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    Tied vote strikes down mayor’s vaccine incentive plan

    Should employees be incentivized to get the COVID-19 vaccine? Some City aldermen say no. ...

    Appointments made to Brownsville Zoning Appeals

    Three appointments were made by Brownsville’s City Board to the Board of Zoning Appeals ...

    Brownsville Utility will spend $24 million on water and electric upgrades

    We don’t know much about it yet, but Brownsville Utility is cued up to ...

    Sheriff wins funding for jail security

    Security systems in the 11-year-old county jail are being replaced. The Haywood County Commission ...

    Brownsville Press Podcast, January 19, 2022

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    Mayor Bill Rawls likely to run for a third term

    Brownsville Mayor Bill Rawls wasted no time signaling his interest in serving a third ...

    Coronavirus sets record in Haywood Schools

    “Due to the Omicron Variant, we are seeing our largest amount of absences to ...

    Freedonia Megasite meeting postponed

    This afternoon’s (Wednesday January 19, 2022) Megasite Authority meeting for the Freedonia Community has ...

    Is the general sessions judge’s pay really set? Another vote last night

    Now they’ve voted four times. Has the salary for the General Sessions Judge really ...

    Brownsville Press Podcast, January 18, 2022

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    Petitions to run for Brownsville Mayor/Aldermen available today

    Considering running for one of the three Brownsville City Board of Mayor and Aldermen ...

    Blue Oval City changes school board’s thinking and planning

    Athletic facilities being reconsidered School leaders are rethinking parts of the ambitious project to ...

    City Board, County Commission, JEDC, Stanton Council all meet today

    Most —maybe all— of Haywood County’s leadership gather in various meetings today—all the meetings ...

    Brownsville Press Podcast, January 17, 2022

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    No more daily Covid reports state says—spokesman offers explanation

    We have been following the news that the Tennessee Department of Health has discontinued ...

    Dyer Street raid—Drug Task Force makes arrest

    Drug Task Force Director Johnie Carter says that Agents from the West Tennessee Drug ...

    Want to see how local government works? Lots of meetings this week

    •. Today is a national holiday, Dr. Martin Luther King Day. That means many ...

    Brownsville Press Podcast, January 14, 2022

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