April 25, 2011, was senior night for the Hardin County Tigers, but the McNairy Central Bobcats did not seem to care, scoring six runs in the top of the eighth inning to make the final score 8-3 and break the hearts of the Tiger seniors.

The McNairy Central High School Bobcats took their run-scoring show on the road Saturday, traveling west on Highway 64 to Somerville to take on Fayette Academy. Six innings later, MCHS took down the Vikings, 12-1. 

The McNairy Central High School Bobcats hosted the Scotts Hill Lions in baseball action at MCHS on Friday, and when the battle of the cats ended five innings later, MCHS was on top 10-0.

The long ball was the theme for the day as Adamsville High School hosted Madison Academic High School in a District 15A double-header Friday, defeating the Mustangs 9-8 in the first game and 13-3 in the second, moving their record in district play to 7-3. 

The Adamsville Lady Cardinals pulled off a 7-3 win over the Madison Lady Mustangs on Monday, April 25, with five runs in the top of the seventh. 

Last Thursday was initially scheduled to be the McNairy Central Lady Bobcats’ last regular season home game, but with severe weather and bad conditions there were two additional make-up games played as well.

The remains of a unidentified body were discovered by a family and their dog at 237 Clayhill Drive in Selmer, Tenn on Wednesday, June 8.

Elementary School teacher Derrick Taylor, of Leapwood, began building and flying model airplanes because he was having engine trouble on his boat and couldn’t fish.

The McNairy County Narcotics Unit recently conducted the largest cocaine bust in the county’s recent history.

U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., spoke to leaders of McNairy County business and government at the University of Tennessee-Martin’s Selmer Center Friday.

Weather experts had predicted this tornado season to be worse than normal, but thankfully McNairy County has so far avoided any major damage.

Finger residents volunteered to help clean up the historic Finger Cemetery Saturday.

Purdy convenience store the Green Beetle will close at the end of June, according to owner Lavon Sullivan.

The March unemployment rate for McNairy County fell 1.1 percentage points to 11.4 percent from 12.5 percent in February, according to the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development. 

The McNairy County Sheriff’s Department sent four investigators to Decatur County last week to assist in the search for Holly Bobo.

McNairy Central High School (MCHS) theater students staged their annual Spring Show Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 

If you are looking for a place to search for your family history or just to learn more about McNairy County’s past, the McNairy County Museum is the place for you. 

McNairy Board of Education Chairman Larry Smith said the financing options for the county’s proposed new schools don’t seem reasonable.

What would it take to change one’s community or region? Why stop there? Why not initiate a plan to positively impact the world at large? That was the goal of a few business acquaintances in 1905. 

The mayor and aldermen of Stantonville held their regularly scheduled meeting last Monday at 7 p.m. at the Stantonville Civic Center. 

Damage to roads and bridges from flooding occurring last Tuesday and Wednesday is nearly as great as that which occurred in May 2010, according to McNairy County Road Superintendent Harvey Neal Smith.