Star Staff Reports Patriot Bank is pleased to announce Sandra Hill has been chosen as Employee of the Quarter for the First Quarter. Sandra is currently a Teller at their Millington location and has been with the bank since they started serving the community in 2001. Her supervisor, Lillie Stollings, claims Sandra is the model…
Star Staff Reports ROSSVILLE — SERVPRO®, a disaster recovery and cleanup Franchise System , has signed on as a national sponsor of the American Red Cross Ready Rating™ program, a free, web-based program designed to help businesses, organizations and schools become better prepared for emergencies, according to Lee Fowinkle, owner of SERVPRO® of Fayette, Tipton,…
Star Staff Reports BARTLETT – They say you can never go home again. But for one former First South Financial employee, that’s not true. Melissa King, First South Financial’s Senior Vice President of Lending and Collections, actually started her lending career at the credit union. She originally worked for First South Financial in 1999 in…
By Thomas Sellers Jr. Shawnese Harris must have known something when she gave birth to her baby girl. She named her child Treasure. And through the game of basketball, Treasure Redding has been a hidden jewel to coaches like Stan Gatlin and Bruce Marshall. Now the talents and skills of Redding are the special find…
By Thomas Sellers Jr. Fresh off maybe their best 70 minutes of the season, the Millington Trojans returned home to face District 14-3A rivals Craigmont. On April 15, Millington took on the District powerhouse Arlington Tigers. And for 71 minutes, the Trojans and goalie Kevin Reilly kept the Tigers scoreless. But Arlington finally found a…
By Thomas Sellers Jr. The Millington Trojans were on a mission to claim another District 14-3A victory welcoming their rival the Bolton Wildcats to town. The Wildcats walked into Miles Park April 16 trying to keep pace with league frontrunner Bartlett. Millington fresh off a Zack Gamble no-hitter against Cordova was in position to pick…
By Thomas Sellers Jr. The District 13-3A showdown had an ideal start for the host Munford Lady Cougars. The Lady Cougars welcomed Tipton County rival the Brighton Lady Cardinals April 15 to the Munford Softball Field. The contest marked the return of standout and University of Memphis signee Sami Jo Schulz for Munford. Her teammate…
By Thomas Sellers Jr. Brighton Lady Cardinals Head Softball Coach Robin Jacobs has witnessed dozens of signing during his tenure. But the veteran coach will tell you every signee and player moving onto the next level is special in it’s own way. With eight seniors McCallie Ruffin, Hunter Simpson, Morgan Shaver, Lulu Smith, Haley…
By Thomas Sellers Jr. Brighton junior hurler Nate Newman took to his home mound April 15 with the mindset of beating Tipton County rival Munford Cougars. But when the Cougars jumped out 2-0 over the Cardinals at the Brighton Baseball Field, Newman started breaking the game into parts. With encouragement from his teammates and focusing…
By Thomas Sellers Jr. The 30-foot blast off the foot of Brighton sophomore Austin Chapman at the 5-minute and 50-second mark of the second half Friday night sparked a storm of goals. In the final six minutes of the Brighton Cardinal/Munford Cougars soccer contest four goals were scored with Cougar James Dillon’s shot being the…
