SH Lions Baseball Lose Back-to-Back Games Against Adamsville
Article by Blake Franklin- Last Monday and Tuesday, April 11th & 12th, the Lions baseball team had games against Adamsville High School. Coming off three straight losses, Scotts Hill had hoped to get back in the win column. Things didn’t go as planned and the Lions dropped two more games back-to-back. Scotts Hill fell to…
Read MoreApril Proclaimed Sexual Assault Awareness Month in City and County
Article by W. Clay Crook- Henderson County Mayor Eddie Bray, along with Lexington Mayor Jeff Griggs, signed proclamations designating April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. WRAP Sexual Assault Response Specialist Emily Winston, along with Tonya Lawson, Regional Response Specialist, and Investigator Tanya Marshall with the Lexington Police Department, met with both the mayors on Thursday,…
Read MoreLHS Softball Takes First Defeat of Season
Article by Blake Franklin- Heading to Florence, Alabama on Friday, April 15, 2022, the Lexington High School Lady Tigers softball team was looking to make a name for themselves in the Northwest Alabama Bash. Lexington knew that it would have to play some of the best softball of the season if the team wanted to…
Read MoreCity Board Holds Work Session
Article by W. Clay Crook- The Board of Mayor and Aldermen for Lexington held their non-voting work session on Monday evening, April 18, 2022, at the Lexington Utilities Operation Facility on Maple Street. Lexington Mayor Jeff Griggs said that a letter had been received from Decatur County Mayor Mike Creasy that Decatur County will opt…
Read MoreTigers Baseball Falls Short to University School of Jackson
Article by Blake Franklin- Lexington looked to get back in the win column after taking two losses to Hardin County earlier last week. In order to do that, the Tigers had to take down the Bruins of the University School of Jackson. Lexington welcomed USJ to their home field on Good Friday. Having more success…
Read MoreDescendants Honor the Memory of Henderson County’s 7th Cavalry
Article by W. Clay Crook- “It has been 157 years,” said Major General Dan Wood, “since the men in Henderson County’s 7th Tennessee U.S. Cavalry were released from the Andersonville POW Camp in April 1865, and made their way home.” But many of the men captured at Union City didn’t survive the march to their…
Read MoreLHS Softball Ends Tournament with Win
Article by Blake Franklin- Playing in their final game of the Northwest Alabama Bash, Lexington went up against East Lawrence. This school is located in Trinity, Alabama, and the game was played late in the evening of Friday, April 15. After taking their first loss on the season in the game prior, the Lady Tigers…
Read MoreUnited Minds Holds 2nd Annual Who’s the Boss BBQ Cook Off
Article by W. Clay Crook- One of Lexington’s newest events, the Who’s the Boss BBQ Cook Off, held its 2nd Annual event on the grounds of the Montgomery Cultural and Enrichment Center on Saturday, April 16, 2022. Due to the chance of bad weather, the cooking was moved to last year’s vendor area, but the…
Read MoreOutdoor Truths
I was with several other guys during my recent trip to Texas. We were all there for my Outdoor Truths Circle Event and to try our hand at downing a Rio gobbler. I look forward to this event each year. During that weekend, most hunters arrive on Friday and begin their hunt that evening. My…
Read MoreObituaries For April 20, 2022 Edition
Bobby Leon Alexander, 56 Lattie M. Bawcum, 90 Janice Ann Dininger, 90 Bonnie Faye Franks, 69 Ricky Joe Jowers, 62 Roy D. Montgomery, 83 Dorothy Mooney, 81 Casey Lachelle Pratt, 36 Rodney E. Rutledge, 68 Barney Ray Utley, 81 Norma Faye Whittle, 69 For complete obituaries, see the April 20th edition of The Lexington Progress.…
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