Work Release Employees Receive Career Readiness Certificates at Dewayne’s Quality Metal Coatings
Article by Joe T. Wood- Four work release employees at Dewayne’s Quality Metal Coatings received their ACT National Career Readiness Certificates on Tuesday morning, September 21, 2021. The four honored were Thomas Gutierrez, Joshua Donald, Brien Reynolds, and Phillip Bailey. The Henderson County Sherriff’s Department has been able to provide opportunities for individuals to earn…
Read MoreSHHS Lady Lions Soccer Celebrate Senior Night
Article by Blake Franklin- SHHS Lady Lions soccer had a busy week this past week as the team competed in two district determining matches and celebrated their graduating senior players, Faith Herrington, and Miracle Rayas. On Tuesday, September 14, the Lady Lions defeated district rival Wayne County, 5-2. The Lady Lions returned to the pitch…
Read MoreLexington City Board Meets
Article by W. Clay Crook- The Board of Mayor and Aldermen for Lexington met in their non-voting session on Monday evening, September 20, 2021. The board discussed the second reading of a proposal to amend the zoning ordinance for M-2 to permit transitional residential housing, the first reading of a budget amendment for, the Street…
Read MoreLate Afternoon Fire Destroys Barn and Contents
Article by Lynn Murphy- At 5:25 p.m. on Monday afternoon, September 13, 2021, 25 firefighters with Stations 6, 7, and 11 responded to a barn fire on Bethel Road. The first firefighters to arrive reported the barn fully engulfed in flames with an adjacent barn in immediate danger. A combine / harvester along with other…
Read MoreLady Tigers Win Tough Road Test at Dyersburg
Article by Blake Franklin- The Lady Tigers volleyball team had a tough road test this past Monday evening, September 20, as they travelled to Dyersburg, Tennessee to take on the Lady Trojans. This match would go the distance, something that hasn’t been all that common for Lexington this season. The Lady Tigers showed grit and…
Read More3rd Annual Moose Run for CASA and Auction
Article by W. Clay Crook- Lexington Moose Lodge #2091 hosted their 3rd Annual Moose Run for CASA with an auction afterwards on Saturday, September 18, 2021. Motorcycles gathered at the lodge around 11:00 a.m. for registration, with the first bike out at noon, and the last bike in at 5:00 p.m. The auction began at…
Read MoreStan Wafler Discusses Waverly Relief Efforts at Lexington Rotary Meeting
Article by W. Clay Crook- The Lexington Rotary Club met on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, with Stan Wafler, with the Beech River Baptist Association Disaster Relief Team, as the special guest speaker. Stan and his family have made Lexington their home since 2017, and has been a part of the Beech River Baptist Disaster Relief…
Read MoreOutdoor Truths
One of the benefits of hunting is getting to see so many different animals and other things that one just doesn’t get to see otherwise. I have renamed one of my trail cameras, the zoo camera, because it always has pictures of so many different kinds of animals. On that one camera, within the last…
Read MoreObituaries For September 22, 2021 Edition
Rudolph Valentino Burkett, 91 Angela Goff Dobson, 53 Bertha Darlene Dry, 65 Jean Johnson, 73 Ronald Edward Johnson, 66 Jessica Martin, 31 Jeanette Moore, 77 Mary Jowers Rhodes, 89 Irene Sanders, 86 Ricky Lee Schenck, 66 Martha Sue Scott, 70 Matthew Mark Smith, 58 Rev. David E. Walker, 80 Barney Ray Watkins, 88 Willis Weatherford,…
Read MoreFair Week in Henderson County
Article by W. Clay Crook- It’s Fair Week in Henderson County, with the one and only Henderson County Free Fair with attractions and rides from Arnold Amusements. Although the midway didn’t open until 6:00 p.m. on Monday, September 13, 2021, the parking around the fairgrounds was already at a premium by 5:15 p.m. Although there…
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