It’s the next-to-last weekend before the new school year starts in Tipton County! Here’s what we’ve got going on: 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟯𝟭 𝗔𝗻 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 The Tipton County Museum celebrates America’s 250th birthday with a 10-round, 10-questions-per-round trivia night. Teams of up to six, refreshments for sale. Tipton County Museum, 751 Bert […]
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COVINGTON – Bystanders are being credited with saving a woman’s life following a fiery wreck at Midway Market IV Thursday morning. The accident happened around 8 a.m. near the intersection of Highway 51 and Church Street. Covington Police Chief Donna Turner said the driver, a woman traveling southbound on Highway 51, appears to have suffered […]
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Fire departments in Tipton County received state grant funding this week, bringing more than $313,000 to local agencies through Tennessee’s Volunteer Firefighter Equipment and Training Grant Program and Rescue Squad Grant Program. Representatives from departments across West Tennessee gathered Tuesday at the Carl Perkins Civic Center in Jackson, where Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance […]
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Long before R. Lee Vann wrote a book about money, he learned his first financial lesson at home. His father never graduated from high school, but Vann remembers him as a man who understood numbers, made careful financial decisions and lived by a simple rule for creditors: “Pay them folks.” “He didn’t necessarily sit down […]
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Tipton County’s early voting turnout for the Aug. 6 primary is running far ahead of the last two comparable election cycles, and it came within a fraction of a percentage point of landing among Tennessee’s 10 fastest-growing counties, according to daily reports from the Tennessee Secretary of State’s Division of Elections. Through the first 10 […]
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The Tipton County Democratic Party will host a meet-and-greet for candidates in the newly redrawn 5th Congressional District on Thursday night. The event gives residents a chance to meet four of the Democrats running in the district’s Aug. 6 primary: Yolanda Cooper-Sutton, Chaz Molder, Carrie Iacomini and Brighton native Devante Hill. Organizers are billing it […]
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