Area News

Article by W. Clay Crook- Lexington Utilities hosted a Safety Day event at their operations facility on Friday morning, March 25, 2022, with utility partners from as far as Dyersburg attending the event. Tennessee 811 is a non-profit Tennessee corporation established in 1983, whose mission is to act as an advance notification service to operators…

Article by W. Clay Crook- It was a busy day at Amazing Pizza in Lexington and Scotts Hill as they celebrated ribbon cutting events hosted by the Henderson County Chamber of Commerce. Jason and Rebecca Conway, along with their daughter Courtney, are owners of the operation, and were joined by Red McCaskill of Peoples Bank…

Article by W. Clay Crook- Simmons Bank, on West Church Street, celebrated Founders Day on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The come and go event offered snacks and novelties with the Simmons Bank logo. Simmons Bank was founded in 1903, and was celebrating 119 years of service. Bentley DeLoach, Community…

Article by W. Clay Crook- Passers by on West Church Street may have noticed the Lexington Fire Department at the Sonic on Wednesday afternoon, March 23, 2022. According to the report from the Lexington Fire Department, dispatch received a call of a car fire around 3:58 p.m. Seven firefighters responded to the scene, and quickly…

Article by W. Clay Crook- The Henderson County Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting event for Bethel University at the Chamber office on Eastern Shores Drive on Thursday, March 24, 2022. Marty Singleton, Chief Enrollment Officer, said that although Bethel University does not have a campus in Lexington, that Lexington is still an important…

Article by W. Clay Crook- The Lexington Fire Department responded to an uncontrolled burn in the 100 block of Red Oak Circle on Saturday afternoon, March 26, 2022. Nine firefighters responded to the call, which was received around 1:00 p.m. for an uncontrolled yard fire, which had spread next to the connex storage container. The…

Article by W. Clay Crook- Seven-year-old Avery Blankenship became the youngest member of the Henderson County Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, March 24, 2022. Following his front page story in the March 23rd edition of The Lexington Progress and a near viral following on Facebook, Avery has become a local hero and sensation. “I am…

Article by W. Clay Crook- Fellow Rotarian Wharton Smith was the special guest speaker at the March 29, 2022, meeting of the Lexington Rotary Club. Wharton gave a presentation on his Longhorn Bee Farm, which has Longhorn cattle and also bees. He graduated with a degree in finance from the University of Florida in 1979…

Article by W. Clay Crook- Henderson County Sheriff Brian Duke said that a shots fired domestic disturbance call led to a large deployment of officers at an apartment complex in the 18000 block of Highway 22 North on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, around 10:44 a.m. Carlos Demond Cannon, age 36, was arrested for possession of…

Article by W. Clay Crook- One of The Lexington Progress readers caught Sports Editor Blake Franklin and said there was a great photo opportunity at the Guy B. Amis Park playground. It was nearly standing room only, and he said, “You can call it Spring Has Sprung!” Well, the reader was right on the mark.…