County Democrats Plan Reorganization Convention
Electing an executive committee, county party officers, and building momentum for 2022 elections are aims of the Giles County Democratic...
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mankejpaul
Jul 21, 20212 min read
Boys and Girls Club Seeks to Engage More With Local Community News Makers
After going through parts of a pandemic-stricken 2020 and 2021, Devon Yurko can’t wait for the start of the 2021-22 school year and the...
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mankejpaul
Jul 17, 20211 min read
Sales Tax Holiday Nears
This information is provided courtesy of 28th District State Sen. and MD Joey Hensley, (R -Hohenwald), who represents Giles and five...
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mankejpaul
Jun 30, 20213 min read
Speaker Urges Strict Interpretation of Constitution
blog Tennessee needs judges who strictly interpret the state constitution, according to a speaker at the June 14 Giles County Republican...
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mankejpaul
Jun 30, 20211 min read
County Democrats Keep Working
Planning continues for the Giles County Democratic Party’s County Reorganization Convention in August. Meanwhile, a Candidate Recruitment...
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mankejpaul
Jun 30, 20212 min read
Sheriff's Department Recognized
Giles County Sheriff Kyle Helton and the sheriff’s department had an unusual time in parts of 2020 and 2021 when a worldwide pandemic...
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mankejpaul
Jun 21, 20213 min read
More Minority Teachers Sought
Because it’s hard to recruit minority teachers, Giles County High School Principal Don Thomas is looking at other ways to attract them,...
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mankejpaul
Jun 11, 20212 min read
EDC Selects New Chairman
Patrick Gilbert has been elected chairman of the Giles County Economic Development Commission, replacing Richard Kelley, who resigned to...
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mankejpaul
May 10, 20212 min read
County Democrats Take Issue With Commission Action
Members of the Giles County Democrats plan to take issue with a resolution passed by the county commission to declare Giles A sanctuary...
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mankejpaul
May 10, 20211 min read
Rutledge Gains Pulaski Exchange Club Award
Hayley Rutledge, a senior at Giles County High School, was recognized as recipient of the Accepting the Challenge of Excellence Award...
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mankejpaul
May 7, 20211 min read
Legislative Update
2021 Legislation Recap After all was said and done, here’s what made it through and what didn’t according to information from State Rep....
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mankejpaul
Apr 26, 20213 min read
Republicans look for control of at least one branch of Congress
Republicans are close to regaining control of Congress in the next congressional elections in 2022, according to Seventh District...
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mankejpaul
Apr 13, 20212 min read
Solid Waste, Recycling Pose Challenges to Giles Residents
People always will need places in which to put solid waste but not where it affects them, according to Julie Phillips, director of Giles...
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mankejpaul
Mar 18, 20211 min read
County Republicans Urge More Party Reps in County Posts
Does Giles County have too many county commissioners? Chris Morris, Giles Republican Party Chairman, raised the question at a March 1...
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mankejpaul
Mar 9, 20214 min read
Proposed Bill Would Help More Students Complete College
More students who use money from the Tennessee Promise Program would have a better chance of finishing community college or technical...
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mankejpaul
Mar 8, 20213 min read
Open Government Is Important To Keep Government Honest
By Ken Paulson When government fails, it’s the rare public official who says, “Oops. My fault.” That’s human nature, particularly for...
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mankejpaul
Mar 4, 20213 min read
Doggett Sponsors Various Bills
Republicans like to consider their political party one concerned with state rights. It is no surprise that a bill concerning state rights...
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mankejpaul
Feb 19, 20211 min read
Legislators Try to Build Support For Expanding ARC
Area state legislators are trying to get Giles and Lincoln counties added to the list of counties in the Appalachian Regional Commission,...
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mankejpaul
Feb 3, 20212 min read
Officer Recognized for Arrests, Recovered Weapons
David Crane, a wildlife officer assigned to Giles County, figured something was unusual while working a case in December 2019. One...
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mankejpaul
Jan 27, 20212 min read
Speaker Cites Good Samaritan on Martin Luther King Jr., Day
Americans need to follow the example of the Good Samaritan from the Bible and help those in need, in keeping with the example of the late...
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