School started back for McNairy County students on Monday, beginning a semester that administration hopes will flow a little more smoothly than the last.

A Ramer man has been arrested on three different charges after kidnapping a Selmer resident at gunpoint.

“Freedom isn’t free”

Senator Marsha Blackburn and Senator-elect Bill Hagerty, along with nine other Senate Republicans, have announced their intentions to oppose the certification of the electoral results on January 6.

-Two separate incidents of theft involving Ford F-250 truck tailgates were reported within the same day by the McNairy County Sheriff’s Department.

The Adamsville American Legion Post 97 and Selmer American Legion Post 162 on Saturday worked together in honoring veterans who died in service to the country.

The COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in McNairy County.

December 23 will see a push for giving-back in the community in the form of “paying it forward” at four local restaurants, thanks to the efforts of the McNairy County Economic Development and Chamber of Commerce and Selmer City Mayor John Smith.

The McNairy County Veterans Affairs Office is looking to honor the county's veterans. Veterans Affairs Officer Amanda Fisher initially wanted to display the names with gold letters on wooden plaques.“There are about 30 pages of names,” she said. “Even to list the veterans of World War II wou…

As Tennessee continues to lead the entire United States—and in some data points, the world—in coronavirus cases per-capita following the post-Thanksgiving travel spike, Governor Bill Lee released a new executive order Sunday that changes very little and encourages very much.

A U.S. Army soldier is being held in the death of Guys resident and former McNairy Central golfer-baseball player Cpl. Hayden “Opie” Harris, 20, after Harris went missing from his military base in upstate New York last Thursday.

McNairy County Economic Development Chamber CEO Eddie Crittendon’s recent resignation from the position has been pushed closer after the specially-called meeting of the Board on Wednesday, December 16 to determine when he would vacate the position.

The McNairy County School Board on Thursday voted to extend the district's current revised schedule through February. 

The McNairy County Commission voted to apply for grants to be used for the construction of a county agricultural center. 

An elderly couple went missing from their Finger farm Tuesday, December 8, and after a massive search operation were found many hours later completely unharmed.

President-elect Joe Biden has been confirmed by the electoral college after winning 306 votes to Trump’s 232 in yesterday’s official electoral college count.

The Adamsville Town Commission voted to allow the purchase of a Ford F-150.

The McNairy County Sheriff's Office, along with Redemption Road Rescue and Animal Rescue Corps responded to an extensive case of animal cruelty in Guys on December 7, resulting in the arrest of Cherry Patrick, 62, of Guys, on five charges of aggravated cruelty to animals.

Governor Bill Lee, Tennessee Department of Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey, and numerous other state representatives held a call with county mayors Monday afternoon to discuss the rapidly developing news of the vaccine distribution.

As the world hits all-time record highs for coronavirus infections and deaths, leaders around the globe are vying for doses of the newly-created COVID-19 vaccines through companies such as Moderna and Pfizer.

A rare astral phenomenon will be occurring this month, which many astronomers have dubbed the “Christmas Star.”

Vice President Mike Pence visited Memphis last Thursday to discuss progress with “Operation Warp Speed,” the federal governments push to find a vaccine.

A week after Thanksgiving, McNairy County schools are starting to see a rise in COVID-19 quarantines.

--On November 30, 2020, Lorenzo Lopez, 24, of Selmer, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence and having an open container, after Deputy Ryan Burelsci was dispatched to Highway 45 regarding a reckless driver.

In a further development to the story that broke last week regarding McNairy County Economic Development and Chamber of Commerce’s CEO Eddie Crittendon’s resignation, new controversy is swirling over comments made by Crittendon in a text conversation with county resident Jeff Sisk.

Homeland Security agents and deputies with the Madison County Sheriff’s Office conducted a federal search warrant at a Beech Bluff residence in Madison County to locate Ramer resident Donald Vann, 46. Vann is on the Tennessee Sexual Offender Registry, but had neglected to register his curren…

Selmer welcomed the Christmas season on Sunday.

Circle T Grillin' of Selmer prepared about 700 plates for Thanksgiving.

Seventeen local businesses took part in the Fourth Annual McNairy County Chamber of Commerce Small Business Saturday.

Selmer elementary has reopened to students this week after an extended closure due to a concentrated coronavirus outbreak.

As McNairy County moves swiftly into the Christmas holiday season—marked by festive lights strung county-wide, glimmering trees in windows and the somewhat ghostly music floating through certain town squares—residents are also getting into the spirit of giving.

The McNairy County Commission on Monday voted to pass a lease agreement with the McNairy County School Board for an agricultural center on High School Road. 

-On November 24, 2020, William Pickett, 33, of Bethel Springs, was arrested and charged with vandalism, aggravated assault and aggravated criminal trespassing after a deputy was dispatched to the scene on Purdy Road for an unruly subject.

The Thanksgiving season is all about gratefulness and service, and no one is doing it better than the Least Restrictive Environment (or LRE) students at McNairy Central High School.

The annual Selmer Christmas parade will being lining up in the Selmer City Park at 4 p.m. Dec. 6.

CEO of McNairy County Economic Development and Chamber of Commerce Eddie Crittendon’s contract has been extended for two more years, following a McNairy County Joint Economic Development Partnership Board meeting Thursday afternoon that was rife with tension.

A U.S. Army soldier is being held in the death of Guys resident and former McNairy Central golfer-baseball player Cpl. Hayden “Opie” Harris, 20, after Harris went missing from his military base in upstate New York last Thursday.

WATERTOWN — Fort Drum soldiers and the community came together in Thompson Park on a chilly winter night Wednesday to celebrate the life of a soldier with red hair and bright smile who was known affectionately as “Opie.”

Following the COVID-19 vaccination of ten McNairy County residents last week, questions have been circulating as to when more McNairians can receive their CO VID-19 vaccine.

After reporting last week that Regions Bank in Selmer had temporarily closed due to a COVID-19 exposure, representatives of the bank assure costumers that the bank will reopen "as soon as possible."

Days after the Christmas day explosion rocked the streets of downtown Nashville, investigators have identified the bomber but have yet to find his motive.

--On December 23, 2020,  Sergeant Ricky Finley was dispatched to The Springs Pentecostal Church in Bethel Springs regarding a theft. A repairmen who had been called to fix the church’s heating system discovered “multiple units that had been cut open and everything copper removed from the inside.”