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Bethel Springs Elementary School had a Family Fun Night on Monday, May 9, 2011. 

The Lisa Ross Parker Foundation is pleased to announce the winner of the 2011 Lisa Ross Parker Memorial Scholarship. 

On Friday, youth and adult volunteers gathered at the Michie City Park to improve the facility.

Mayor David Leckner announced Monday evening at the regular monthly commission meeting that the City will acquire 17 acres of land this week. 

Passion, intensity, controversy; these are all words one can associate with a rivalry game. 

After two forfeited games from Jackson Central Merry, the McNairy Central Lady Bobcats suspected forfeits from Fayette Ware in the scheduled double-header, just as the team did last year. 

The McNairy Central Bobcats took on the undefeated Trinity Christian Academy Lions on Tuesday, April 19.  In a tight game, TCA continued their winning streak with a final score of 2-1, setting a 9-0 season.

The Adamsville High School Lady Cardinals hosted Middleton on Thursday and celebrated Senior Night with a 17-1 victory over the Lady Tigers.

The Adamsville Cardinals swept a pair of district contests last week against Middleton to improve their district record to 5-3. 

The West TN Court Cats High School boys and Jr. High boys teams recently competed in the Quake Lake Classic this past weekend.  

McNairy Central had a busy week of tennis, with matches against Sacred Heart, South Side and Chester County. The Bobcats added one loss and two wins to their record in the action. 

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

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. 

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

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

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

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 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. 

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 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.

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 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. 

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.

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.

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. 

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

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. 

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

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

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

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.

The Adamsville Cardinals ended the South Gibson Hornet’s season and continued theirs in Middleton Monday during Class 15A District Tournament play, defeating the Hornets by a final score of 13-3.

Opening day of the district tournament, Wednesday, May 4th, was also senior night for the McNairy Central Bobcats. That night was followed by a thrilling, come-from-behind Bobcat district tournament victory on Friday.

The Adamsville Lady Cardinals pulled in six wins and one loss in just three days to end their 2011 regular season. They then went on to defeat South Gibson High School in the opening round of the District 15A tournament.

The McNairy Central soccer team added four more wins to their regular season play with games against Riverside, Adamsville, Scotts Hill, and Chester County.

District playoffs were held at McNairy Central this year in AA softball. The Lady Bobcats went up against the Liberty Lady Crusaders in round one and beat them with a run rule score of 10-0 in the top of the seventh.

Adamsville High School’s boys’ soccer team was eliminated from the District 15A-AA Tournament Monday by Liberty Tech Magnet High School with a final score of 3-0.

Michie was this year’s 22^nd Annual McNairy County Junior High School Track Meet Team Champion, coming away with the hardware after the boys’ and girls’ composite score totaled 148 points.

County Mayor Jai Templeton was appointed Deputy Commissioner for the Tennessee Agriculture Department last Wednesday, according to a press release from the department.

McNairy County resident Glenda Matlock Tull, 56, died Monday, according to McNairy County Sheriff Guy Buck.

The Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force of the U.S. Marshal’s Service arrested Derek Moffett on Thursday, May 5, at a parking lot in South Jackson, according to federal marshals.

The Special Olympics were held at McNairy Central High School Tuesday, and boasted more than 50 competitors in a multitude of events. This was the first time the event was held in the county.

The Selmer Police Department  dismissed two patrol officers last week, according to Chief Neal Burks.

When Christy McMahan’s best friend in Birmingham asked her to participate in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure walk in Atlanta this October, it was an offer she couldn’t refuse. 

The faculty of each school in McNairy County has chosen the teacher who will represent the school as the this year’s Teacher of the Year.

The Selmer Department of Sanitation’s curbside recycling program began Friday. 

A Michie man is at home recovering following an accident last week on Highway 57.

The Bethel Springs Board of Mayor and Aldermen reported it had purchased a used 1995 tractor with bushhog and rollover protection for $12,000, then took the Bushhog back to the seller because it didn’t work, and got $1,000 back. The adjusted payment was $11,000.

Former Cardinal basketball standout Nathaniel Root assumes the role of Head Basketball Coach for Adamsville High School.

The field for Milledgeville’s May 28 city election is set, according to McNairy County Coordinator of Elections Joannie Collins.

A Michie man was killed in a moped wreck last Saturday afternoon, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol.