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Tuesday, January 25
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Icy weather equals numerous accidents
No injuries were reported in separate accidents in South Fulton Jan. 21 following moderate snowfall, however wrecks on Chickasaw Drive, near the exit ramp to the Parkway, resulted in a traffic backup as drivers waited for the road to be cleared. |
While last week’s snowfall, icy road conditions and freezing temperatures proved to be an inconvenience to drivers in Northwest Tennessee and Southwest Kentucky, the Twin Cities and Obion and Fulton Counties also saw a number of traffic accidents as a result of the wintry weather.
Obion County Sheriff Jerry Vastbinder said that 43 calls were made to the sheriff’s department between the time that the weather began to worsen the afternoon of Jan. 20 until midnight Jan. 21.
He said the callers were drivers who reported their vehicles had slid off the roadways with and without
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Handgun used in liquor store robbery
The 501 Liquor store in Fulton was robbed Jan. 21, about 8:30 p.m.
According to a Fulton Police Department press release, officers were called to the store, located on Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, for the report of an armed robbery.
An unknown black male suspect entered into the liquor
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Child’s death under investigation
The Fulton Police Department is investigating an incident involving the death of a 14-month-old female child.
At approximately 6:57 pm, the child was found face down in a bucket of bleach water in the kitchen at the residence at 228 Vernon St., Fulton.
Twin Cities Ambulance Service
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Fiscal Court, Commissions discuss local issues, assets
A special called meeting of the Fulton County Fiscal Court, in conjunction with the Fulton City Commission and Hickman City Commission, was held in Hickman Jan. 24 at the Fulton County Judge/Executive office on Myron Cory Drive, for the purpose of the general discussion of local issues.
Fulton
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Annual tourism events reviewed
The Fulton Tourism Commission will hold a town hall-type meeting Feb. 15, at 5:30 p.m. at the Pontotoc Community Center in Fulton for anyone interested in participating in this year’s Railroad Heritage Days Festival.
Chairman Mike Smith stressed at the Jan. 19 Tourism Commission meeting
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