Lake County News

The Lake County Banner won three awards at the Tennessee Press Association Awards Banquet held Friday in Nashville.

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

State Court of Appeals Judge J. Steven Stafford of Dyersburg has been named chairman of the Tennessee Bar Foundation, a philanthropic organization that administers a fund supporting law-related public projects ...

Financial disclosure reports filed last week by candidates running for the Tennessee House of Representatives 77th District seat detail Union City attorney Judy Barker with a commanding lead in fund-raising. ...

Candidates face tough questioning at Reelfoot forum Posted: Monday, July 14, 2008 9:37 pm By JOHN BRANNON Messenger Staff Reporter At 1 p.m. Saturday, Bill Hamra of Tiptonville stood on a stage at Buford ...

Officers from the Sheriff's Department and Tiptonville rushed to the scene of a dispute over fireworks in the Riley Road area of Ridgely Fourth of July night.

A Kentucky man used a cornfield near Phillippy to elude Tennessee authorities and now faces multiple charges here.

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.

The former employee of the Lake County incinerator appealed to the county commission to get his job back during a closed segment of the monthly meeting Monday night.

The Lake County Recycling Center has saved eight trailer loads of recyclable paper.

Lance Lovell of Lovell's Fireworks at Reelfoot Lake has some happy customers as he sells a nice display to Kadriana Scott, 9, and Kilan Scott, 6. Lovell's Fireworks is the only outlet in Lake County this year ...

While "not happy" that AT&T wound up winning a $600 million state contract without any competing bids, Gov.

The Lake County Banner is authorized to announce the candidacy of Mark Hayes for the position of Chancellor in Lake and Dyer Counties in the upcoming Aug.

Three petitions have been turned in for the 29th Judicial District Chancery Court judgeship election on Aug.

Prison officials and a city officer discovered two types of drugs in a McDonald's pie box during a search at Northwest Corrections Sunday.

A rare judicial vacancy has opened in Dyer and Lake counties since Chancery Court Judge Steve Stafford was appointed on Monday to the Tennessee Court of Appeals, Western District.

A candidate for a northwest Tennessee House seat has been charged with driving under the influence and evading arrest.

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

A man was injured late Wednesday morning when he was hit by a car near the Sonic on North Parkway, according to Jackson Police Officer Ashley Robertson.