ABOUT THE INDEPENDENT APPEAL:

THE INDEPENDENT APPEAL IS

AN INDEPENDENT, LOCALLY OWNED NEWSPAPER

MISSION STATEMENT:

The Independent Appeal strives to promote and advance McNairy County, educate and inform its citizens, while protecting the people's right to know, and the rights and interests of our readers and advertisers.

TO REACH THE NEWSROOM:

Call (731) 645-5346

Fax (731) 645-3591

E-mail: newspaper@independentappeal.com

Subscriptions and delivery: (731) 645-5355

If you would like to subscribe, or have any questions about newspaper delivery, please call the Independent Appeal.

Subscription rates in McNairy County are $20 per year; in Tennessee, $28; elsewhere in the United States, $32.

The Independent Appeal welcomes your opinion.  Letters to the editor are subject to editing or omission for length, style or libel. All letters must include the writer's name and signature, as well as a phone number and address for verification.

The Independent Appeal does not publish anonymous letters. Letters deemed suitable for publication will run as soon as possible after receipt on a space-available basis. Because of space limitations, letters should be limited to 400 words, about two double-spaced, typed pages. Send your submissions by mail to:  Letters to the Editor, The Independent Appeal, P.O. Box 220, Selmer, Tennessee 38375.

The Independent Appeal is published every Wednesday by McNairy Co. Publishing, LLC, 111 North 2nd Street, Selmer, Tennessee 38375. Janet Rail, Publisher.

The Independent Appeal has a legacy of independent family ownership. Past publishers were: William J. Rail, 1976-2000; Leslie Houston, 1974-1976; Bruce Hurt, 1970-1974; George Hamilton, 1964-1970; Wilbur Wright, 1946-1964; B. O. Weeks, 1941-1946; Ken Duke, 1938-1941; Orpheus Abernathy and Family, 1920-1938; Col. J. W. Purviance, 1902-1920.

The Independent Appeal