2017 free fishing day to be held Saturday, June 10

Jun 1, 2017 | Home Page Featured, News

The 2017 Free Fishing Day is Saturday, June 10 when anyone may fish free without a license in Tennessee’s public waters. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency provides the annual free day in hopes of increasing interest in fishing. The day allows anyone the...

Highway 25 will remain closed; Scheduled to re-open on or before August 1

Jun 1, 2017 | Home Page Featured, News

Roadway will be re-opened on or before August 1, 2017 CARTHAGE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Department of Transportation has closed SR 25 in Carthage at the site of a rockfall mitigation project. Deterioration on the bluff has made the area unsafe for traffic through the...

UPDATE: Highway 25 closed until further notice following a vehicle being struck by falling debris

Jun 1, 2017 | Home Page Featured, News

UPDATE: 6/1/17 1:30pm. Highway 25 is estimated to remained closed for 60-90 days. Details are being finalized to put detours in place for tractor-trailer trucks. More information to come. (Smith County Insider Press) Carthage, Tenn. – On Tuesday afternoon, May...

Read to be Ready Grant Will Serve Two Summer Camps in Smith County

Jun 1, 2017 | Home Page Featured, News

Carthage Elementary and Gordonsville Elementary have been announced as two recipients of The Read to be Ready Summer Grant, according to the State Department of Education. They are two of 212 grant recipients across the state for this grant. Grant writers, Holly...

Mr. Bill Reynolds

Jun 1, 2017 | Obituaries

  Mr. Bill Reynolds, age 80, of Grant died Monday afternoon, May 29, at St. Thomas Midtown in Nashville. He is survived by: children, Debbie Elton and husband Terry of Grant, Donnie Reynolds and wife Tammy of Brush Creek, Cindy Lourcey and husband Burt of...

Mr. Kenneth “Q-Ball” McCarter

Jun 1, 2017 | Obituaries

Mr. Kenneth “Q-Ball” McCarter, age 75 of Hartsville, TN passed away Friday morning, May 26, 2017. Mr. Kenneth McCarter was born March 14, 1942, the son of the late Dewey Elmore and Nellie Josie Evans McCarter. Also preceding him in death are his brothers, Harold,...

Ms. Angel Summer Brawner

Jun 1, 2017 | Obituaries

Ms. Angel Summer Brawner, age 31, passed away on Saturday, May 20, 2017. Ms. Brawner was born April 7, 1986 in Carthage, TN, the daughter of Timothy Joe Gibbs and Cynthia Jean Sutton. She was a 2004 graduate of Red Boiling Springs High School. Ms. Brawner is survived...

Speeding violation leads to drug arrest on Dixon Springs Highway

Jun 1, 2017 | Home Page Featured, News

(Smith County Insider Press) — A Kentucky man was arrested during a traffic stop on Dixon Springs Highway Saturday, May 20. Deputy Wilfredo Robles of the Smith County Sheriff’s Office was patrolling along Dixon Springs Highway when he observed and clocked...