Archive: February 2015

For 42 years one man has been the heart, soul and face of the Brownsville-Haywood County Ambulance Authority. He is Jimmy Studdard, and now the building where he has spent almost his entire working career will bear his name. In a unanimous vote by the Haywood County Commission on Monday night, commissioners Read more

Greg McCarley, who for 16 years has served as Haywood County’s Highway Supervisor, was once again approved to serve another four-year term at Monday evening’s county commission meeting. Commissioners approved McCarley’s re-appointment unanimously. “The Highway Commission submits name for the County Commission to Read more

The Haywood County Commission voted unanimously Monday night to approve a $2,500 donation to the Arts Council. The money will come out of the county’s general fund, and matches another $2,500 approved by the City of Brownsville earlier this month. Together, the $5,000 in funding will go about a third of the way to Read more

The Silver Linings Cafe, a coffee shop which hopes to open soon on the east side of court square, was approved this week for a $15,000 loan through Brownsville’s revolving business loan fund . “The revolving loan fund was set up some while ago to help small business that were on the fringe that needed […]Read more

The City Board approved the hire of a storm water and geological expert at Tuesday’s city board meeting. Lauren Patterson will begin work in early March in a position that is required by the State of Tennessee. Patterson comes to Brownsville from the University of Memphis and a private GIS firm. Patterson will Read more

At Thursday night’s Haywood County School Board meeting Superintendent Teresa Russell said six Haywood County educators have been tapped as Teachers of the Year. They are: Anderson – Connie Allen Haywood Elementary – Pamela Reagan East Side – Pamela Pickens Haywood Middle School – Grover Harwell HHS – Charles Read more