Dresden News

Getting the ball rolling on a long-standing hot topic, the City of Dresden Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted to proceed with getting bids on the demolition of the Bay Bee Shoe Company building Tuesday night.

Dresden, TN- A jury decided a nurse and local hospital are not at fault in the death of a Tennessee-Martin college student.

While putting off a formal announcement, Senate Democratic Leader Jim Kyle of Memphis has filed the necessary paperwork with the Registry of Election Finance to collect and spend money as a candidate for governor.

With a new face at the helm of the Weakley County election office, the commission had plenty to talk about during a meeting held Tuesday afternoon in Dresden.

A Jackson man was injured in a shooting Saturday night at a local motel and will face criminal charges after he is released from the hospital.

A measure has failed this session that would delay starting a new Tennessee law that requires a paper trail from voting machines.

Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett presented Tennessee Election Commission Chairman Jimmy Wallace, of Madison County, with the National Association of Secretaries of State Medallion.

A highly decorated military retiree and Dresden native has filled a new responsibility working with the United States Navy.

The Ned R. McWherter Mon-ument Commission announced the start of fund-raising efforts to honor the former governor with a life-size bronze statue to be placed at the Weakley County Courthouse in Dresden.

Three Weakley County men have been arrested on drug charges after authorities found components for making methamphetamine in their possession, according to a news release from the Weakley County Sheriff's Department.

Familiar faces in new places. Nell Scott, with more than 40 years of service to the Weakley County Press, has been named office manager, while five-year newsroom veteran Sabrina Bates assumes her new role as news editor.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The state Senate is expected to vote soon on whether to delay starting a new Tennessee law that requires a paper trail from voting machines.

During a unique ceremony held Sunday afternoon at the Martin Recreation Complex, members of the national organization Patriot Warriors stopped in Martin to pay tribute to Gold Star families from across Middle and West Tennessee.

A recovering methamphetamine addict who uses his story of attempted suicide as a one-man anti-drug campaign will kick off the Mississippi Association of Drug Court Professionals annual conference Wednesday in Natchez.

After retaining two prominent lobbyists, the Cherokee Nation won a tentative victory in the Tennessee Legislature on Tuesday.

A Tennessee Senate panel has advanced a bill to allow lawmakers running for governor to raise campaign money during the legislative session.

By coming together and acting quickly, the City of Dresden saw disaster averted when a storm caused a widespread loss of phone and Internet service this past weekend.

Stormy conditions and blinding rain on Friday left county roads flooded while a lightning strike managed to take out the entire phone circuit in the city of Dresden, Latham and Palmersivlle.

Former Gov. Ned McWherter says a statue of him in his hometown of Dresden is fine with him, as long as taxpayers don't have to fund it.

About 3,000 customers of Frontier Telephone may be without service until Tuesday, May 5, 2009, because of a lightning strike.