4-H News: 4-H Area Project Achievement Day 2019

The Smith County 4-H Demonstration and the Interactive Project Board Contest was held on May 7, 2019, at Hyder Burks Ag Pavilion in Cookeville, Tennessee. Eight 4-H’ers gave demonstrations and ten youth presented their project boards. During the local 4-H club...

2019 Spring Squirrel Season to open May 11

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Tennessee’s 2019 spring hunting season for gray, fox, and red squirrels opens Saturday, May 11 and will continue through Sunday, June 9. The daily bag limit is 10, the same for the fall/winter squirrel season, which is held from late August to the...

Smith County Chamber Corner Show – May 2019

The May 2019 edition of the Smith County Chamber Corner features a full-length recording of the 45th Annual Chamber Banquet at the Smith County Chamber of Commerce, which was held on April 16, 2019. This month’s Chamber Corner also includes an interview with Clay...

Mrs. Violet Kay Pontious

Mrs. Violet Kay Pontious, age 69, of Opossum Hollow Rd in Watertown, TN, passed away Thursday, May 9, 2019. Mrs. Pontious was born September 13, 1949 in Centralia, IL, daughter of the late Granville Matthews and Ellen Bates Matthews. She married Larry Glen Pontious on...