Archive: 2014

It’s been a week of buying. Saturday will be a day of giving. All during this week volunteers have been busy buying toys and groceries for Haywood County’s needy families. Funding for the buying spree came from donations made by Brownsville (WNWS-AM/WTBG-FM) listeners during the station’s Read more

Main Street Brownsville Director Mary Ann Sharpe is the liaison to the Tennessee State Historical Commission. The appointment came Thursday afternoon during a Brownsville Historical Board meeting Sharpe, who was appointed Director of Main Street Brownsville earlier this year, will become HZC’s Certified Read more

Brownsville Police were assured that grant funding for special traffic campaigns will continue. Mayor Bill Rawls called a special meeting of the Brownsville Board of Mayor and Alderman Thursday to take action on the grants. The funding totals about $99,000. Alcohol Countermeasures Grant The grant provides the BPD Read more

Alderman Carolyn Flagg has been appointed to the Brownsville Energy Authority’s Board of Directors. In a letter to the city’s leadership, the utility asked that Flagg be placed on the board. At Tuesday’s Brownsville City Board meeting aldermen and the mayor confirmed the appointment.. The city Read more

BROWNSVILLE, Tenn.ó The Brownsville City Board of Mayor and Alderman have taken action providing new police cars and more officers for Brownsville. City officials say the extra law enforcement help is being funded through federal grant money and money already set aside for automobiles in the city budget. Haywood Read more

According to state labor experts, more of us have jobs right now than in recent monhs. Excepting one county, the unemployment rate in Haywood and surrounding counties dropped again last month. Wednesday afternoon the Tennessee Bureau of Labor Statistics released the data for October. The Bureau reports there are Read more

County taxpayers will provide up to $8,000 to supply new carpet to the Boys & Girls Club. The club is located in the former YMCA building at College Hill. The old carpet was found to be harboring mold. The new spend will be in addition to the renovations that cost more than $150,000. Contractors stripped […]Read more

Haywood County Mayor Franklin Smith expects up to receive $350,000 in funding for a new industrial park entrance on Windrow road. The cash will come from TVA. “There will be a match depending upon what the project costs,” said Smith. “The city and county would have to come up with 30-percent of Read more

The Haywood County Commission unanimously approved a resolution honoring Ann and Pat Mann, Jr. for contributions of time and resources to benefit the people of Haywood County. The Manns recently donated money to the Boys & Girls Club and Flagg Grove School projects.Read more