Area News

Article by W. Clay Crook- Henderson County is the first in Southwest Tennessee to be identified as an ACT Work Ready Community. Joe T. Wood, who serves as the Interim Workforce Coordinator for the Henderson County Alliance, was the special guest speaker for the Henderson County Chamber of Commerce’s Business Breakfast on April 26th. He…

Article by W. Clay Crook- The Hazmat Team from Henderson County responded Friday, April 26th to a possible Fentanyl contamination episode in Decatur County. Henderson County EMA Director Drew Cook issued a release later on in the day saying, “Our Hazmat Response Team was requested to assist Metro Narcotics, the TN Meth and Pharmaceutical Task…

Article by W. Clay Crook- Cindy Olive, Director of Schools for the Lexington City Schools System, announced some staff changes for the fall 2019-2020 school year. At Lexington Middle School, Whitney Owens will become Principal, and Paden Buckley as Assistant Principal. Beth Deere will become the new Director of Data Quality at the LCSS Board of…

Article by W. Clay Crook- The utility boards for the city of Lexington met in regular session on Tuesday evening, April 23rd, at the Operations Facility on Maple Street. Gordon Wildridge called the board for Lexington Water System to order and minutes for the previous meeting on March 26th were approved. Michael Harper gave an update…

The Henderson County Carl Perkins Center held their annual Volunteer Appreciation Brunch on Thursday, April 25, during Child Abuse Prevention Month. Pictured (L-R) are recipients of this year’s awards: Donna Heatherington, Lifetime Service Award; Cindy Olive, Child Advocate of the Year; Caitlyn Hollingsworth, Youth Volunteer of the Year; and Kim Hendrix, Director. For this and…

Article by W. Clay Crook- Staff and students at the Lexington – Henderson Center of Jackson State Community College had a rare opportunity to mingle with staff and students from the last two decades as the campus celebrated its 20th anniversary. 72nd District State Representative Kirk Haston, along with former Representative Steve McDaniel came to…

Article by W. Clay Crook- The Mobile American Job Center staff set up the Career Coach in front of the Lexington TCAT Wednesday, April 24th, from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. They assisted with Jobs4TN online applications, and workshops on resume writing, dressing for success, and interviewing tips were held. (L-R) TCAT Campus Coordinator Dr.…

Article by W. Clay Crook- The Dinner Table, located at 821 West Church Street in Lexington, celebrated its one-year anniversary on April 25th with a ribbon cutting event hosted by the Henderson County Chamber of Commerce. For this and other interesting articles, see the May 1st edition of The Lexington Progress. Subscribe Today!

Release- A total of nineteen individuals have been indicted in two separate indictments for conspiracy to distribute Methamphet-amine, Cocaine and Marijuana in the Western District of Tennessee. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the indictments at 2:00 p.m. in a press conference on Monday, April 22nd, at the Ed…

Article by W. Clay Crook- “He would have been overwhelmed, and proud, in that humble way of his… I can see him smiling and shaking his head, with the way you have honored him today.” Everyone seemed to take a moment, each remembering Jimmy Fesmire in their own way, as his wife Debra spoke.  A monument…