Humphreys County News

Philip Landiss has joined BFS Insurance Group as a producing agent, managing partner David Fish announced.

The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for northern Benton County, western Houston County, western Humphreys County and Stewart County until 1:30 p.m. At 12:39 p.m. radar indicated a severe thunderstorm capable of producing damaging winds in excess of 60 mph.

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Gov. Phil Bredesen announced the federal government has approved his request for disaster assistance for Humphreys County following severe weather on April 10.

At Mondays commission meeting commissioners heard from candidates who wished to be considered for the fourth district seat that was vacated by Perry Hensley.

Directors and employees from Tennessee's electric cooperatives traveled to Nashville in March to meet with their legislators at the state Capitol.

A Humphreys County woman was killed Tuesday in a four-vehicle accident on Interstate 40 in Haywood County.

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Several school systems in Middle Tennessee have recently cancelled classes due to widespread illness.

The clean-up crew was called to 300 Depriest Road on Thursday to remove hazardous products after the Sheriff's Department found a methamphetamine laboratory.

Funeral services for Noah David Daniel, 72, of Dickson, will be held Wednesday, Jan.

The citys large water and sewer projects are still in the planning stages, with Humphreys County offering the eligibility of their $500,000 grant.

TRENTON - A Gibson County committee will study the viability of the county's court system in Humboldt.

If you have not yet applied for the federally funded digital TV converter box coupon, then you'll have to get in line.

Two weeks after a massive coal ash spill in East Tennessee, the state is monitoring problems at all TVA plants in Tennessee.

The Tennessee Valley Authority said its plants are safe. A week after a massive coal ash spill in East Tennessee, the nation's largest government-owned utility is now evaluating all of its plants.

Photo by Lee Wilmot, TWRA Alan Jones was selected by Shikar-Safari Club International as its Tennessee Wildlife Officer of the Year for 2008.

With snow showers falling across much of Rutherford County on Monday, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Nashville said colder temperatures are quickly approaching the mid-state. ...

Sales were up in Dickson, and nationwide, on "Black Friday," according to a national report.