Clifton, Butler tell kids to say ‘no’
By RANDY CAVIN Press Sports MARTIN — The messages were different, but the meaning was the same. Two well-known athletes spoke to 100 Martin Middle eighth-graders and 150 Martin Elementary fifth-graders at the D.A.R.E (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) graduation on Friday at the Martin Middle School. Former Green Bay Packers and now retired offensive tackle [...]
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Memorial Day Weekend DUI Check Points (Weakley County)
This weekend, all West Tennessee Law Enforcement agencies will be increasing enforcement efforts in a program called “Hands across the Border” Sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols will be conducted Friday the 24th and Saturday the 25th between the hours of 6pm and 3am Officers will concentrate their enforcement efforts on removing impaired drivers from the [...]
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Greenfield Man Facing Drug Charges After Crime Stoppers Tip
A Greenfield man is facing various drug possession charges following a search by the Greenfield Police. According to reports, officers received a Crime Stoppers tip about possible illegal drug activity at a house on Avalon Street in Greenfield. The owner of the home gave authorities permission to search the residence and no drugs were found [...]
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Martin Man Captured After Chase
A Martin teenager is facing multiple charges in western Kentucky, after leading Kentucky State Police on a high speed chase. Reports said 19 year old Landon Chase Coley was apprehended north of the Cayce community in Fulton County, after leading the Trooper on a chase involving speeds of well over 100 miles per hour. Reports [...]
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Clifton, Butler tell kids to say ‘no’
By RANDY CAVIN Press Sports MARTIN — The messages were different, but the meaning was the same. Two well-known athletes spoke to 100 Martin Middle eighth-graders and 150 Martin Elementary fifth-graders at the D.A.R.E (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) graduation on Friday at the Martin Middle School. Former Green Bay Packers and now retired offensive tackle [...]
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Memorial Day Weekend DUI Check Points (Weakley County)
This weekend, all West Tennessee Law Enforcement agencies will be increasing enforcement efforts in a program called “Hands across the Border” Sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols will be conducted Friday the 24th and Saturday the 25th between the hours of 6pm and 3am Officers will concentrate their enforcement efforts on removing impaired drivers from the [...]
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Family Cell Phone Contract
Great idea for involving parents in the lives of their children! Follow the link to download the family call phone contract: https://www.drugfreeactionalliance.org/files/cellcontract.pdf
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Dec. 6th: The State of Weakley County
Weakley County To Come Together for Public Meeting on Urgent Issues 48% of Weakley County High School students report having ridden in a car driven by an intoxicated adult. (2011 PFS Student Survey) Weakley County, TN is one of thousands of counties nationwide that houses its own community coalition, whose purpose is to bring community [...]
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Clifton, Butler tell kids to say ‘no’
By RANDY CAVIN Press Sports MARTIN — The messages were different, but the meaning was the same. Two well-known athletes spoke to 100 Martin Middle eighth-graders and 150 Martin Elementary fifth-graders at the D.A.R.E (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) graduation on Friday at the Martin Middle School. Former Green Bay Packers and now retired offensive tackle [...]
Memorial Day Weekend DUI Check Points (Weakley County)
This weekend, all West Tennessee Law Enforcement agencies will be increasing enforcement efforts in a program called “Hands across the Border” Sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols will be conducted Friday the 24th and Saturday the 25th between the hours of 6pm and 3am Officers will concentrate their enforcement efforts on removing impaired drivers from the [...]
Greenfield Man Facing Drug Charges After Crime Stoppers Tip
A Greenfield man is facing various drug possession charges following a search by the Greenfield Police. According to reports, officers received a Crime Stoppers tip about possible illegal drug activity at a house on Avalon Street in Greenfield. The owner of the home gave authorities permission to search the residence and no drugs were found [...]
Martin Man Captured After Chase
A Martin teenager is facing multiple charges in western Kentucky, after leading Kentucky State Police on a high speed chase. Reports said 19 year old Landon Chase Coley was apprehended north of the Cayce community in Fulton County, after leading the Trooper on a chase involving speeds of well over 100 miles per hour. Reports [...]
Crime Stoppers Needs Your Help
Martin Crime Stoppers says it needs the public’s help solving two crimes of the week. Crime No. 1: On April 14 at about 11:15 p.m., two unknown black males were observed on store surveillance entering the Martin Walmart. The subjects were seen taking a pair of bolt cutters and cutting a hole in the computer cabinet. They [...]
Greenfield Man Gets 12 Years for Brutal Stabbing
A Weakley County man charged in the brutal stabbing of a Union City woman was sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading to a lesser charge Friday in Obion County Circuit Court. Willie James Walker III, 26, of Greenfield entered a best interest plea to a charge of criminal attempt to commit second-degree murder [...]
Three Plead Guilty in UTM Campus Carjacking, Robbery
DRESDEN — Three of the four suspects in November’s drug-related carjacking and robbery on the University of Tennessee at Martin pleaded guilty to lesser charges Thursday. Jeremy Lincoln Anderson, Cortez L. Bowen and Quinton McClerkin pleaded guilty to robbery and were sentenced in Weakley County Circuit Court to six years in prison. They must serve [...]
Martin Man Arrested on Drug and Weapon Charges
A Martin man is facing drug possession and weapon charges following an incident with police. According to reports, Martin officers were called to the Fonville Street area after receiving a call about a man walking around and talking to himself. When officers arrived on the scene, they found 48 year old John Chamberlain. The officers stated Chamberlain [...]