Area News

Article by W. Clay Crook- An unusual charge resulted from illegal activity in one of the local Dollar General Stores near Lexington. Paula Moody, age 48 of Darden, Tennessee, was charged with Violation of the Organized Retail Crime Prevention Act (Over $2,500.00). Court documents say that the “defendant did conspire with co-defendant, Tyler A. Brown, to take…

Article by W. Clay Crook- Henderson County’s 911 Dispatch has been one of the best innovations since phones started to dot our countryside in the 1910’s. This week is National Public Safety Telecommunications Week (April 14-20), and if you haven’t thanked your friendly neighborhood 911 dispatcher, then this is a great time to do so! Pam…

Article by W. Clay Crook- Bettina Webb, Administrative Assistant to Henderson County Mayor Eddie Bray, read a proclamation at ACH Lexington on April 15th, declaring it Ruby Oliphant Day in Henderson County. Oliphant, who turned 100 on April 15th, was born in Milan on April 15, 1919, and was one of eleven siblings in her…

Article by W. Clay Crook- The benefit for Henderson County Deputy and County Commissioner Shana Duke was held on Saturday, April 13th, with a BBQ dinner and Shana’s 13 Strides t-shirts on sale at 3:00 p.m., followed by a silent auction and entertainment by Colton Flanagan and Steven Hicks. The social media page for the event…

Release- The 26th Tennessee Judicial District released a recent statement saying that: On October l, 2018, the Henderson County, Tennessee Grand Jury indicted Charles Lewis Eaves, 47 years of age, of Lexington, Tennessee, for two counts of Rape of a Child three counts of Especially Aggravated Kidnapping among other charges all of which stem from a…

Article by W. Clay Crook- Rev. Chris Haynes, at the First United Methodist Church Lexington, started off the congregations annual Holy Week Luncheon and Devotional on Monday, April 15th after a fellowship meal and musical presentation. The devotionals are led each day through Holy Week, April 15th through the 19th, by a different area minister,…

Article by W. Clay Crook- Tennessee’s 26th Judicial District Attorney General Jody Pickens was the special guest speaker at the April 10th Lexington Rotary Club meeting. General Pickens is also a member of the downtown Jackson Rotary Club. He was first introduced to Rotary as a young baseball player and is originally from Madison County…

Article by W. Clay Crook- Plant Manager Terry Davis and staff met with the Henderson County Chamber of Commerce for a ribbon cutting event on Saturday, April 13th, at their facility on 659 Natchez Trace Drive. Davis thanked the City of Lexington and Henderson County for their assistance in renewed activity and helping Adient “to…

Article by W. Clay Crook- Students gathered around the Air Evac helicopter. Nearby were vehicles from the Tennessee Highway Patrol, the Scotts Hill Police Department, the Henderson County Fire Department and Sheriff’s Department. It wasn’t an emergency, unless of course, you are a high school senior that is torn between career paths, or desperate to…

Article by W. Clay Crook- Captain Jeff Middleton, with the Lexington Police Department, released that Jo C. Borden, age 40 of Savannah, Tennessee, was arrested on the scene of the Tuesday, April 9th, school bus accident that ended with his passenger being airlifted to Vanderbilt Medical Center. The accident, which occurred around 3:00 p.m. on…