August 19, 2026
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Sponsors needed for 4-H Clays for the Clover event
More than 15,680 youth from across the state participate in the Tennessee 4-H sports program. Of those, 20 earned the right to participate in a oncein- a-lifetime opportunity by competing at the National 4-H Shooting Sports Championship in Grand Island, Nebraska. The youth will represent the Volunteer state in disciplines such as air rifle, recurve archery, compound archery, shotgun and smallbore rifle. The combined cost for Tennessee 4-H’ers to attend this event is approximately $40,000.
Heart of RCA Benefit Dinner & Auction set for April 25
Riverside Christian Academy invites the public to join in a night of fun for their annual RCA Benefit Dinner & Auction to be held at the school on April 25 beginning at 5:30 p.m. Doors open at 5:15 p.m.
April’s First Saturday gets underway at 10 a.m. Saturday on the downtown square
We’re not joking when we say you won’t want to miss the start of First Saturdays as it gets underway April 4 around the inside perimeter of the downtown square and beyond.
Junior Round Dozen’s meeting includes a book review and report on Little Free Libraries
Members of the Junior Round Dozen Book Club held their February meeting on Valentine’s Day at the beautifully decorated home of Laura Kinkle. Linda Holland and Donna West served as co-hostesses.
Property Transfers
March 13
Blessed Drives
Well, Family, I just couldn’t get enough of those Fishing Fords. We had North and Old last time, and now we pop over to the southside
The Creeks and Forks of Petersburg
Like many of the great cities of the world, Petersburg is located by a life-giving stream of water. London is on the Thames; Paris is on the Seine and Petersburg is eternally bonded with and blessed by the creek called Cane. Cane Creek is Petersburg’s primary waterway but where did it get its name? IDK means “I don’t know” and that applies here, but I do know that there is plenty of wild cane growing up and down the Cane Creek. I’m going to take a wild guess that the Cane Creek was named after our own small species of bamboo, sometimes called creek cane, river cane or switch cane.
I’ll read you the riot act
Let’s explore the origin of some common sayings. After writing several columns about sayings like, “Not my cup of tea” and “The straw that broke the camel’s back,” many of you suggested a few others. How many times have you threatened to read someone “The Riot Act?” What is that act, and why is there a riot involved? I’m pretty sure I “read the riot act” to my sons when they were teenagers, and I’m equally certain they rolled their eyes when I did.
Commission OKs rezoning property on Pulaski Highway
The Lincoln County Commission approved the rezoning of property at 2313 Pulaski Highway from A-1 (agriculture, forestry, rural residential) to A-2 (suburban residential) during the March 17 meeting.
Scammer poses as DirecTV installer
An individual posing as a DirecTV employee recently attempted to scam a Lincoln County resident by phone, according to a report by Lincoln County Deputy Karly Cotton.