Due to a bomb scare at Livingston Academy all Overton County Schools began at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 2, 2012. Livingston Academy students, faculty, and aids went through a security check before entering the school.
A closet is full of marijuana plants and equipment used in a growing operation busted at a Hilham residence by Overton County Sheriff’s Department deputies Friday, Jan. 27.
By Lyndon Johnson,OCN staff
Overton County Sheriff’s Department played a role in busting a marijuana-growing operation in Hilham Friday, Jan. 27, according to reports from the department.
County non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rates for December 2011, released Thursday, Jan. 26, show that the rate decreased in 56 counties, increased in 27 counties, and remained the same in 12 counties.
Overton County’s unemployment rate was 8.7% for December, up from 8.4% in November. Overton had 860 unemployed of a workforce of 9,910.
Livingston Academy Basketball Homecoming festivities were held Friday, Jan. 27 before games against Cannon County. Presented during the ceremonies were, from left,
Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency (UCHRA) will hold a commodities distribution for Overton County on Tuesday, Feb. 7, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Hanging Limb Community Center.
When a 1957 DeSoto Adventurer convertible crossed the block at the recent Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, AZ, my mind went back to my childhood when I dreamed of driving a finned wonder.
My Dad went to Qualls’ Used Cars in Rickman all the time when I was a kid. Sometimes he went there when he needed parts from the junk yard, sometimes he went there to see what Hollis was “tradin’ on”, and sometimes just to shoot the breeze with Hollis and the guys who hung out there. Even when I got older, if Dad was late getting home of the evening, that was where I could call and find him.
Anyway, when I went with Dad to the junk yard, I would look around the cars and trucks to see what was there. One day, I spotted the most awesome car I had ever seen. It was long and low, a 2-door hardtop with huge fins with three tail lamps on each.
I asked my Dad what it was, and he told me it was a DeSoto.
