There’s a thin line between normal and insane. I think I’m standing on it… which would explain the big blob of crazy on my shoe.
Posted in Rogersville on Jul 14th, 2009
After repeated attempts to contact Rogersville city officials with the intention of asking when they might find time, amongst all of their tax raisin’ and salary negotiatin’ duties, to officially opt out of Tennessee’s new park carry law, I received no reply. Or I missed the reply.
Then, Pop forwarded me this NRA alert.
URGENT: Rogersville [...]
Posted in Weather on May 9th, 2009
Gibson Herrell So, what’s the difference between a journalist and a humor columnist? David Cate brings you Funnel cloud footage via his Flip. I can offer you a detailed description of my basement wall and my Flip is lost in the back of my soccer-mom SUV…. or at least I think that’s the last place [...]
Posted in Rogersville on Jan 31st, 2009
The truth has finally caught up with the rumors. The Rogersville Review reports: Rather than run the risk of running out of money for the Hale Springs Inn project, the Rogersville Board of Mayor and Aldermen may borrow up to $150,000 to make certain it is completed. The BMA has scheduled a meeting for February [...]
Posted in community on Dec 19th, 2008
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Later, I may add the part where the head popped off the baby Jesus doll and the boys started playing catch with it.
Posted in Hawkins County, Tennessee on Aug 22nd, 2008
The Church Hill Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted to ban fund-raising roadblocks in the city – after a minor accident scared the dickens out of a Volunteer High student, a driver…. and probably the city attorney.
Last month, neighboring Mount Carmel limited the number of fund-raising roadblocks to six per year — one per month [...]
Posted in Tennessee on Aug 13th, 2008
The Rogersville Review reports Rogersville Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted Tuesday to settle a Chancery Court case filed last Friday against the town and the Board of Zoning Appeals. The legal action, filed by attorney Mike Faulk on behalf of 40 property owners in the West Hills area, asked the court to reverse a [...]
Posted in Hawkins County, Rogersville, Tennessee on Aug 3rd, 2008
History, Bluegrass, Yarnspinnin’, Whittlin’, Fiddlin’, Crafts, and County Music.
For years, Rogersville has been convinced these aspects of our cultural heritage will attract droves of tourists to the area. The problem is it’s a heritage we share with countless cities throughout the region. Not to mention, the market has subdivided itself into smaller, [...]
Posted in Hawkins County, Tennessee on Jun 19th, 2008
The Town of Rogersville gets a little recognition from the National Geographic Society… and it has nothing to do with those red-headed, crazy neanderthal people living between here and Greene County.
The National Geographic Traveler will include the town in their Appalachian Driving Tours Map along with several other East Tennessee areas which are covered in [...]
Posted in Rogersville on Jun 12th, 2008
VAN WERT, OHIO — According to the Times Bulletin, a group of Tennessee scholars recently traveled to Van Wert to work at the YWCA and at Rotary Park. The group also served at the Children’s Garden in Smiley Park and at Family Caring Clinic.
The group is made up of Niswonger Scholarship winners. The Niswonger Foundation, [...]
Posted in Hawkins County on Jun 6th, 2008
According to the Times-News, the Rogersville Police Department responded to a report Thursday afternoon of a stolen Lincoln Continental headed westbound on Highway 11-W toward Rogersville in excess of 100 mph.
Police Chief Doug Nelson and other officers exited their patrol cars attempting to clear the westbound lane of vehicles stopped at the red light at [...]
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