald’s Football Challenge Friday at Patriot Stadium has the Henry County High School football team eager to start the 2019 season.
featured
From left, John Weiher, Marsha Aldridge and Shannon Bomar are seen during ceremonies Saturday morning for the dedication of the renovated building housing the Whitlock branch of the Cottage Grove Volunteer Fire Department. The department hosted a free breakfast to show off the building and e…
A new music venue, Puryear Pickin’ Parlor, will open in downtown Puryear across from the post office. It was the former location of Lisa Green’s photo studio.
featured
Master Gardeners Cee Koenig (left) and Valerie Stephens plant some colorguard yucca plants Thursday evening as they dress up the wall planter just outside the Paris-Henry County Rescue Squad building on the Highway 218 Bypass east of Paris. The plants were donated by the Master Gardeners and…
featured
Jim Stafford warms up backstage at the Krider Performing Arts Center Saturday night prior to his performance on behalf of the Lee Academy for the Arts. Almost 300 attended the concert which featured Stafford’s hit songs, comedy and virtuosity on guitar and other instruments. Stafford perform…
The Cottage Grove Legislative Council learned during its Tuesday night meeting there were no bids received for rental of the city’s retail building downtown.
Al-Anon, Holy Cross Catholic Church, 1210 E. Wood St. — 6:30 p.m. Mondays.
ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge overseeing a challenge to Georgia’s outdated voting system said that after years of inaction in the face of warnings about vulnerabilities, state officials have finally taken a solid step in the right direction.
Public meetings
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials are making a new attempt at adding graphic images to cigarette packets to discourage Americans from lighting up. If successful, it would be the first change to U.S. cigarette warnings in 35 years.
DENVER (AP) — Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on Thursday ended his longshot bid for the Democratic presidential nomination and said he may run for the Senate in 2020 against a Republican considered one of the most politically vulnerable incumbents.
featured
Ben Hassell (left) and Austin Witherspoon lay down pipework for the plumbing in what will be a new, yet unnamed gas station and convenience store on Tyson Avenue southwest of Mineral Wells Avenue. Although construction is in relatively early phases, owner Kalpesh Patel said he hopes to open …
The Henry County Sheriff’s and the Paris Police departments will be working with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office for a “Booze It and Lose It” campaign today through the Labor Day holiday.
featured
Paris firefighter Jason McCord is on the roof of the First Baptist Church educational building after four trucks responded early Thursday afternoon to a possible fire there. According to Fire Chief Michael Williams, roofers were seam-welding the rubber roof when wood behind a section began s…
top story
A Paris man was arrested on child abuse charges Wednesday night on Cherry Street.
featured
Paris firefighter Jason McCord works on the roof as he and other firefighters respond to a fire Thursday afternoon at First Baptist Church in Paris. A report on the incident was still in progress, but the fire was apparently related to roofing work being conducted at the time. Firefighters w…
featured
Mark Berg (center, holding scissors) cuts the ribbon Wednesday afternoon during the ribbon cutting marking the reopening of Blues Landing, 130 Tate Drive in the Buchanan area. The Paris-Henry County Chamber of Commerce event allowed chamber members and guests to sample the restaurant's menu.
Confederate daughters to meet
featured
Workers for Wellspring Builders of Nashville continue work Wednesday afternoon on the new building for Advance Financial 24/7 next door to CVS Pharmacy near the corner of Memorial Drive and Mineral Wells Avenue. An older building that was at that location was demolished.
Two minutes — 120 seconds. That’s all it took for a Henry County Sheriff’s Department bloodhound team to find a fugitive Tuesday night who had evaded officers in Decatur County.
featured
A Paris Public Works crew makes the sidewalk compliant with the American with Disabilities Act Wednesday at one corner of Volunteer and Maurice Field drives. In the truck is Justin Deaton, while John Smith is in the backhoe. The others are (from left) Chris Moseley, Lynn Banks, David Mitchel…
featured top story
The Henry County Board of Education will be exploring options for adding signs at the Henry County High School fieldhouse, football field and theater to indicate their new dedications.
25 years ago
Most Popular
Articles
- PARIS TN: Man charged with vehicular manslaughter
- PARIS TN: Warrant: Driver was texting at time of fatal crash
- Paris man charged with abuse
- James Meadows
- Drug plea nets Paris man 10 years in jail
- Nash, Cloar to exchange wedding vows Aug. 24
- PARIS TN: Two injured in Highway 140 wreck
- Don Peale
- PARIS TN: Local bloodhound quick to nab suspect
- Wrestling coming to town
Commented