A teacher at Austin Peay Elementary School was arrested and charged with assault May 13, 2026, after a Tipton County Sheriff’s Office investigation found she may have struck a nonverbal pre-kindergarten special education student with a belt and pushed a trash can into the child. Katherine Turnbow had been a teacher at the Tipton County […]
Read MoreLocal Government This Week: May 18-22, 2026
What’s your local government up to this week? Following is a list of the public meetings that are being held. Monday, May 18 The Tipton County Regional Planning Commission will consider a rezoning request for the Turnage Store property Monday night, the most consequential item on a relatively quiet week of local government meetings. The […]
Read More‘It’s time to come home’: CWO3 Marcell Frost honored as May Veteran of the Month
The chairs were full before the ceremony even began. Family, old friends, city officials and fellow veterans packed the Tipton County Museum Tuesday night. The mayor of Covington was there. So was State Rep. Debra Moody, former alderwoman Minnie Bommer, current aldermen John Edwards and Jean Johnson, and commanders from the VFW and the American […]
Read MoreHonoring Tipton County’s fallen officers
Every May, during National Police Week, Tipton County pauses to remember those who gave their lives in service to this community. Eight law enforcement officers — spanning more than a century of duty — are honored at the annual Peace Officers Memorial Service hosted by the Tipton County Sheriff’s Office. What follows is an account […]
Read MoreTipton To-Do List: May 15-17, 2026
Before we get to the fun, we want to take a moment to celebrate something big: it’s graduation weekend in Tipton County, and we couldn’t be prouder! (Shout out to Caleb and Sadie at TRA, William at BHS, Ryder in Denver, Colo., and Hayden in Gloucester, Va., our family’s 2026 grads!)Tipton Rosemark Academy held its […]
Read MoreTipton To-Do List: May 15-17, 2026
Before we get to the fun, we want to take a moment to celebrate something big: it’s graduation weekend in Tipton County, and we couldn’t be prouder! (Shout out to Caleb and Sadie at TRA, William at BHS, Ryder in Denver, Colo., and Hayden in Gloucester, Va., our family’s 2026 grads!) Want to skip down […]
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