A Humboldt man is facing 10 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
U.S. Attorney for West Tennessee Michael Dunavant says 25-year-old Taylor Cunningham was sentenced this week in a Jackson federal court to 120 months in federal prison followed by three years supervised release.
There is no parole in the […]
The Martin Police Department is providing a report on Thursday’s high-speed chase which involved Kentucky and Tennessee authorities.
Assistant Chief Phillip Fuqua says the pursuit was initiated in Kentucky in reference to the driver being wanted in Fulton County, Illinois for Aggravated Battery to a Police Officer.
The chased ended on the Highway 22 entrance ramp near […]
Beth VanCleave will continue to serve on the Weakley County Commission after winning the District 7 County Commission race Thursday.
Miss VanCleave, the Republican candidate, received 445 votes to Independent candidate Whitney Stover’s 202 in the only contested race in the Weakley County General Election.
Beth VanCleave was appointed by the Weakley County Commission in January to […]
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating a multi-state high-speed chase that ended Thursday afternoon in Martin with a suspect being airlifted from the scene.
Unconfirmed reports say the incident began in Evansville, Indiana with the chase moving through Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
The chase moved south from South Fulton to Martin, with the suspect turning around at […]
UT Martin will play an abbreviated 2020 conference-only soccer schedule, beginning on Thursday, September 17.
The OVC Board of Presidents reiterated its intention for the Conference to commence competition this fall if the facts surrounding the pandemic support it back on July 22 and formulated a new conference-only schedule.
The delay will provide each campus additional time […]
Tennessee’s state veterinarian is advising livestock owners to look out for signs of a disease that has affected horses, cattle, and other animals in Midwest states.
State Veterinarian Samantha Beaty says vesicular stomatitis virus, or VSV, has not yet entered Tennessee, but it has sickened livestock in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma.
Officials say VSV primarily […]
Funeral services for Thomas Sidney Johnson, age 83, of Dresden, will be Saturday at 2:00 at Bowlin Funeral Home in Dresden.
Burial will be in the Parham Cemetery in Martin.
Visitation will be Saturday from 12:30 until service time at the funeral home.
Incoming Westview senior kicker JT Carver will be kicking on The Hill next season after announcing his commitment to the University of Tennessee.
Carver announced Wednesday night on Twitter that he was “100% committed to the University of Tennessee.”
The offer from the Vols came on July 30 following the announcement that Carver was ranked #14 nationally […]
A former FBI fugitive is back in Tennessee after escaping from the Turney Center Industrial Prison 36 years ago.
Tennessee Department of Correction spokesperson Tylee Tracer says 77-year-old Lohman Ray Mays, Jr. was recaptured in Wyoming in 1985 and has since been serving a federal sentence for bank robbery.
Mays was returned to Tennessee this week to […]
