THIS OLDER NEWS FROM EARLIER IN THE YEAR LIONS CLUBNEWS We are starting to get music on the static attic page from this years Lions club Music Fest we just finished a one hour show with Randy Holland and The Jackson gang and should have a version Of Elvis next BEAUTY PAGEANT MORE PARADE PICTURES Breaking News Tennessee Ridge First Mayors Election Is Over Stony Odom Unseats Keneth Dunavant with a vote of 133 for Odom to 69for Dunavant To Become Tennessee Ridges First Elected Mayor Mayor Dunavant will retain his seat on the city council for two more yearsIn the past the city council has elected the city Mayor ERIN'S FIRST ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECT NABBED QUICKLY We now have a fewIrish Event photos for you to look at here FOR THE REST OF IRISH CELEBRATION NEWS
I never thought much about beauty pageants my wife and I might watch Miss USA who this year is Rachel Smith
and is from Clarksville part of the Wells Creek Basin Area and try and figure out who the winner would be. Not lately my middle granddaughter decided she wanted to compete and she has in two so far . I never dreamed of the pageants as a sport or the money that was involved in dresses hair styling pictures dental work make up and more . One thing I have noticed is it is a family sport with the entire family involved in some respect maybe just as support and even that cost $5.00 and up but they enjoy it and thats what counts. This last one at Houston counties middle School this last Saturday I took PicturesWe hope you enjoy them and tell you that their will be a pageant as part of the Lighting up the Cumberland festivities which takes place this year on Saturday June 30th. as to the date of the pageant I am not sure but I am sure that those folks that do this on a regular basis do. See ya on the Cumberland
I put the people that were at the parade so I thought but this week realized that we had missed the Grand Marshall Steve Hayslip, the Lord High Mayor And the Navy and Scotish band so here are a fewmore parade pictures
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TERESA N. SETTLE Tennessee Express News Writer
What may very well have been Erin's first-ever armed robbery happened in seconds, but the good news is that within five hours, the suspect was apprehended without too much incidence here.
According to Erin's Acting Police Chief Chad Smith, the reason this crime was solved so quickly can be attributed to at least three factors:
Good police work;
Good cooperation between city and county law enforcement officers; and
Good eyewitness statements and calls throughout the day. * When it was all over, Erin resident Alan F. Watson, 12251 Hwy. 13 North, age 38, was arrested and charged with aggravated robbery, simple possession, and drug paraphernalia. THE ROBBERY
It all started Monday, March 19, shortly after 4 p.m. at Crystal's Fashion / Community Cash Advance, located at 3453 West Main Street across from Houston County Middle School.
Crystal Dew had the door to her business propped open and was sitting at her desk when a man entered the store wearing a blue and gray flannel shirt, a ball cap pulled down just above his eyes, and a blue-and-white bandana around his face.
Dew said he brandished a small black handgun and demanded money, threatening to kill her if she didn't cooperateTHE REST OF THE STORY
LEPRECHAUNS, SHAMROCKS, THE PARADE, AND MORE...
Story by TERESA N. SETTLE Tennessee Express News Writer
videoby MIKE DAVIS * The town of Erin, Tennessee, located in HoustonCounty, waits all year long for their big day--the third Saturday in March--the Irish Celebration. * This year's 45th annual event dawned bright and clear, even though it was a little chilly, but the crowds proved larger than ever, and the weather warmed up to about 50 so that everyone could enjoy the parade, the carnival, the craft booths, and all of the food. * This year's theme may have been longer than ever, but was definitely appropriate: * "Leprechauns, Shamrocks, and all we adore;
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