Area News

Article by W. Clay Crook- At 1:27 p.m. on Thursday, January 27, 2022, Henderson County Fire Stations 5, 9, and 7 responded to a shed fire in the 100 block of Union Hill Road off Hwy. 22 South. The shed was an exposure from a wildfire that originated from an adjacent property located on Tumbleweed…

Article by W. Clay Crook- The Board of Mayor and Aldermen for Lexington met on Monday evening, January 24, 2022, for their regular business session. Lexington Mayor Jeff Griggs gave a recap of some of the issues from last week’s meeting for the members who were out during that meeting. On election signs, the item…

Article by W. Clay Crook- The Henderson County Chamber of Commerce hosted their Fourth Annual Leadership Class banquet at the Buttrey Wedding and Event Venue in Yuma on Saturday evening, January 22, 2022. Chamber Executive Director Melissa Gilbert said that “This class began pre-pandemic and faced many challenges to be able to successfully complete the…

Article by W. Clay Crook- A special called meeting for the Henderson County Commission was held on Thursday evening, January 20, 2022, to discuss the commissioner vacancy in District 4. The meeting was held at the Watson Center with over seventy people in attendance, along with media coverage, and a video feed from Matthew Hill,…

Article by W. Clay Crook- U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn visited with local elected officials in Henderson County on Monday, January 24, 2022. Although this is an annual visit, the senator said that Henderson County holds a special place in her heart as one of her former counties when she was in the House of Representatives.…

Article by W. Clay Crook- The Henderson County Election Commission met on Monday afternoon, January 24, 2022, at the Election Commission building on Natchez Trace Drive. The commission did a 10 percent quality review of new voter applications, all of which were correct. The commission was updated on the candidate races that had been added,…

Article by W. Clay Crook- The Lexington Municipal – Regional Planning Commission held a special called meeting on Monday evening, January 24, 2022, at the Lexington Utilities Operations Center on Maple Street. Under new business, the commission reviewed a site plan for Kid Dynamite Fireworks.  The proposed 2,000 square foot building is on South Broad…

Article by W. Clay Crook- Grain Bin Rescue training was offered by the Tennessee Association of Rescue Squads (TARS) on January 21st and 22nd at the Otto Britt Fairgrounds Building in Lexington. The training was sponsored in part by a grant from a family that had lost two members of their family in a grain…

Article by Chief Lynn Murphy- At 11:24 p.m. on Friday night, January 21, 2022, Henderson County Fire Stations 4, 7, and 8 were dispatched to a mobile home fire in the 500 block of Blankenship Road off Darden-Christian Chapel Road. The first firefighters arrived to discover the home fully engulfed in flames with a shed…

Article by W. Clay Crook- The Lexington Rotary Club met on Tuesday, January 25, 2022, with Emergency Management Agency (EMA) Director Drew Cook as the special guest speaker. He became director five years ago in June. Drew said that over $5.42 million in grants have come to Henderson County through the EMA office since fiscal…