Area News

Article by W. Clay Crook- The Henderson County Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse was excited to sponsor their much-loved Daddy – Daughter Dance on Saturday, February 5, 2022, at Caywood Elementary. “The Advisory Board and I would like to thank all of the volunteers that worked this year’s event, those that…

Article by W. Clay Crook- Henderson County Sheriff Brian Duke, in conjunction with TBI Director David Rausch, District 26 Attorney General Jody Pickens, and Assistant District Attorney Chad Wood announced in a special press conference at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 2, 2022, that 21 arrests had already been made in Operation Big Red Ice…

Article by W. Clay Crook- On Wednesday, January 26, 2022, the Lexington Police Department responded to a call from Days Inn, in downtown Lexington, to investigate a foul odor coming from one of the rooms. “Upon entering the room, investigators found a body in an advanced state of decomposition,” said Lexington Police Captain Jeff Middleton.…

Article by W. Clay Crook- The Henderson County Commission met in a work session regarding broadband on Monday evening, January 31, 2022, at the Lexington Utilities Operations Facility on Maple Street. Mr. Jeff Graves, General Manager of LES, presented a plan for broadband. “Some 35% of LES customers are in Henderson County,” which is the…

Article by W. Clay Crook- Dian Helms Brown shared some interesting tidbits on the Lexington, Tennessee Past site on a world renown black saxophonist who was born in Lexington. There is actually a Wikipedia entry on the performer. “Samuel Leroy Taylor, Jr. (July 12, 1916 – October 5, 1990), known as Sam “The Man” Taylor,…

Article by W. Clay Crook- The sentencing for Kerry L. Mallard will be held in the Circuit Court of Henderson County on Friday, February 11, 2022, in front of Judge Roy Morgan. There is still a limited seating requirement. The sentencing was originally scheduled for January 28, 2022. Mallard was convicted on November 18, 2021,…

Article by W. Clay Crook- The Henderson County Grand Jury met on Friday, January 28, 2022, and handed down 103 true bills of indictment. This number also included 62 sealed indictments, which were mostly for sale and delivery of Meth .5 grams or more: • Aliyah Dawn Brasher, Forgery (thirty-four counts), Theft Over $10,000 •…

Article by W. Clay Crook- The special guest speaker for the February 1, 2022, Lexington Rotary Club meeting was Mark Tolley of Tolley Farms Beef. Mark has been a resident of Henderson County all his life, and lives on the farm bought by his great-grandfather in 1949. He has a degree in criminal justice and…

Article by W. Clay Crook- Captain Asa Nelson “Blackhawk” Hays has been referred to as perhaps the most colorful character in Henderson County history. The story goes that he acquired his nickname during the Blackhawk Indian Wars, serving under Abraham Lincoln, who then reached out to his friend in 1861 to help keep the county…

Release- The Lexington Police Department is seeking public assistance with the identification of the vehicle and suspects depicted in these photographs. In the early morning hours of Sunday, January 23, 2022, two suspects entered a loading bay area of Nidec, on Natchez Trace Drive. These suspects stole spools of cooper wire valued at over $90,000.…