Dresden News

NASHVILLE - Many Tennessee county election officials say their offices remained busy Monday, the last day for voter registration for the Nov.

Posted Tuesday, September 30, 2008 6:56 am CDT Giant recalls melamine tainted tea Unilever is recalling four batches of Lipton Milk Tea sold in Hong Kong and Macau after finding traces of the chemical melamine ...

Posted Wednesday, September 17, 2008 4:36 pm CDT Posted Wednesday, September 17, 2008 3:50 pm CDT Posted Wednesday, September 17, 2008 3:39 pm CDT Israel exit polls give Livni clear lead More than 70,000 ...

The Tennessee National Guard has mobilized more than 1,100 soldiers and airmen to assist in relief efforts along the Gulf Coast.

News Sentinel staff Originally published 04:59 p.m., September 5, 2008 Updated 04:59 p.m., September 5, 2008 The Tennessee National Guard has mobilized another 550 soldiers and airmen to assist with hurricane ...

A West Tennessee judge has sentenced two people who admitted defacing a memorial to a dead soldier to work at the armory of the soldier's National Guard unit.

McKenzie Runs By DMS Posted: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 3:15 pm Using a strong corps of runners, the McKenzie Middle School Rebels raced to an early lead and held on to defeat the Dresden Middle School Lions, ...

Students headed back to school Monday on the campuses of Lane College and Jackson State Community College.

A Gasconade County fugitive missing for almost nine years is captured in Tennessee.

Sheriff's deputies responding to a report of a domestic disturbance found a Weakley County man shot to death in his home Wednesday night, Sheriff Mike Wilson said Thursday.

Cross country coming to Dresden? Posted: Thursday, August 14, 2008 3:47 pm Due to an issue of liability, Weakley County School Board members put Dresden Middle School's request to approve the addition of cross ...

China on alert after deadly border attack Authorities have stepped up security ahead of this month's Beijing Olympics after an attack killed 16 police officers and injured 16 more in northwestern China, ...

West Tennessee had nine high school baseball players - six from Class A and three from Class AA - selected to the Tennessee Sports Writers Association All-State Baseball Team on Tuesday.

Gleason home to another singing sensation Posted: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 9:05 am The City of Gleason has long been known as the home of Grand Old Opry star Mike Snider, but in the near future it may be able to ...

Israel signs prisoner deal with Hezbollah Israel has signed a U.N.-brokered deal with Hezbollah under which it plans to release prisoners in exchange for two captured Israeli soldiers, both presumed dead, the ...

Zimbabwe overshadows Africa summit Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe arrived at an African Union summit in Egypt on Monday, a day after he won a sixth term in a widely discredited runoff election.

The applicants to fill a vacancy on the state Supreme Court include an appeals judge who found the state's tax on illegal drugs unconstitutional, as well as a state claims commissioner and four private ...

Dresden raises property taxes With the passing of the 2008-2009 FY budget on its second reading, the Dresden City Board of Mayor and Aldermen also passed a levied property tax of $1.44 per $100 assessment to ...

Don't expect Nashville, Tenn.-born and Dresden, Tenn.-bred Fever coach Lin Dunn to break into conversation with French-speaking player Bernadette Ngoyisa.

China plans mass exodus from quake zone Authorities are expanding plans to evacuate people in southwestern China as water piles up behind a dam created by an earthquake landslide, state-run media reported ...