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    Recommendation could mean lower pay for judge and return to part time

    According to the Haywood County Attorney, if the Haywood County Commission accepts the salary ...

    Joe Perry to head Emergency Management

    Emergency Management Director Mark Covington has resigned. Haywood County Commissioners appointed Joe Perry as ...

    Selling the ambulance service—county commission takes new steps

    The county’s Public Safety Committee is charged with vetting the sale of the Haywood ...

    Surprise change in leadership—Joe Stephens elected Chairman, Haywood County Commission

    Mayor David Livingston is out as Chairman of the Haywood County Commission. During its ...

    Covid claims another Haywood Countian—death toll nears 70

    Another Haywood Countian has been taken by the Coronavirus. According to the state’s report ...

    Covid update, Monday, September 18, 2021

    The state department of health says Haywood County has 189 active cases of Coronavirus. ...

    County commission leadership decided this evening

    This evening, on the agenda, the annual election of a chairman and vice-chairman of ...

    Grant will help rehab Carnegie building

    The Carnegie Library in Brownsville, the home of the Brownsville/Haywood County Chamber of Commerce ...

    Tomcats play big one tonight

    The rivalry between the Milan Bulldogs and the Haywood Tomcats goes back for decades. ...

    Lawmakers again asking for special session

    Some Republican lawmakers in Tennessee are again insisting on a special session of the ...

    Covid update, Friday, September 17

    There are 174 Haywood Countians suffering with Coronavirus, according to the state’s Thursday reporting. ...

    Drugs, guns and stolen motorcycles…one man arrested

    The West Tennessee Drug Task Force accompanied by Brownsville Police and Haywood County Sheriff’s ...

    New low-income grant opportunity—but application window is narrow

    There may be a new grant opportunity for some Haywood Countians. Tennessee will provide ...

    Brownsville Fire Department at full force

    Fire Chief David Smith says his department is fully staffed. Smith told Brownsville’s Mayor ...

    Covid 19 update, September 16, 2021

    Eighty-seven more Tennesseans died because of Coronavirus in the 24-hour reporting period that ended ...

    BPD wins thousands in grant funds for traffic

    Grant money for local policing has been distributed statewide and the Brownsville Police Department ...

    THP issues preliminary report on train/truck fatality

    The Tennessee Highway Patrol has identified the man killed in the truck/train accident Tuesday ...

    State-maintained streets in Brownsville to get new pavements

    The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) has ordered that West Main Street to the ...