Troy News

Residents of the CDS Parker group home in South Fulton, front row from left, Sloan McCalla, Dante Snead, James Rhodes, Ray Goodloe, David Nash, Brian Dollar and Brian Lyle, stand with Diamond Rio's Jimmy Olander, Dana Williams, Dan Truman, Gene Johnson, Brian Prout and Marty Roe.

Sheriff's deputies said someone broke into Hillcrest School in Troy October 29, pilfered through the cafeteria and stole food and computer equipment.

Dyersburg police investigators believe this male suspect used a stolen credit card to purchase a flat screen television at the Wal-Mart in Dyersburg.

An investigation into the weekend loss of two major businesses in Troy - E.W. James Supermarket and Dollar General Store - to a fire of unknown origins continues.

TROY - Fire officials are investigating a blaze that destroyed two businesses in northwest Tennessee and temporarily trapped some people.

Banjo pickin' Thursday night at The Arts Center of Cannon County, Leroy Troy will deliver a strong old-time banjo performance in the tradition of Uncle Dave Macon, Grandpa Jones and Stringbean.

The arrival of about 150 soldiers from Fort Campbell on Wednesday became somewhat of a spectacle for this rural northwest Tennessee town of only 1,200. The soldiers assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team and 101st Combat Aviation Brigade used Troy, located about 10 miles from Union City, as a training site.

TROY, Tenn. - A random passerby would have thought marshal law had been declared in this small, rural Tennessee town.

TROY, Tenn. - A couple hundred Trojans watched from the sidelines today as members of the 101st Airborne Division air assaulted into their town.

Officers spent part of Monday in various parts of the city preparing for that mission, one they're calling "Operation Diomedes," a take on ancient mythological warrior Diomedes.

Congressman John Tanner was the guest speaker at Tuesday's Dyersburg/Dyer County Chamber of Commerce luncheon.

A short trip down Manchester Highway, just past Joe B. Jackson Parkway, sits Gordon's Market, a store with a new splash of color.

From AP, staff reports Storms which moved through the state Tuesday left many without electrical power.

About 2,600 Gibson Electric Membership Corp. customers in and around Troy, Hornbeak and Wynnburg were experiencing outages as of about 1 p.m., according to a news release.

Haz-mat crews worked through the evening cleaning up about 3,000 gallons of ethanol that leaked from an overturned tractor-trailer tanker about 9:40 a.m. Tuesday.

By JOHN BRANNON Messenger Staff Reporter Following a mule and plow at Cloverdale.

Native son and local attorney Jimmy Smith of Troy was elected by the Obion County Commission today to serve as the temporary replacement for outgoing General Sessions Judge Raymond Morris of Union City.

Over a two-week campaign, Sudsy's Car Wash's Community Partnership Program raised $3,000 for the local American Red Cross to help in tornado relief efforts in Murfreesboro.