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Girls High School Basketball: Lady Tigers stay unbeaten
SELMER - Middleton is becoming a team known for last minute drama. The Lady Tigers won in the final 23 seconds Tuesday night, and Middleton grabbed its first lead of the game with 23 seconds left on Wednesday as the Lady Tigers stayed a perfect 11-0 defeating McNairy 42-40 in the finale of the McNairy Central Christmas Classic in Selmer. Comment?
Swine flu not as catching as other pandemic strains
... James King, chairman of the American Academy of Family Physicians' board of directors and a family medicine doctor in Selmer, Tenn. "Most of the people I'm seeing are people under 20, mostly kids." Nearly three-fourths of households in the study ... Comment?
Girls High School Basketball: Middleton upsets Hardin County
SELMER - Middleton girls basketball coach James Burkley chooses to shave his head bald, but if he has too many more game like the one Tuesday in Selmer at the McNairy Central Christmas Classic, he won't have to choose. Comment?
SBBI lays off employees
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... a more than 70-mile round trip each day to work a maintenance position at Summit-Brantley, was laid off from a job in Selmer earlier this year. While he couched that he was trying not to be mean, he said that the Summit-Brantley layoffs might not ... Comment?
SBBI workers protest, allege spotty pay
... in Lexington had not paid him in a few weeks, owing him about $1,500. Keele said he was laid off from a job in Selmer earlier this year. 'It's just destroyed' everything, said Keele, who said he has commuted more than 70 miles per day to the job ... Comment?
Local Boxing: 13 advance to Silver Gloves Regional next month
... Brandon Smith (75 lbs.) and De'Undre Smith (85 lbs.). Three others from West Tennessee also advanced. They were Selmer's Eric Moore (130 lbs.), Henderson's Westley Hall (185 lbs.) and Paris' Clint Phifer (201 lbs.). Johnson City had four winners ... Comment?
The uneven hand of justice in TN murders
... also involved her husband's extramarital affairs. Mary Winkler's husband, Matthew, was a Church of Christ minister in Selmer in West Tennessee. In 2006, while he was in bed, she confronted him with a shotgun in an effort to discuss their marriage. ... 3 comments
President Announces Funds for Community Health Centers, PCMH Pilot Project
... Heim; (then) AAFP President Ted Epperly, M.D., of Boise, Idaho; and former AAFP Board Chair Jim King, M.D., of Selmer, Tenn., met privately with President Obama in the Oval Office before attending a gathering on health care reform with a number of ... Comment?
Local briefs: Sentencing; Cemetery thefts; Assault rifle; Selmer...
... said police are still investigating the burglary and have no suspect information at this time. Fire causes damage to Selmer apartments A fire in one apartment led to smoke and water damage to three other units in Selmer, according to Fire Chief ... Comment?
High school basketball: Liberty girls escape with win
SELMER - Steve Poindexter put together a tough early season schedule for his Liberty girls basketball team, and it showed its value on Tuesday night when the Lady Crusaders escaped McNairy Central High School with a 44-41 win Liberty finished the game on a 7-2 run to complete its late comeback. Comment?
Attorneys for Bartlett woman on death row seek more filing time
... Groseclose. Winkler served less than a year for the 2006 shotgun slaying of her husband, Rev. Matthew Winkler of Selmer. Groseclose was sentenced to death for the 1977 contract killing of his wife, Deborah Groseclose. His sentence was reduced to ... Comment?
Pray for the troops, reach out to families
... Iraq. Those soldiers are based in 45 cities across the state. West Tennessee is well represented: Henderson, Milan, Selmer, McKenzie, Parsons, Huntingdon and Humboldt are among those 45 cities. Soldiers also are being deployed from the 1171st ... Comment?
... the Knoxville-based 278th left Tennessee for Mississippi on Sunday, including soldiers from Henderson, Milan, Selmer, McKenzie, Parsons, Huntingdon and Humboldt. "Our primary mission is protection for a lot of different things," said Capt. Scott ... Comment?
Sidelines: Local sports announcements
... For more information or to register, call Brad Goss at (731) 881-7337 or by e-mail at bgoss@utm.edu. BASKETBALL SELMER - There will be an alumni game between Adamsville and McNairy Central on Dec. 12 at McNairy Central High School. Coach Lott and ... Comment?
Visiting Lady Chargers Give Bulldogs Big Scare Thursday
... 24-19 at halftime. North used a 16-8 run to pull the margin close at the half. Senior Melissa White, a move-in from Selmer, Tenn., and senior Jill Hammersmith, led the surge with six points apiece. White opened the second half with a 3-pointer and ... Comment?
Girls High School Basketball: Bodiford leads Bobcats over Madison
SELMER - With both teams looking for leadership and experience, McNairy Central might have found it in sophomore Chelsea Bodiford as the Lady Bobcats defeated Madison 79-61 Thursday. Comment?
Enville woman charged in husband's death
An Enville area woman faces charges in connection with a house fire Nov. 3. Melissa R. Cole, 41, of 5078 Hardin Graveyard Road in northern McNairy County, is being held at the McNairy County Justice Center in Selmer. Comment?
Craft fair this weekend in McNairy County
... and crafters will have the opportunity to showcase and market their items and interests. The fair is held at the Selmer Civic Center, 130 N. 5th Street. The fair is from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. Items to be shown and ... Comment?
Wife charged with murder, arson in husband's death
... the Nov. 2 death of Gary Cole at the couple's home near Enville. Melissa Cole was held in the McNairy County Jail in Selmer in lieu of $500,000 bond. Sheriff Ricky Roten said firefighters found Gary Cole's body after responding to a call to the ... Comment?
McNairy County's Patty Kiddy is TN Teacher of the Year
... County elementary schoolteacher has been named Tennessee's Teacher of the Year . Patty Kiddy teaches first grade at Selmer Elementary School in Selmer. According to a release from the state Education Department, colleagues describe her as ... Comment?