Camden News

Chad Douglas, a teacher at Camden Elementary School, volunteered his time to do face painting at the Bank of Camden fish fry.

Victoria Christine Taubr and Jared Dale Claypool would like to announce their engagement and approaching marriage.

A Fourth of July fish fry will be held Saturday at the Bank of Camden, 180 U.S. 641 North.

Gravel trucks and heavy equipment line the roadway in front of The Camden Chronicle on Monday as workers apply blacktop to the rough road surface.

The Camden Chronicle is extremely proud to present its brand new Readers Choice Awards for 2009 in this special section devoted to the best of Benton County as voted on by the readers of Benton Countys 119-year-old newspaper.

Two people were arrested Tuesday in Benton County in a methamphetamine investigation.

A woman in Camden, Tenn., kept breaking out in an itchy rash and developed inexplicable kidney problems.

The Benton County Commission met in regular session on Monday night. After the meeting was called to order the citizens forum was opened to the citizens who wished to speak.

The Benton County Sheriff's Department has charged three people in the robbery of a convenience store in February, according to Sheriff Tony King.

The city council met in regular session on Monday evening with all members present.

Habitat for Humanity is building its second house here in Camden. The rafters were raised and the exterior walls have been put up.

It is with deep sadness and regret that Magic Valley Publishing says good-bye to one of its own.

Summer has finally arrived and the kids are joyfully out of school. This means sleeping late, hanging out at the swimming pool, and riding bicycles.

Memorial services for Mary Jo Mitchell, of Camden, age 53, were held Friday, May 29, at 6 p.m. at Cowells Chapel United Methodist Church with Eulas Greer officiating.

A Camden man was killed Thursday night in single-car accident in Benton County. Travis Hampton, 65, died after his car ran into a rock embankment off U.S. 461 about three miles south of Camden, according to an accident report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

With John Whitworth getting elected to the position of General Sessions Judge the County Commission appointed Al Ward to serve as their advisor.

Dennis Richardson/The Camden Chronicle VETERANS MEMORIAL PLANS-A display outlining plans for a new Veterans Memorial at the Benton Conty Industrial Park in Camden made its first stop at the Camden Church of Christ Sunday.

Get ready for the dirt to fly June 12 and 13 when a truck and tractor pull is scheduled for Jackson's Fairgrounds Park, 800 S. Highland Ave.

Christopher Baker of Camden, Tn., is learning the hard way how expensive those laptop internet cards can be when you have no wifi available.

You can call him 'Your Honor' now. Camden lawyer John Whitworth, of Whitworth Law Firm, was sworn in Friday afternoon as Benton County's new General Sessions and Juvenile Court judge.