Brownsville News

BROWNSVILLE - Dozens of people heard details and asked questions about a planned West Tennessee solar farm at a meeting at the Haywood County Courthouse Thursday night.

A near standing-room only crowd gathered Nov. 11 in the Henderson City Hall, Veterans Day, to honor those that served in the military.

After 17 years as a materials handler with Maytag, Duwana Smith found herself unemployed and uninsured when the company closed its Milan plant in August 2008.

A three-day shopping mart in Brownsville will be held this weekend. "Holiday in Haywood" will feature more than 20 retail and specialty merchants who will offer a variety of items for holiday gift-giving, according to a news release.

Ladies dressed in red carry bags of shoes - high heels, slingbacks, Mary Janes, ballet flats and ankle boots.

Robert Matthews III calls the barbershop "the man's last country club." Matthews, known by many as Third, recently opened Front Street Barbershop at 116 Front Street in the town's historical district.

A Tennessee Highway Patrol officer and former Brownsville fire chief has been appointed as Brownsville's new chief of police.

The City Council will vote Tuesday on a proposed $15,000 settlement with a female Jackson police officer who accused a supervisor of sexual harassment in a complaint filed last year with the Tennessee Human Rights Commission.

Two weeks from Monday, Gill Kendrick will trade his current office for one a short drive east on Interstate 40.

Tennessee gubernatorial candidate Bill Haslam continued to show his support for the West Tennessee Megasite on Tuesday by spending the rainy afternoon touring the site while discussing the recruitment of industry and finding funding for needed infrastructure.

Wednesday headlines in The Jackson Sun will include the following stories: HENDERSON COUNTY FATALITY: A Jackson man died this morning after his car hit a bridge and then struck a car in Henderson County, according to a Tennessee Highway Patrol report.

Three men were sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Jackson for their part in frauds contributing to the 2002 failure of the Bank of Alamo.

BROWNSVILLE - The wedding day can't get here soon enough for two Brownsville nursing home residents brought together in the wake of recent tragedies.

A proposal by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation could change how local governments meet a 20 percent reduction rate in solid waste going to landfills and include increased penalties for not meeting the standards.

A Brownsville man apologized Tuesday to the family of two Maury City brothers shot during an armed robbery in 2003.

People who live there said that's a lot of work, and a lot of hope, for a town that needs a bit of both.

They came by bus and car loads. Supporters brought banners that read: JOBS YES! The opposition brought their arguments as to why the state should not provide $40 million in funding for a nearly 1,700-acre area megasite located in Haywood County.

The state plans to delay a funding consideration for the Haywood County megasite pending further review of the site's configuration.

Brownsville police have charged two men in the shooting death of 78-year-old Daniel Bradford.

Seventeen people have applied for the top position at the Jackson Police Department, including nine from within the department, four local men and four people from out-of-state. Monday was the last day to turn in applications for the chief of police position vacated by Chief Rick Staples last month.