Cholera kills 300 in battered Zimbabwe
Nearly 300 people have died from a cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe that is compounded by the country's collapsing health-care system, according to the World Health Organization.
Posted Friday, November 21, 2008 2:42 pm CST
South Africa teen sentenced in 'racist' murders
A white teen convicted of murdering four blacks, including two children, in a racist killing spree in South Africa's North West province was sentenced Friday to four life terms in prison.
Posted Friday, November 21, 2008 1:10 pm CST
U.N.: Gunmen storm Congo camp
Armed men entered a Congolese camp for displaced people Friday to kidnap and rape a girl, but when the girl screamed, the gunmen fired shots, killing a 20-year-old woman, a U.N. spokesman said.
Airpark Inn Fire ROOMS DESTROYED — About 8 a.m. today, smoke and occasional flames emanated from what was a cluster of six rooms at Air Park Inn, a motel facility located on the western shore of Reelfoot Lake.Read More ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — What’s so bad about bankruptcy as an alternative to big bailouts for automakers or other critical U.S. companies? Frozen credit and the hardships of a Chapter 11 reorganization make it a tough pill to swallow for struggling industries and their workers.
DALLAS (AP) — It seems as if the gracious couple has told the story a thousand times — how the crack of an assassin’s bullet struck the president just a few feet from where they stood.
The annual children’s shopping tour — where less fortunate children from across Obion County will be treated to new winter clothing — is set for Sunday starting at 2 p.m. at Wal-Mart Supercenter in Union City.
Thousands of children help Skyhawks open season Thousands of screaming Weakley County students filled the stands Friday afternoon cheering with wild abandon as the University of Tennessee at Martin Skyhawks routed Maryville in the first game of the year.Read More ... Tracy Sharp, Managing Editor
Victims' program faces critical budget cuts The shrill of the ringing phone slices through the silence of the early morning hours of April Hall’s home. Groggily, she turns to see the bright red numbers of the clock beside her bed letting her know that it is 3 a.m. Before she answers, Hall has a feeling in her gut the person on the other end of the line is in dire need.Read More ... By Sabrina Bates, Chief Staff Writer
Epic numbers hit polls to vote early Weakley Countians have been coming out in record numbers to early vote in the upcoming General Election. According to statistics provided by the Weakley County Election Commissioner Diane Cashion, as of Wednesday morning, 5,503 voters have early or absentee voted in a race that will decide the next president of the United States.Read More ... By Tracy Sharp, Managing Editor
Marci Floyd
Floyd named county trustee In a surprising move Tuesday evening, members of the Weakley County Commission announced a new trustee to take the place of Donald Doster after he announced his retirement earlier this month.Read More ... By Sabrina Bates, Chief Staff Writer
Annual county dinner, auction slated The Exchange Club Carl Perkins Center Advisory Board is hosting the 10th Annual Gibson County Dinner and Auction on March 8 at the Humboldt General Hospital Conference Center. Grab your tickets now and experience “The Love Boat: Sink or Swim!” in cruise ship fashion. Vacation attire is invited and for those who may not know what to wear on a cruise ship, Hawaiian print shirts, khakis, any casual, or denim, or evening wear will be appropriate for this event!Read More ...
Great UC streaks come to an end All good things must come to an end.
To the Union City boys’ basketball team on Thursday, that phrase meant the squad’s 38-game winning streak came to a halt as the locals fell to Covington 94-88.
Not only did the Tornadoes’ streak of consecutive victories come to an end but so, too, did their more than two-year winning streak on their homecourt.
The Tornadoes were last defeated at home prior to Thursday’s game on Jan. 24, 2006 by Lake County.
However, it wasn’t all bad news for the UC crowd as the girls used an attack of 11 players to tire out the Lady Chargers 73-59 in a TSSAA Hall of Champions game.Read More ... By KENNETH COKER, Messenger Sports Reporter
Skyhawks can punch own playoff ticket vs. EKU To the victor goes the spoils.
The Ohio Valley Conference championship and the league’s automatic berth into the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) playoffs will be on the line Saturday when UT Martin hosts Eastern Kentucky.
The 18th-ranked Skyhawks (8-3, 6-1) will be looking for their second OVC title and postseason playoff berth in three years and will be looking to beat EKU for the first time in 19 all-time meetings in the noon showdown at Graham Stadium.
The Colonels (7-3, 6-1) are the reigning league champions and will be gunning for their 20th Ohio Valley Conference championship in their program’s long and storied history.
The loser will still be in the hunt for an at-large playoff berth in the 16-team FCS field. Likely whichever team loses, along with Tennessee State and Jacksonville State, will all finish with 6-2 conference records and, the last two seasons, two OVC teams made the tournament field.Read More ... By MIKE HUTCHENS, Messenger Sports Editor
The Hillcrest girls were ahead when it counted.
The Lady Cougars, who trailed 5-2 after one quarter and 18-17 with three periods complete, compiled an 11-4 bettering of South Fulton in the final canto en route to a 28-22 victory on Thursday evening.
Meanwhile, the SF boys led 18-2 after one quarter and 27-8 at halftime as they coasted to a 44-32 bettering of H’crest.
In the girls’ game, Kelsey Gibson was the top performer for the Lady Cougars (4-0) as she accumulated seven points. Tory Reedy pulled down seven rebounds for the victors.Read More ...
New-look OC girls resting much hope on few returnees The Obion Central girls may as well be starting from scratch.
This season’s team will hardly resemble that of last season when the squad posted its sixth straight 20-win campaign and was ranked No. 1 in the state for a stretch.
All totaled, the Lady Rebels lost three starters and a pair of reserves to graduation from last season’s team that posted a record of 25-4 and ultimately had its season end a step away from substate in the semifinals of the Region 7-AA Tournament against eventual Class 2A state runner-up Milan.
The starters lost were nothing to scoff at as Jana Roney is now a part of the Murray State women’s basketball team, Gentry Reedy totaled 1,000 points during her prep career and Emily McGee was a viable option at point guard.Read More ... By KENNETH COKER, Messenger Sports Reporter
Righting wrongs is loudest Rebel yell Obion Central head coach Bill Kail believes his team has some unfinished business.
The Rebels, who posted their first winning season since 2001-02 last season with a 15-11 record, still feel the sting from last season’s first-round exit — a 72-62 loss to Milan — in the District 13AA playoffs.
“That bothers me that we had a pretty successful regular season and lost in the first round of the playoffs,” Kail said when breaking down his goals for the upcoming season. “That still keeps me up at night from time to time and I know that it bothered those players, too.”
Read More ... By KENNETH COKER, Messenger Sports Reporter
