2011 Year in Review State tourney run, HOF formation, mother nature, and a future schools director change make top five By THOMAS P. WEAVER HORIZON Editor CLAY COUNTY-With the release of President Barack Obama’s federal budget for the 2012 fiscal year … Continue reading →
HERMITAGE SPRINGS-The 2011 4-H Public Speaking contest was hosted here recently and students from Maple Grove, Celina K-8, and Hermitage Springs participated after a greeting from school Principal Cherry Ann Denton, who stressed the importance of being a good public … Continue reading →
CLAY COUNTY-The Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency (UCHRA) is reminding residents here they can provide transportation service to Drivers Service Centers in order to assist them in acquiring new voter photo identification cards. Voters in Clay County may call their … Continue reading →
UPDATE: Game rescheduled for February 4, 2012 CELINA-A basketball contest for men and women alumni of Hermitage Springs High School, Celina High School, and Clay County High School will take place here Saturday, January 7, 2012 at the Clay County … Continue reading →
Nashville-The Tennessee Division of Forestry has quarantined the counties of Claiborne, Grainger, Knox, Loudon, Blount and Sevier from wood removal due to the Emerald Ash borer; the counties of Union, Anderson, Knox, Loudon, Blount, and Sevier for Thousand cancers disease(TCD) … Continue reading →
CELINA-A near capacity crowd attended as a group of nineteen were inducted into the Clay County Sports Hall of Fame (CCSHOF) here on Saturday, December 3rd at the Clay County High School.
Continue reading →By THOMAS P. WEAVER CELINA-Another epic smallmouth-only tournament was held here at Horse Creek Resort on December 3-4 and this year those on hand witnessed a history-making weigh-in with heavy weights, big numbers, and an over-$8,000 purse from an 81-boat … Continue reading →
HERMITAGE SPRINGS-A memorial service will be held here at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Hermitage Springs School in honor of Sgt. 1st Class Dennis Ray “Bucky” Murray who was killed while serving his country in Pa’in Kelay, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan on Monday, November 21.
Murray was a 1991 graduate of Hermitage Springs High School.
Continue reading →Corps of Engineers says it is a game of waiting and timing about holding and/or releasing water in Dale Hollow Lake and other reservoirs as they prepare to deal with recent and predicted rains.
Continue reading →HILHAM-Members of the local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC), along with help from other area organizations, recently hosted another successful Confederate grave dedication ceremony here at the Fiske Cemetery. “The first one we had at the … Continue reading →
TVA funding would equal less than a dime per customer annually.
A story by Channel 10 WBIR in Knoxville reported an update on the effort to convince the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to pay their part of funding needed to keep the Dale Hollow National Fish Hatchery in Celina and others open and at full operation in coming years.
Continue reading →MAPLE GROVE-Officials with The Community Foundation of Tennessee (CFT) and the Tennessee Arts Commission (TAC) recently awarded grants to Maple Grove School totaling nearly $4,000. “We are excited about them both,” principal Jerry Collins said, “and we can’t thank these … Continue reading →