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Local News 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 ... [Read full story] 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 ... [Read full story] 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 ... [Read full story] 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 ... [Read full story] 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 ... [Read full story] Superintendent Owen announces retirement Owen Fulton Independent Superintendent Dianne Owen announced her retirement to her faculty and board members this week. It will be effective June 30. Owen has served as superintendent for six years and has been employed in the district for 27 years as an English teacher, media librarian, grant writer, technology coordinator, assessment coordinator, vocational coordinator, assistant principal, principal, supervisor of instruction, and superintendent from 1984 to 2011. She also worked for the district as an instructional assistant in 1979 and worked at Calloway County School system in 2000 ... [Read full story] Domestic assault altercation reported A South Fulton man was arrested on a charge of domestic assault Jan. 21 following an altercation between him and his wife in which she sustained injuries, according to a report from the South Fulton Police Department. Robert M. McKnight, 29, was arrested at South Side Manor Apartments at about ... [Read full story]   Obituaries Harry Thomas Watts Harry Thomas Watts, a resident of South Fulton, died Jan. 23 at Golden Living Center, Union City, Tenn. He was 92. Funeral services were Jan. 25 at Hornbeak Funeral Chapel in Fulton, with Bro. Cecil May III officiating and burial in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Dukedom, Tenn. Hornbeak ... [Read full story] Corelle Wade Correlle Wade, formerly of this area, died Jan. 24 at the Regional Hospital in Jackson, Tenn. She was 100. Funeral arrangements for Corelle Wade are incomplete and will be announced by Hornbeak Funeral Chapel in Fulton. Z.W. Pique Z.W. Pique, a resident of California, died Jan. 14, at his home. He was 98. Private interment took place at Green Hills Cemetery in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Constance Edith “Connie” (Elias); three sons, Robert Lee “Bob ... [Read full story]   [Local news archives]

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