Area Breaking News

TVA River Management teams are preparing Valley reservoirs for above normal rainfall which is forecast to continue over the weekend and increase next week. The current forecast for an inch of rainfall through Saturday could ramp up to bring an additional 3-6 inches mostly during the middle of next week. “After record rainfall in 2018,…

U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) said the Senate on Tuesday passed legislation to expand Shiloh National Military Park. They say this will help attract more visitors to Tennessee, boost local economies, and protect the site for future generations. “Learning from the past helps us become better Americans in the future, and…

Tennessee State Parks and community partners are seeking volunteers for the annual Weed Wrangle, a nationwide effort to fight invasive plant species in public parks on Saturday, March 2. Tennessee State Parks and State Natural Areas have partnered with The Garden Club of Nashville and Invasive Plant Control Inc. for this year’s statewide event, with…

Hardin County Director of Schools Michael Davis announced Wednesday afternoon that district schools are closed for the rest of the week due to increasing absenteeism from illness. “Our absentee rate, including those students sent home sick today, is at 16.4 percent. To make matters worse, we have over 30 teachers now out. Because of this,…

An Adamsville High School basketball player was injured in a riotous brawl on the court Tuesday night as a tight game with Scotts Hill High School came to a close. It may be days before an official investigation is concluded, but the injured player’s aunt said 15-year-old Devin Leatherwood is now out of the hospital…

Hardin County Fire Chief Melvin Martin reports that when firefighters went to a local fire station for a tanker truck to respond to an active structure fire Tuesday, they discovered someone had broken into the fire house and stolen the tanker’s batteries and other firefighting tools. “I’m upset, of course, to ever have anything stolen, but…

Due to questions regarding nearby school systems closing because of large numbers of sick students, Hardin County Director of Schools Michael Davis noted Thursday that schools here have so far avoided rampant absenteeism. “We are tracking our absentee rate daily now and until we get through the flu season,” Davis said. “Our policy is to…

A Savannah man “was able to walk away” from a single-vehicle crash Sunday, but his teenage passenger died at the scene, according to the Arkansas State Police. Reported killed in the crash which occurred shortly before 6 a.m. near Colt, Arkansas was Steven Kendrick, 19, of Atoka, Tennessee. The driver, Savannah resident Nicholson Jeffery Sparks,…

A multi-agency drug crime sweep in Hardin County resulted in the arrest of at least 19 suspects Wednesday. The sweep was conducted by heavily armed officers and agents from the Sheriff’s Office, 24th Judicial District Drug Task Force, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Savannah Police Department and U.S. Marshals Service. Hardin County Sheriff Johnny Alexander said the…

Green dumpsters for household garbage are now set up at Nixon’s new convenience center on Hamburg Loop, near the former Nixon Elementary School. There are also specially marked red dumpsters for recyclable materials such as plastics, metal and paper. The mini-dump on county-owned property opened Jan. 18. Due to an overabundance of rain this month,…