The Oakland Design Review Commission and Planning Commission met on Tuesday, July 2, 2024. They heard plans to add 38,250 SF to the Oakland Kroger which will include a Starbucks and possibly a small medical clinic inside the store. The front will be remodeled too.  They also approved DR Horton, Inc.’s request for final plat…

The Fayette County School Board met on July 2, 2024. Their new budget was sent back by the county commission with their recommendation of revenue. Finance director Vincent Harvell (pictured) stated coming out of fund balance for the 2024-25 budget is $7,554,571. A reception is on August 1st at CAB in honor of school board…

Denise Hurst of Piperton, TN, graduated nursing school from Baptist Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, Memphis, TN in 1985. She recently received her bachelor’s degree in nursing from University of Alabama while caring for her mother. Her son, Ethan, has graduated from there and daughter, Emma, is a junior at UA. Pictured is Denise with…

Members of law enforcement and medical personnel were on hand at the Somerville fireworks event held last Thursday, June 27th at Fayette Ware High School. A large crowd attended and enjoyed the band and the fireworks.

Michael Tapp and his daughter, Alana, of Tapp Farms in Somerville brought in the first cotton bloom to The Falcon last week. They found it on June 26th and it was planted on April 26th using Delta Pine 2038 seed.

The Dixie Youth Baseball tournament was held last week in Selmer, TN. The championship game for 9 to 10 year olds was held Wednesday, June 26th, between the Fayette National team of Somerville and the Savannah American team of Hardin County, with Savannah being the winner. Pictured is the Fayette County Dixie Youth Team with…

Members of the Fayette Academy Class of 1974 held their class reunion on June 8th, 2024, at the Somerville Moose Lodge. Class members attending were, front row, left to right, Whit Winfrey, Miles Morris, Tricia Wilson Spicer, and David Doss. Second row, left to right, Debby Henley Harvey, Sherry Dunn Blanton, Melissa Bolton Armstrong, Judy…

Members of the 25th Judicial Drug Task Force Criminal Interdiction Unit intercepted 452 fentanyl pills on a traffic stop last week (6/13/24) on Interstate 40. The driver, Todd Andrew Stevens, admitted to Task Force Agents that he had purchased the pills across the Mexican border near Progresso, Texas. Agents field tested the pills which showed…

The Leadership Fayette Board of Directors (pictured L to R) Terrence Edwards-Vice Chair, Molly McCarley, Kayla Dillon, Dr. Cheryl Browne-Chair, Sharon Puryear-Treasurer, Lynn Palmer-Secretary, and Wendell Wainwright met recently to discuss and make plans for the success of the organization in the future. The mission of Leadership Fayette is to provide community leaders with information…

Ariel Woods of Oakland was inducted into the 2024 class of Who’s Who Among Students at the University of Tennessee at Martin in a ceremony held April 21. She was also one of the seven nursing students at the University of Tennessee at Martin to receive the Silver Level Award. Pictured is Ariel Woods (center)…