Members of the Veterans Honor Guard of Parkers Crossroads Receives Certification
Article by W. Clay Crook- The Veterans Honor Guard of Parkers Crossroads held a special ceremony at the end of their regular meeting on Thursday, March 17, 2022, to receive their accreditation certificates. Sergeant First Class Brandon S. Solomon, Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge of the Military Funeral Honors Program with the Tennessee National Guard, presented…
Read MoreSH Softball Takes Losses Against Huntingdon and Hollow-Rock
Article by Blake Franklin- After losing their first game to the Lady Mustangs, Scotts Hill was hoping to bounce back with a win over Huntingdon the second time they played them early this season. The Lady Lions faced off against them again last Wednesday evening, March 16. Following the prior game played between the two…
Read MoreWest Church Street Wreck Cracks Water Hydrant
Article by W. Clay Crook- An early Monday afternoon wreck on West Church Street caused quite a flood and a water service area along the busy business corridor. A silver Toyota Camry, according to some, might have been attempting to cross West Church Street from the McDonald’s area. The preliminary report from the Lexington Police…
Read MoreTigers Baseball Lose Two Games in Murfreesboro
Article by Blake Franklin- The Lexington High School Big Red Tigers baseball team made the trek into Middle Tennessee over the weekend to face off against Murfreesboro Central and Green Hill. Lexington was looking to record their first win of the season in these games, as the Tigers hadn’t been able to grab a win…
Read MoreObituaries For March 23, 2022 Edition
Jessie Wayne Clenney, 66 Anthony Andrew Coleman, 66 Anne Dickerson, 74 Wanda Jean Earnest, 80 Ruby Faye French, 88 Hercy Wayne Holmes, Sr., 76 Ed Maness, 78 John Mitchell Leeanna Austin Murren, 59 Cledis Avnor Patton, 86 Lois Reeves, 91 Ruby Ridley, 85 Barbara Kay Rushing, 72 Harold Wade, 72 Amelia, Aubriella, and Addison Wooly,…
Read MoreSchool Board Votes on Architect for Football Stadium Project
Article by W. Clay Crook- The Henderson County Board of Education held a work session and then a meeting on Thursday evening, March 10, 2022, at the office on Wilson Street. At the 5:00 p.m. work session, Jerry Hartsfield from TLM Associates, Inc., of Jackson, reviewed some football stadium options for Lexington High School, and…
Read MoreSH Lady Lions Basketball Fall in State Tournament
Article by Blake Franklin- With the Scotts Hill High School Lady Lions basketball team making their way to Murfreesboro, Tennessee on March 8, 2022, the team knew that the competition would be some of the best of the season. The Lady Lions were up for the task and took on Gatlinburg-Pittman in their first game…
Read MoreA Surprising Reunion
Article by W. Clay Crook- There are just some heart stopping, wonderful ideas for stories that come my way. A few weeks back, I received an idea for a “feel good story, maybe?” from a reader, saying that “Back in 2015, a two-year-old child wandered off from her grandmother’s and was found four hours later.”…
Read MoreLMS Minutemen Soccer Season Now Underway
Article by Blake Franklin- The Lexington Minutemen soccer team is geared up and ready for this Spring season. The team’s preseason consisted of lots of training and a first-time rare event where they took a select tournament team to compete in the Cougar Classic, which is a futsal style indoor soccer tournament in Hendersonville, TN. The…
Read MoreDancing With the Stars
Article by W. Clay Crook- The Henderson County Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse held another successful Dancing with the Stars fundraising gala, and perhaps even a record breaking one. The event was held again at the Decatur County Fairgrounds on Saturday, March 12, 2022. The attendance has increased with each event…
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