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From the archives…1952
Community news such as this has been common in community newspapers such as the Claiborne Progress over the years. Social media has taken over pieces such as this in many newspapers. The first...
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Public Records
The following public records are the only public records that have been made available to the Claiborne Progress. If you feel that there has been an omission or other error, please contact the...
View ArticleWSCC designated ‘military friendly’
Walters State Community College has again been named a Military Friendly College by Victory Media. The college received the honor based on the creation of academic programs and services for veterans,...
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TBI AMBER Alert Update 4: Elizabeth Thomas
One week ago today, Elizabeth Thomas vanished from Columbia, Tennessee. Our efforts to locate her – and the man believed to have kidnapped her – remain active and ongoing, but to this point have...
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Man attempts drive-by shooting of wife
A Thorn Hill man allegedly attempted a drive-by shooting of his wife while she was a passenger in another moving vehicle. Michael Shane Winstead, 31, was arrested last week on attempted criminal...
View ArticleWhy the legacy of Shakers will endure
On Jan. 2, Shaker Sister Frances Carr died at the age of 89. She had been a Shaker for almost 80 years and passed away at the Shaker community at Sabbathday Lake in Maine. Through my own research...
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Sharps Chapel couple sues PVEC
A civil lawsuit was filed in Union County Circuit Court on March 10, alleging medical and property issues arising directly from the routine spraying of herbicides by Powell Valley Electric Cooperative...
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Goins places in science fair
Photo submitted Breanna Goins recently placed third out of 25 students who competed at the annual Clinch-Powell Educational Cooperative science fair, held at Lincoln Memorial University. Competitors...
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Wreck leaves 3 injured
A two-vehicle wreck in Speedwell left three people injured Sunday afternoon. According to a report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol, a 2014 Chevy Equinox driven by Rita Lane Lambdin, 63, of Speedwell,...
View ArticleChurch Events
DEADLINE: The deadline for submitting Area Happenings, Church Events, Cemetery News, Reunions or Society items is Thursday at noon. See our website each week for a full listing of local events:...
View ArticleArea Happenings
DEADLINE: The deadline for submitting Area Happenings, Church Events, Cemetery News, Reunions or Society items is Thursday at noon. See our website each week for a full listing of local events:...
View ArticleBonnaroo to offer all-night stage for dance, hip-hop artists
MANCHESTER, Tenn. (AP) — Music fans will have more options to dance the night away at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, which is unveiling an all-night stage focusing on dance, electronic and...
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LMU to host public health fair for people, pets
Lincoln Memorial University-College of Veterinary Medicine (LMU-CVM) will host a public health fair for people and their pets on March 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the DeBusk Veterinary Teaching...
View ArticleContribute to anniversary issues
Happy anniversary to us! This year marks the 130th anniversary of the Claiborne Progress! To commemorate our anniversary, we are having a year-long celebration. We will include historical stories and...
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From the archives — 1903
Photos submitted Claiborne Progress reader Betty Barnard found an 1903 issue of the newspaper and shared it with us for our 130th anniversary celebration. Public records, ads and local news were and...
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Local businessman, fire chief arrested
A local businessman and the chief of the Springdale Volunteer Fire Department has been arrested for the third time in just over two months. Adam Franklin Payne, 36, of Tazewell, was arrested March 23....
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View ArticleFlat Hollow — the one-room school
Although one room schools remain in some of America’s most rural and isolated areas, several of them in the West, most folks today think the “little red schoolhouse” vanished from the educational scene...
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School director finalists ‘duke it out’
Members of the Claiborne School Board spent four hours during a special-called meeting last week absorbing four individual ‘takes’ on what the school system can achieve in the next five years. It...
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Budget committee resolution scratched
It appears the upcoming budget committee meetings will be hashed out by the same nine members of the Claiborne Commission. A resolution that would have given all 21 members a chance to wrangle the...
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