WASHINGTON, D.C.-Clay County High School student Savanna Strode, representing Tri-County Electric, was among the more than 140 high school juniors from across Tennessee who experienced an in-depth look at our nation’s capital during the 2013 Rural Electric Youth Tour. In … Continue reading →
By THOMAS P. WEAVER, HORIZON Editor CELINA-Safety concerns about Celina’s newest and now busiest intersection continue here and the HORIZON has learned it will be some time before the situation will be addressed despite public outcry and lobbying by city … Continue reading →
By THOMAS P. WEAVER, HORIZON Editor MAPLE GROVE-It actually happened only a short two weeks ago, but the closure of Maple Grove School here had been considered for many long years. Clay County school board members voted 6-4 to close … Continue reading →
MAPLE GROVE-The end of an era has come. Maple Grove School, the smallest public school in the state of Tennessee, will not be welcoming students this fall for the first time in nearly six decades, according to a news release … Continue reading →
CELINA-Willie Kerr received just under 60 percent of the vote in the mayor’s race to win re-election to the city’s top spot here last Tuesday, while only one incumbent was re-elected to the city’s three-man governing body. Kerr received 338 … Continue reading →
By THOMAS P. WEAVER, HORIZON Editor CELINA-It’s not often news from Washington hits home in a small town like it has here lately, but U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander has made sure he’s kept his finger on issues facing the local … Continue reading →
CELINA-The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) Nashville office was the site for a news conference where U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, and officials from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, TWRA, and the Georgia Department of Natural … Continue reading →
WASHINGTON-Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) announced last week that the U.S. Senate passed his legislation that would immediately ban the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from implementing fishing restrictions for two years, the second time in as many days senators have … Continue reading →
CELINA-Carol Sue Collins, Clay County Health Department Office Supervisor here, was recently awarded the Excellence in Promotion Award for the Upper Cumberland Region. Upper Cumberland Regional Health Director Debbie Johnson and local health department director Andy Langford were on hand … Continue reading →
NASHVILLE-City of Celina recorder Kevin Donaldson was among the 175 municipal finance officers who were awarded the Certified Municipal Finance Officers (CMFO) certificate here earlier this year. The program requirements were completed by 216 finance officers, city recorders, city managers … Continue reading →
CELINA-The March meeting of the City of Celina’s board of mayor and alderman resulted in the approval of new equipment purchases and an increase of rates for water line extension work preformed by the city, along with other action, according … Continue reading →
CELINA-The Clay County Commission’s appointment of Anna Ruth Locke to the 3rd District’s seat vacated by the resignation of Wayne Rich headlined the governing body’s April meeting last week, but other important action was also taken, according to recently released … Continue reading →