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		<title>On the calendar May 6, 2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 16:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Haywood County School Board will hold a work session Thursday at 5:00 p.m. They will be discussing their 2026/2027 budget. Mayor David Livingston says he will call a special session of the Haywood County Commission on May 18 at 1pm when he expects to meet jointly with the Haywood County School Board and officials ... 		<div class="woocommerce">
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		<title>News brief &#8211; Fayette County</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 16:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sources say Fayette County Schools are cutting over 70 jobs.  The report states some employees will be let go and some other positions left unfilled at the end of the school year.  Fayette County’s school enrollment is reportedly decreased over 50% in the last 30 years. 		<div class="woocommerce">
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		<title>Sheriff’s Lt Moore graduates from Police Staff and Command</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 16:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[  Sheriff’s Department Lt. Jamie Moore has graduated from the School of Police Staff and Command (SPSC) at Northwestern University.  Lt. Moore was among a class of 22 student in the 22-week course of study. The School of Police Staff and Command provides upper-level college instruction. The major topics include leadership, human resources, employee relations, ... 		<div class="woocommerce">
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		<title>Another house pockmarked with bullet holes.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 16:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It’s starting to sound like the same news story over and over and over. Another shots fired call resulting in damage, but, fortunately and again, no one hurt.  This time officers answered the call at 11:30 Monday night, May 4.  The caps were popped in the 550 block of Lark Street. Police Chief Kelvin Evans ... 		<div class="woocommerce">
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		<title>Second degree murder suspect arrested by Marshals in Brownsville Falls through ceiling</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 16:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[U.S. Marshals arrested a man in Brownsville suspected of a murder in Michigan according to a news release from the Marshal’s service.  Darqareion Mills, 29, was arrested Monday, May 4, after he fell through the ceiling of a Gay street residence as police closed in on him. Mills is wanted in Kalamazoo, Michigan, for second ... 		<div class="woocommerce">
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		<title>The Home-Maker &#8211; Beth Tripp</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 16:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Among the recollections of my childhood, the most startling to my youthful mind, was a story told me by my mother of an Indian raid that came near enough to my grandfather’s home to massacre and scalp the whole family of friends, Brantly by name. Within a very few miles of the Brantly’s there was ... 		<div class="woocommerce">
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		<title>Carolyn G. Taylor: A Founder of The Geneva Miller Historical Society Dorothy Granberry, Geneva Miller Historical Society</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 15:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Carolyn G. Taylor, one of the founders of this historical society, a chronicler of African American life in Haywood County and West Tennessee, and a stalwart member of the 1964 Class of Carver High School went to sit among the ancestors May 2, 2026. She generously gave of her time, money, and other resources to ... 		<div class="woocommerce">
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		<title>Family Ties &#8211; Clayburn Peeples</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 15:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The royal visit of King Charles and Queen Camilla has concluded, seemingly without controversy, even though it was made partly to celebrate the 250th anniversary of us throwing off the shackles of the same monarchy King Charles represents today. We replaced that monarchy, of course, with our democracy, but even though we eschew the very ... 		<div class="woocommerce">
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		<title>A Mother’s Wish List &#8211; Carolyn Tomlin</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 15:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Observing my own mother and others, I often wondered about the responsibility that goes with rearing a child. And how did they find the energy to teach a youngster all the important things for life? After all, the period of childhood is so brief, and there is so much to learn. In conversation with numerous ... 		<div class="woocommerce">
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		<title>It’s a Bugger &#8211; Tommy Russell</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 15:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am a man of constant introspection and self-judgment. I am still in the growing-up stage of being who I aspire to be. My favorite quote that I apply to myself is, “I wish I were half the man my dog thinks I am.” Oh, how I miss my dog. Thinking about the human condition ... 		<div class="woocommerce">
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		<title>On the calendar May 5, 2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 13:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Brownsville Energy Authority Board meets this afternoon at 5:00 p.m. • The Haywood County Public Records Committee’s regular monthly meeting is Thursday. • The Haywood County School Board will hold a work session Thursday at 5:00 p.m. They will be discussing their 2026/2027 budget.     		<div class="woocommerce">
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		<title>Person injured after Margin Street shooting SUV keeps showing up on scenes with gunfire</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 13:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Police are investigating another shooting incident involving an SUV believed to be the getaway vehicle in a random shooting last week. Police Chief Kelvin Evans said officers were called to the hospital Thursday, April 30, where a person was being treated for an injury following a shooting incident. The person, whom police did not identify, ... 		<div class="woocommerce">
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		<title>Lee, TDEC Announce $15.7 Million Load for City of Brownsville Water Improvements</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 13:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Governor Bill Lee and Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) Commissioner David Salyers announced a $15,725,000 loan for the City of Brownsville to improve water infrastructure. The loan comes from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund Loan Program. It will fund the construction of a new wastewater treatment system capable of processing up to ... 		<div class="woocommerce">
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		<title>Brownsville must brace for 45% rate increase for garbage disposal By Periann Houghton</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 13:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Haywood County won’t offer its largest customer, Brownsville, a volume discount for managing its garbage. Solid Waste Chairman Leonard Jones and Solid Waste Department Manager Dewayne Steele’s plan to provide a discount, at least for the next two years, was rejected by the Solid Waste Committee during a session last night. Unless the Haywood County ... 		<div class="woocommerce">
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		<title>On the calendar May 4, 2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 13:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[  The Haywood County Capital Improvement Committee meets today at 5 p.m. • The Haywood County Solid Waste Committee meets this evening at 6 p.m. • The Brownsville Energy Authority Board meets tomorrow afternoon at 5:00 p.m. • The Haywood County Public Records Committee’s regular monthly meeting is Thursday. 		<div class="woocommerce">
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		<title>News briefs— May 4, 2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 13:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Baptist Hospital broke ground for its new hospital in Fayette County last week. From a social media post, “A very special day in Fayette County as the groundbreaking for Baptist Memorial Hospital Fayette County….This is a model for Baptist to expand services to rural areas all over.” A shakeup at the Memphis Chamber of Commerce. ... 		<div class="woocommerce">
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		<title>Solid Waste to meet today. Will we hear about discussion with Brownsville?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 13:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Haywood County Solid Waste Committee meets later today, and discussion about the department’s upcoming rate increases is likely to be a topic. Huge increases in operating costs are driving the price hikes, primarily for the disposal of household garbage. While county leaders are nearing setting the new rates—some as much as double for rural ... 		<div class="woocommerce">
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		<title>Legislators head back to Nashville—Governor calls a special session</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 13:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Governor Bill Lee announced plans to convene a special legislative session of the Tennessee General Assembly. The session will review the state’s congressional map.  The session begins tomorrow. “After consultation with the Lt. Governor, Speaker of the House, Attorney General, and Secretary of State, I believe the General Assembly has a responsibility to review the ... 		<div class="woocommerce">
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