Republican congressional candidate Charlie Hatcher will meet with Tipton County residents Sunday, July 12, during a Meet & Greet event hosted by Turner Angus Farm. The event is set for 5:30 p.m. at 520 Kenny Lane in Covington, the site of Turner Angus Farm’s wood-fired pizza barn. Free pizza will be available, and the event […]
Read MorePaper Folds’ Candidate Forum is tonight
More than a dozen candidates running for eight offices on the Aug. 6 ballot will take the stage tonight at the Ruffin Theatre in Covington for the first Tipton County Candidate Forum hosted by Paper Folds News. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The forum begins at 7 p.m. and is free and open to the […]
Read MoreTipton County Democrats to host District 8 Congressional Candidate Forum on July 9
The Tipton County Democratic Party will host a candidate forum for Tennessee’s 8th Congressional District on July 9 Four candidates are confirmed to appear: Gordon Bryan, Jordan Hinders, Heidi Kuhn and the Rev. Leonard Perkins. The forum will be moderated by Nathan Higdon, vice chairman of the Tennessee Democratic Party. About the Candidates Gordon Bryan […]
Read MoreLove y’all: After 33 years, Dr. John Combs is going home
The day after the tornadoes hit in 2023, when Covington was still sorting through what it had lost, Dr. John Combs got on the phone with parents. Two schools were gone. A section of town was damaged. Someone had died. He told parents he’d work with them, that attendance during recovery wasn’t something anyone needed […]
Read MoreHe didn’t make the middle school team, but Branden Scott just signed to play in college
The way Branden Scott tells it, there was never really a question of what he was going to do after he didn’t make the middle school soccer team. He had one thing to say to the coach who cut him – he’d made a mistake – and saying so set off a chain of events […]
Read MoreMore than a thousand Tipton Countians have lost food stamp benefits in the past year
A year ago, 1 in 10 Tipton Countians received help buying groceries. Today, it is 1 in 12. That shift represents 1,058 people who lost access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program between April 2025 and April 2026, according to official monthly reports from the Tennessee Department of Human Services reviewed by Paper Folds News. […]
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