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On Thursday, March 19 Brownsville Mayor, Bill Rawls, Jr. will deliver the first annual State of the City address at 11 AM. “Focusing Forward” is the theme of the Mayor’s address as he lays out his vision for the city. Mayor Rawls will also unveil three new initiatives that focus on crime, Read more

The Lady Tomcats travel to Martin tonight to play a TSSAA sub-state tournament game. The Lady Cats play Martin-Westview. The girls played Westview twice in regular season — winning one of the games and losing the other. Tuesday night the boys play Jackson Southside. Southside won the state District 13-AA Read more

Celebrating 42 years of service to the Haywood County Ambulance Authority, a reception will be held Wednesday from 10am until 2pm at the Brownsville Country Club honoring Jimmy Studdard. Studdard has managed the ambulance service since 1973. Last Monday the Haywood County Commission honored Studdard by naming the Read more

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