Got flags? The American flag is a symbol of freedom and flies high as a reminder of the brave veterans who fought for our freedom. The Boy Scouts of America flag retirement box has been re-located from the Somerville Library to the Fayette Falcon newspaper office at 13090 North Main Street. You can retire your…

On Monday, July 29, 2024, a meeting was held at the barn of Kevin Smith on Feathers Chapel Drive with residents of that area about a proposed annexation that caused their concern. The meeting was organized by Kevin, Tom Matthews, and Cecota Hightower. The proposed annexation request came to the Town of Somerville from developer…

These are the election results of the Fayette County 2024 State Primary and County General Election.

    The Fayette County Airport once again hosted the second annual Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 182 Youth Summer Camp. This year, the camp drew an impressive group of sixteen young aviators eager to learn about the various facets of aviation, from fabric work to basic flight. The Summer Camp is sponsored in part…

The City of Moscow called a special called meeting on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, to discuss two resolutions. Present were Mayor Brenda Mitchell, Vice-Mayor Tony Kennon, and Alderman Tiffany Johnson, along with city attorney Tom Minor. Absent were Mary Hodge, Maxine Griggs, and Lamika Hurt. This was not enough for a quorum and is the…

The Fayette County Commission met on Tuesday, July 23, 2024. The big item was the school board revised budget.  County Mayor Skip Taylor stated either we accept the budget as presented or if not, it goes back to the school board for 10 days to revise. This budget gets us through the year with an…

    Somerville Moose Lodge Moose Legion Committee sponsored the 2nd Annual Children’s Fishing Rodeo on Saturday, June 29th at the Moose Lodge lake. Thirteen boys and girls had lots of fun with their parents as they cast their hooks for the First Fish Caught, the Biggest Fish, the Most Fish, the Smallest Fish and…

The Fayette County WestStar Alumni met on July 10, 2024, at CAB. The discussion centered around the exciting future of WestStar. Alums were joined by UTM Chief of Staff, Jake Bynum, who shared his thoughts about how we could reconnect with other WestStar alums. This was Civil Miller-Watkins’ final meeting as Alumni Coordinator as Tina…

Tonya Schultz has just recently taken the duty of Postmaster at Somerville. She started in the Somerville Post Office in 2012 as a non-career clerk. She has progressed from the next step of Career Clerk, full time clerk, and then Supervisor. Tonya is a lifelong Fayette Countian, married to Arthur Schultz, with two daughters, Catherine…

The Fayette County AAA Baseball All Star Team recently completed the Dixie Youth District Baseball Tournament. Our team played a long hard week in extreme hot temperatures in Selmer, TN. This team fought hard and made it to the district championship game where they lost to the Savannah, TN All Star team. Our players and…