WBBJ TV
January 26, 2021
OBION COUNTY, Tenn. Northwest Tennessee is mourning the lives of Chance Black and Zachary Grooms.
Grooms (left) / Black (right)
“It’s been tough to process. It’s brought a lot of hurt and confusion that we’re all learning to navigate,” said Seth Dortch, marketing manager for Final Flight Outfitters, Inc.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says they were killed Monday morning at Reelfoot Lake.
A friend says 25-year-old Zachary Grooms just graduated from Bethel University, with aspirations to become a police officer.
26-year-old Chance Black was also aspiring to join law enforcement as a state trooper. He worked at Final Flight Outfitters in Union City.
West Tennessee Weekly Construction December 23-30, 2020
Thursday, December 24, 2020 |
District 47 - West TN – Northern
DYER COUNTY, SR-3 (US-51): The repair of bridges on US 51 (SR 3) over SR 211 in Dyersburg will cause temporary lane closures throughout the project. Speed limit has been reduced to
55 MPH.
12’ lane restriction.
DYER COUNTY, SR-20: The repair of bridge on US 412 (SR 20) over Hogwallow Road will cause temporary lane closures throughout the project. Speed limit has been reduced to
55 MPH.
HENDERSON COUNTY (New Lexington By-Pass): The grading, drainage, construction of bridges and retaining walls, signals and paving on US 412 (SR 459) from US 412 (SR 20) west of Lexington to near SR 22 south of Lexington. Motorists should watch for trucks entering and exiting the roadway.
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Upon hearing that a Tennessee couple lost everything when their home burned to the ground and firefighters watched but did nothing, David South, the founder of Monolithic Domes in Italy, Texas, was appalled. This pioneer in making fireproof dome-shaped stone structures whose concepts on safer and better living are spreading like wildfire knows such things do not have to happen.
According to recent local newscasts, a woman named Vicky Bell and her mother both made it out of the Tennessee fire alive and well, but because they had not paid their subscription fee to the area fire department in Obion County, Tennessee, the responding firefighters kept their distance and just watched the dwelling burn.
West Tennessee Weekly Construction December 16-23, 2020
Thursday, December 17, 2020 |
District 47 - West TN – Northern
DYER COUNTY, SR-3 (US-51): The repair of bridges on US 51 (SR 3) over SR 211 in Dyersburg will cause temporary lane closures throughout the project. Speed limit has been reduced to
55 MPH.
12’ lane restriction.
DYER COUNTY, SR-20: The repair of bridge on US 412 (SR 20) over Hogwallow Road will cause temporary lane closures throughout the project. Speed limit has been reduced to
55 MPH.
GIBSON COUNTY, SR-43: (Non TDOT)
Thursday, December 17, 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. There will be temporary lane closures from log mile 9.89 to log mile 9.95 in Milan for infrared asphalt repair
Monday, December 14, 2020
State Gazette photo/ courtesy of TDOC
TIPTONVILLE The two inmates who escaped from the Northwest Correctional Complex/Minimum Security Annex have been arrested in Pompano Beach, Florida and are now in police custody. Robert Lee Brown and Christopher Osteen were taken into custody by the Broward County Florida Sheriffs Department, the U.S. Marshals Service, and other local and federal law enforcement agencies three days after leaving the facility in Tiptonville.
Brown, 36, was serving an 18-year sentence for Aggravated Rape out of Putnam County. His sentence was set to expire in 2022. Christopher Osteen, 34, was serving an 8-year sentence for Burglary out of Madison County. His sentence was set to expire in 2023.