Commission recommends Entertainment Recreation District for water park

Commission recommends Entertainment Recreation District for water park

By Bill Short The Millington Municipal Planning Commission has unanimously recommended the creation of an Entertainment Recreation zoning district for the proposed construction of a water park. Commission members took the action during their April 15 regular monthly meeting on a motion offered by Mike Caruthers and seconded by Brett Morgan. Charles Goforth, planning consultant…

BREAKING NEWS: Four school board members, three aldermen win new terms

BREAKING NEWS: Four school board members, three aldermen win new terms

By Bill Short Four school board members and three aldermen won new terms Tuesday in the Millington city elections that featured only three contested races. School board member C. J. Haley was re-elected to a third term and Larry Jackson to a second term in Positions 2 and 6, respectively, while Barbara Halliburton won a…

November 29, 2018 Archives – Millington Star

November 29, 2018 Archives – Millington Star

Menu Star Staff Reports For the seventeenth year, the University of Tennessee Food Science Department hosted the Wines of the South regional wine competition in October. Forty-seven wineries from eight states competed against one another in categories such as rosé and blush, red, sparkling, white and cider. Seven of the top “best of” awards went…

SPORTS ALERT: Special moments help Ripley earn playoff victory over Trojans

SPORTS ALERT: Special moments help Ripley earn playoff victory over Trojans

By Thomas Sellers Jr. Offense sells tickets. And what follows next is ‘defense wins championships.’ But in football, the third variable of special teams can cancel out the other two phases of the game and determine the outcome. Friday in Millington on the chopped up turf of Mooney Bosewell Field, the host Millington Trojans found…