Area News

Article by Steve Corlew- The Lexington City School Board approve the 2022-23 budget Tuesday night, June 8, 2022 without any increase in funding from Lexington City government. The $8,057,324 budget was approved on a 6-0 vote with board member Carl Cooley absent. The board also approved the 2022-23 salary schedule on a 6-0 vote. According…

Article by Steve Corlew- The Lexington Planning Commission approved a request for a new communications tower for the Henderson County Fire Department, Monday night June 13, 2022. Henderson County Fire Chief Lynn Murphy said the tower will provide emergency backup and redundancy to the current communication system at the Henderson County Justice Center. In December…

Article by Steve Corlew- The Parkers Crossroads city commissioners approved the city’s 2022-2023 budget, Thursday, June 2, 2022. The first reading of the $596,000 general fund budget was approved by Mayor Kenneth Kizer, Vice Mayor Jamie Simonton, and commissioner Tony Hardee. The state street aid fund was $37,600. The city uses its portion of state…

Article by Steve Corlew- The Executive Director of the Henderson County Chamber of Commerce, Melissa Gilbert updated Lexington Rotary Club members on the activities of the Chamber during the club’s weekly meeting, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Among the latest project, the Chamber has partnered with the Tennessee Department of Tourism to make sure Google information…

Article by Steve Corlew- With the unpredictability of gas prices city, and county governments are working to approve budgets, without raising taxes. Since 2020, the average price of gas has risen from $1.88 per gallon in December 2020 to $4.63 per gallon in Tennessee according to GasBuddy.com. “We have asked our employees to cut back…

Article by Steve Corlew- For only the third time in 138-year history of The Lexington Progress, the newspaper has new owners. The paper was purchased by Mirror-Exchange, Inc., owned by Scarlet Elliot and Victor Parkins, second generation newspaper publishers. Their parents, Bob and Dorris Parkins started the Mirror-Exchange in Milan in 1966. The company also…

Article by Steve Corlew- While the re-opening of Tennessee 22 South helping relieve the congestion caused by the detour, one business is seeing a new problem. The highway had been closed for the construction at the intersection of the new State Route 459 and Tennessee 22 South. The bypass with U.S. 412 and Tennessee 22…

Article by Blake Franklin- The Henderson County Grand Jury met on Friday, June 3, 2022, and handed down 66 true bills of indictment. This number also included 10 sealed indictments. There were also 3 no billed indictments: • Lennie O. Anderson, Jr., Possession of Schedule I – Heroine, Possession of Schedule II – Fentanyl, Driving…

Article by Steve Corlew- State Education Commissioner, Penny Schwinn, visited Westover School, Friday June 3, 2022, as part of the Accelerating TN 2022 Tour. The stop was part of the tour which spanned 50 school districts over the course of three weeks to highlight summer learning opportunities. According to Casey McDaniel, the District Academic Coach…

Article by Steve Corlew- If you are a gearhead, you will not want to miss the 28th Hot Rod Power Tour which will be traveling down U.S. 412 on Tuesday, June 14th, 2022. Last year over 3,500 cars of all types participated in the event.  This year’s route will begin at Liberty Park in Memphis…