Ridgely News

Budget issues were front and center as the Lake County Commission held its last regular meeting of the fiscal year Monday night, and county mayor Macie Roberson gave hints that the financial situation here could be better than in surrounding counties.

Ridgely will celebrate its 100th birthday with a four-day bash that includes exhibits, fireworks, a carnival, barbecue contest, tractor and four-wheeler pull and much, much more.

In Dyer County Circuit Court on April 27-28: * Jerry Lee Fortner, 27, 624 Forrest St., was not prosecuted on a charge of assault.

Taylor Callens has three belts, nine victories and an eye on a pro career in Mixed Martial Arts .

The current heat wave may have been a factor in a structure fire at Ridgely that heavily damaged a home on Dillard Street Sunday evening.

A Reelfoot Lake man facing four felony counts was found guilty of two misdemeanor charges following a one day jury trial in Lake County Circuit Court last Wednesday.

The Lake County Sheriffa s Department has made an arrest in what officers described as a rash of burglaries in the Reelfoot Lake area last week.

A large shed at the Mildred Armstrong residence just south of Ridgely was destroyed by fire Tuesday afternoon - another indirect victim of the January ice storm.

The All School Reunion set for September 26 at Lake County High School is shaping up as a weekend for dozens, if not hundreds, of Lake County, Ridgely, Lincoln and Tiptonville High School graduates to return home.

Two Lake County men died in less than a 24 hour period as the result of what officers, at least initially, believe were self-inflicted gunshot wounds.

John Green of Tiptonville makes a cast on Ferry Road. Six of the seven gates in the Mississippi River levee system protecting Lake County are closed and a coalition of city and county agencies and private individuals were working Tuesday to close the seventh and final one as a river crest of 51a was predicted for yesterday.

The Lake County Banner is authorized to announce the candidacy of Danny Armstrong for re-election to the office of alderman in the June 4, Tiptonville city election.

The Lake County Rescue Squad is ready for storm season with new equipment and 18 trained weather observers following a week of training completed in March.

There will be changes at two of the three Lake County school campuses next school year with high school principal Debra Holliman moving to the central office staff.

The American Red Cross has announced two dates for blood donors to participate in the April blood drive in Lake County.

The Lake County Commission unanimously appointed Shane Hamilton to the vacant seat on the school board at Monday night's regular monthly meeting.

The fourth Annual Quake Lake Classic will be held atTiptonville and Ridgely on April 17 - 19.

The city of Dyersburg has played a huge part in the monumental clean-up of the ice storm in Lake County, loaning both manpower and machinery in the clean-up effort.

Officers from a number of law enforcement agencies made a return trip to the scene of a major drug raid and arrest in February and discovered drugs and cash for the second time in less than three weeks.

Coming on the heels of the worst ice storm in a century, Lake County and Northwest Tennessee were battered by winds topping 60 miles per hour for much of last Wednesday, Feb.