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Tipton County's Newspaper since 1886

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Active cases in Tipton County are rising dramatically and breaking records

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Active COVID-19 cases in Tipton County are increasing at a rapid rate, the number breaking records every day this week. Cases have been increasing for the last two weeks as the Omicron variant has been spreading in southwestern Tennessee. Two weeks ago Tipton County had 266 active cases and that number grew by 398 percent to 1,326 by Wednesday. The previous record was 823 … [Read more...] about Active cases in Tipton County are rising dramatically and breaking records

The former Covington police station will be sold to Covington Granite Works

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At Tuesday night’s meeting of Covington’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen, a new agreement was signed with Covington Granite Works to occupy the former police station at 133 East Pleasant. The building housed the police department, fire department and city hall from 1957 to 2017 but has been vacant for nearly five years. In February 2017 police led The Leader on a tour of the … [Read more...] about The former Covington police station will be sold to Covington Granite Works

Covington’s city leaders tabled talks of creating a park at the former Rayovac plant

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The talks about the construction of a park at the site of the former battery plant are over, at least for now. On Tuesday night the board voted unanimously to table further discussion regarding the proposals to construct a park at the site where manganese was manufactured for disposable batteries from 1947 to 1991. The property is located between Douglas and South Main streets, … [Read more...] about Covington’s city leaders tabled talks of creating a park at the former Rayovac plant