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  • Celebrating National Ag Day March 19th

    March 19 is National Ag Day –  a day to celebrate the less than two percent of the population who provide food, fiber and fuel to all of us. Agriculture is no doubt our most important industry and National Ag Day is a chance for us to recognize and show our appreciation for all farmers…


  • Sobriety Checkpoint Scheduled in Cannon County

    The Tennessee Highway Patrol will be conducting a Sobriety Checkpoint on March 29, 2024, on State Route 64 in Cannon County. Impaired driving is a serious crime that kills more than 16,000 people and injures 305,000 others every year in the United States. Troopers will evaluate drivers for signs of alcohol or drug impairment. Troopers…


  • Cannon County Schools Honors the March Good Citizen of the Month

    Cannon County Schools would like to congratulate the March Good Citizen of the Month Award Winner, Karlee-Jo Wheeler, a 5th-grade student from Cannon South Elementary. Karlee-Jo was nominated by her 5th-grade teachers, Tonya Melton, Jordan Anderson, and Tracy Hale. The teachers state that Karlee-Jo ensures her classmates never feel left out. She is respectful and…


  • State Agency Warns to be on the Lookout for Scammers

    Scammers, identity thieves, and fraudsters cheated Tennesseans out of a reported $133.6 million of their hard-earned money in 2023, landing Tennessee as the state with the 16th highest rate of fraud in the United States.   Those shocking figures are courtesy of the Federal Trade Commission’s newly released Consumer Sentinel Network 2023 report which identifies more than 73,000 instances of fraud and…


  • DTC Schedules System Upgrade

    This is an advance notice that DTC Communications will conduct network maintenance between 11:59 PM Tuesday night, March 12th and 7 AM, Wednesday morning, March 13th. This is the second in a series of steps to upgrade the equipment necessary to enhance our overall system performance and better serve our expanding customer base. Internet, Voice,…


  • Cannon County Schools Will Dismiss Early Thursday

    Cannon County Schools will dismiss at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, March 14, 2024, to allow students and staff to attend the Murfreesboro TSSAA Boys Basketball State Tournament game.  Cannon County’s Lions will face Ripley’s Tigers at 2:15pm in MTSU’s Murphy Center. Bonnie Patterson, Director of Schools, states, “This is the first time since 1985 that our…


  • Drowsy Driving Warning as Time Change Approaches

    With Daylight Saving Time approaching (Sunday, March 10 at 2 AM), the darker mornings and lost hour of sleep will lead to more drowsy drivers. New research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety reveals the shocking lethality of drowsy driving. The study, based on in-depth crash investigations and national fatal crash data, estimates that…