Obion County News

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

The murder case against three Obion County men has been sent to a grand jury. KYTN radio reported General Sessions Judge Jimmy Smith bound over the second-degree murder case against Rolie Edmaiston of Union City and brothers Shaun Woodruff and Jeff Woodruff of South Fulton.

Three of nine persons accused of establishing a methamphetamine market in Obion County were sentenced last week in U.S. District Court in Jackson.

From Staff Reports Originally published: October 20. 2009 3:01AM Last modified: October 19.

Tennessee police officers now have more leeway to conduct warrantless searches of the 61,000 Tennesseans on probation or parole, attorneys say.

It was a training exercise for the 101st Airborne Division out of Fort Campbell.

An employee with Obion County Schools cleans tables in the cafeteria between classes.

A small northwestern Tennessee town is preparing for an airborne assault by soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division from Fort Campbell.

Workmen for Coffey Construction of Hickman, Ky., place sandbags on a sediment barrier being built between the Spillway and Kiwanis Park area.

With the rails being one of the most predominant means to ship agricultural and industrial goods, one rail authority is calling on Congressman John Tanner for $18 million in federal funding.

James Henry Lee Fulcher, a resident of Clinton, and formerly from South Fulton, died Aug.

A lot of those who protested Democratic U.S. Rep. John Tanner in his hometown of Union City on Thursday weren't from Obion County, but at least one wasn't even from Tennessee.

Area residents looking for employment will be able to meet with potential employers at a job fair being held Wednesday, August 12 in Obion County.

The blood supply is currently at stable levels, but donations are needed. Blood types O positive and O negative are especially needed.

Engineer Bruce Spaulding shows an illustration of the new Reelfoot Utility and Planning District headquarters.

In Dyer County Circuit Court on June 2: * Robert George Blakemore, 48, 2381 Old Rives Road in Obion, pleaded guilty to identity theft.

On July 7, the Obion County, Tennessee, Election Commission voted to sue the state of Tennessee.

Election officials in northwest Tennessee say state election law has handed counties requirements they can't meet.

By CHRIS MENEES Messenger Staff Reporter The Obion County School Board closed out the fiscal year Friday morning with a called meeting filled with agenda items to end one school year and start the next.

The beetles have invaded Obion County. Not the British kind; the Japanese kind. a oeNot too many years ago, no one knew what Japanese beetles were here in our area,a Obion County University of Tennessee Extension Service office director Tim Smith said.