Ridgely News

The Lake County Commission approved the fiscal year budget for 2008-09 at Monday night's regular monthly meeting by an 11-0 vote.

A first degree murder charge and a rape case were among the indictments returned by the July term of the Lake County Grand Jury Monday.

There will be no fireworks display at Reelfoot Lake this year, the result of a shortage of funding and the economic crunch that has gripped this area.

Gas prices crossed the $4 per gallon for regular threshold for the first time in Ridgely this week with it selling for $4.05 per gallon at both Pat's Food Shop and Ray's One Stop.

Family and friends of Mayci Shae Hogg pause for prayer led by her grandfather, David Roberson.

A Ridgely man is undergoing mental evaluation and is facing charges after he confronted that town's police chief with a sawed-off shotgun.

A Dyersburg man who attempted to affect the outcome of a criminal case has been charged with extortion and coercion of a witness.

The tow Captain Sam Yount pushed south past Tiptonville on Tuesday. Farmers from Madrid Bend to Highway 79 are bracing for a rare June flood by the Mississippi River that has placed as much as 3,000 acres of ...

Two persons were injured, one seriously, in this two vehicle crash east of Ridgely last Wednesday.

A 17-year-old boy charged with first-degree murder will be detained until his case is adjucated in Dyer County Juvenile Court.

A first-degree murder charge filed against a Ridgely man was not prosecuted Monday, June 9, in Dyersburg city court.

The annual Relay for Life raised $32,979 at Lake County High School Friday night.

The annual Relay for Life event is set for Friday night, May 30 at the Lake County High School oval.

Long-time and highly-respected educator James "Bubba" Tolar is retiring after 45 years of educating youngsters - 'all but two years of it in Lake County.

Dyer County Chancery Court Judge Steven Stafford was chosen as one of three candidates for the open position on the Tennessee Court of Appeals on Wednesday.

An 18-year-old Ridgely man was apprehended by authorities after a foot chase and faces three charges in Lake County General Sessions Court. via The Lake County Banner

The Ridgely board of mayor and aldermen unanimously approved a motion that would strengthen the city's vicious dog law at their regular monthly meeting on May 8. All aldermen were present with mayor Denny ... via The Lake County Banner

“It keeps the public alerted to the danger warning and also tests the system. "You know at Jackson (where they have had deadly and extremely damaging tornadoes in recent years) the sirens didn't always work.”

Tornado sirens wailed in Tiptonville and Ridgely, children were moved to the hallways of all three schools and it was so dark that street lights came on all over the county. via The Lake County Banner

“In fact, the dispatcher can broadcast on both the new digital and the old net simultaneously in a situation like bad weather”

Techs with West Tenn. Communications perform installation as Lt. John Moore, Larry Paschall, Doug Robertson, and Ridgely chief Glen Floyd look on. via The Lake County Banner

Congo plane crash kills 38; others missing The death toll from a plane crash in the Democratic Republic of Congo climbed to 38 on Wednesday, the governor of the Nord-Kivu province told CNN. via Weakley County Press