Stories from Friday, July 28, 2017

On top of the responsibilities that come along with being the starting kicker and punter on one of the top high school squads in the state, Marshall County rising senior Caleb Estes will add a new dimension to his game this season--fundraising. The third-year starter is taking pledges throughout the 2017 season to help a cause that is very close to his heart, Kick it for Cancer.

The Marshall County Horseman’s Association announces its 2017 scholarship winners. Kristen Stegall Corbin, Elizabeth Laird Jackson, Andrew Brett McGehee, Madison Hope Taylor, and Dana Rae White will each receive a scholarship award. Kristen Stegall Corbin is the Marketing and Administration Production manager at TWHBEA. She is married to Scotty Stegall and has two children, Kaison, 7 and Marley, 2. Kristen will be pursuing a degree in Web Design at Columbia State...

Music and praise will fill the air of Belfast Baptist Church on Sunday, July 30, as the church celebrates its first annual “Thank You, Lord” Day. A special morning service will begin at 10:45 a.m. and will feature a mini-concert by Nashville recording artist Ann Hartmann. Also, during the service, the church will observe open communion...

Dear Heloise: When I travel, I take a night light with me, but I sometimes forget to pack it in my suitcase at the end of my stay and bring it home. On my last trip, I took two battery-operated, flameless TEA LIGHTS. I put one in the bathroom and one by my bed. They worked perfectly! Enough light to see, lightweight, easy to pack, and if you forget them, they’re inexpensive enough to replace. -- Dianne F., Ojai, Calif...

Dear Savvy Senior, I’ve heard that there are free online search tools that can help people look for lost or forgotten money left behind by deceased relatives. Can you refer me? When my father passed away his financial affairs were in such a mess, I’m wondering if there was anything he left behind...

Sam Kenton Stopped. The human figure was crouched at the side of the dusty road, with its head looking down between two bare feet that balanced him in an uncomfortable looking position; like two weathered pedestals supporting a wrinkled, handmade doll of an old man. Sam Kenton watched the figure as it studied the ground. He swapped hands with his fishing rod and the stringer of fish, and moved forward toward the wrinkled man sitting awkwardly in the dust at the side of the road...

NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission heard updates on chronic wasting disease (CWD), Tennessee’s In Need of Management, Threatened, and Endangered Wildlife Listing, boating statistics, and budget process during its July meeting. The two-day session concluded Friday and was held at the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency’s Region II Ray Bell Building...

“Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him, and he in God. And we have known and believed the love that God has to us. God is love; and he that dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him.” – 1 John 4:15,16 If you are a believer and confess that Jesus is the Son of God, then our verse says that God dwells in you and you “in God.” Interestingly, the word “enthusiasm” comes from two Greek words, “en” and “theos” (“in” and “God”). ...

What if I told you Republican congressmen had used Russian IT people who were caught stealing data from the congressional servers and the FBI had raided one of the Russian’s houses and seized smashed hard drives? CNN would never stop talking about it. Bob Mueller would hire a whole new fleet of Hillary-donor lawyers to investigate. This would be the biggest scandal since Watergate. Bigger!...

Unless you’re receiving the daily emails sent by Donald Trump and his team to supporters, you’re not getting the full dose of venom that is being directed at the nation’s news media. A recent email from Trump himself begins, “Friend, I’ve said it before and I will say it again: the Fake News Media is the real opposition.” He goes on to write that media are working “hand-in-hand” with “the Left,” resulting in “an unbelievable lack of journalistic integrity.”...

I went to an outdoor event in Washington, D.C., last week. Boy, was it hot under the noon sun. It was so hot, I saw a mother swipe a Popsicle from her own child. I saw a Republican share an air-conditioned cab with a Democrat. I saw senators engage in civil conversation with each other so they could spend more time in their air-conditioned chambers...

Austin Alexander Childress to McKenna Chereese Burleson; Rickey Bert Frasure to Tammy Jean Burke; Joe Henry Pullen to Kasey Lynn Davis; Charles Joseph Stocstill to Sara Louise Nelms Advance Building Concept LC, 5804 Section House Rd., Chapel Hill, TN; Jason P. Wiser-owner...

Two area communications providers are combining in order to better expand and enhance broadband access in the south central Tennessee region. Chapel Hill-based United Communications announced the acquisition of Shelbyville’s Athena Broadband on Tuesday...

Two separate incidents. Two reports of gunshots. Two men arrested. Two days apart. A lot of unanswered questions. Former Marshall County School Board member Craig Michael was charged Friday with two counts of attempted homicide and held on $50,000 bond...

Tennessee’s tax free weekend comes earlier this year, anticipating the coming start of school. “The sales tax holiday for back-to-school items is a way to put more money back into the pockets of Tennesseans” Governor Bill Haslam states. Many parents and children use the weekend to purchase school supplies. Backpacks, paper, pencils, books and binders are just some of the school supplies that can be bought with a tax-exempt benefit...

What does WJJM have in common with Tate’s Store in Belfast or Cornersville United Methodist Church? As of July 10, the radio station joined them on the National Register of Historic Places. “We were really thrilled about it,” said Missie Haislip, co-owner and operator of the station with her husband Jeff...