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…

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…