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CHS band member to march in 2013 Rose Parade
Covington High School sophomore Aryn Mullins is preparing for the biggest event in her young life thus far. She is one of 325 students nationwide and the only one from West Tennessee who has been s...
May 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
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St. Luke to celebrate 143 years
On Friday, an anniversary celebration will begin, honoring St. Luke’s 143 years of worship in Tipton County. And the celebration, said organizers, will encompass the entire community. “A church c...
Nov 03, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
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Local seamstress offers Victorian dresses
This December, the Covington-Tipton County Chamber of Commerce will host its first Dickens Christmas, an event they hope will draw hundreds of people from West Tennessee and neighboring states to C...
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Ten years later: Grandmother shares Alison Kirk’s struggle with cancer
Mary Forrester got the bad news nearly 13 years ago. The five-year-old girl living in her house in Gilt Edge, of whom she would later become legal guardian, had neurofibromatosis, a genetic disord...
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Oleo Acres is the place to be
by Tyler Lindsey, tlindsey@covingtonleader.com
Sep 16, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 29 29 recommendations | email to a friend
Thirty-seven years ago, Tim Ammons’ father bought some farmland on the Tipton-Haywood county line. Named after the margarine spread, Charles Ammons never thought Oleo Acres would become primarily a...
Tipton County BBQ Festival to take place
Sep 09, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
Sept. 30 – Oct. 2 are the dates for this year’s Tipton County BBQ Festival and BBQ Cooking Contest. Cobb-Parr Park will host new events this year, one of which is the “Running of the Weenies” on Sa...
Celebrate Silver Sponsors announced
Sep 09, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
Crosstown Commons, Millington Cable & TV – Xipline and Stockdale’s have committed to sponsor major venues at Celebrate Munford. Crosstown Commons will be the 2010 Children’s Area sponsor and Milli...
Covington man charged with rape of child
Jul 28, 2010 | 2 2 comments | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
COVINGTON – A Solo Road man is in jail after being charged with raping a child, the Tipton County Sheriff’s Office has announced. William Franklin Chumley, 47, was arrested on June 30 after a comp...
Extension granted
Jul 08, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved a request from the State of Tennessee for a 30-day extension of the deadline to register for federal assistance for th...
TCSO conducts July 4 operations
Jul 08, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
The Tipton County Sheriff’s Office conducted saturations and safety checkpoints over the July 4 holiday weekend in conjunction with the Governor’s Highway Safety Office Click It or Ticket/Occupant ...
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