Lake County News

The Lake County Historical Society will meet on Tuesday, July 28 at 3 p.m. with a special guest speaker, Mr.

A former Lake County High School teacher and cheerleader coach who was charged with the aggravated statutory rape of a student was granted pre-trial diversion in Lake County Circuit Court last Tuesday.

The Lake County Banner won three awards in the annual state press contests, including Jessica Wallacea s eye-catching photo of LCHS freshman standout Rafael Tylera s lay-up that won second place among Best Sports Photos in Division I . Other Banner awards included third place in Best News Photo by Evan Jones for a page one photo in which rescue ...

Lake County voters will be using the current computer voting machines for the big August, 2010 election.

This illegal contraband was intended for a Tennessee Department of Corrections inmate who was at the Lake County courthouse for a criminal case.

A former teacher accused in the aggravated statutory rape of a student was granted pretrial diversion Tuesday in Lake County Circuit Court.

A Dyersburg couple was arrested after a Tennessee Department of Corrections officer discovered seven ounces of marijuana and eight cell phones hidden under a sink at the Lake County Courthouse Tuesday.

Donna Southerland of Hornbeak catches crappie at Spillway. The on-again, off-again, often delayed and seemingly interminable Spillway replacement project at Reelfoot Lake took a major step forward this week with Dement Construction of Jackson, Tennessee being the apparent low bidder at $19,904,421.64. Roger Lewis, project manager for the Tennessee ...

A United States district judge in Memphis dismissed a lawsuit to stop the Cates Landing port project in a ruling issued on June 9. U.S. District Judge Samuel H. Mays, Jr., granted a motion to dismiss the suit for failure to state a claim.

This is the ninth and next to last in a series taken from "A History of Tennessee" published by The Goodspeed Publishing Company in Nashville in 1887.

This is the eighth in a series taken from "A History of Tennessee" published by The Goodspeed Publishing Company in Nashville in 1887.

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 new LifeBeat Family Resource Center on Church Street in Tiptonville was nothing more than a concrete slab less than two weeks ago.

This is the seventh in a series taken from "A History of Tennessee" published by The Goodspeed Publishing Company in Nashville in 1887.

Tiptonville voters will choose a mayor and six aldermen in the June 4 city election on Thursday.

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.

The 12th annual Lake County Relay for Life will be held on Friday, May 29 at the high school oval with opening ceremonies to begin at 6 p.m. Survivor registration begins at 5:45 p.m. The event will close following the always inspiring luminary service at 10 p.m. This yeara s entertainment will include local favorites such as Angela Hollowell ...

This is the sixth in a series taken from "A History of Tennessee" published by The Goodspeed Publishing Company in Nashville in 1887.

The Mississippi River levee system in Lake County will be resurfaced through a $1.5 million construction project administered by the Corps of Engineers.

NASHVILLE - Up to twice the normal rainfall has soaked Tennessee fields and resulting flooding has a lot of cropland under water, delaying field work and pushing back spring planting statewide.