By Josh Gowan The top story in the outdoors this past week has been well-documented and dramatically over-reported on, so staying true to journalistic form, I’d be remiss if I didn’t beat it into the ground a bit more! Here’s the headline: “The majestic White Stag from Narnia was bludgeoned to death by a heartless…
By David Peel Every argument comes down to it. Some religions claim to have it. A few claim that it cannot be known. Others say that everyone has their own. Some say they “have to see it to believe it.” Truth. The idea of truth contains elements of “faithfulness to the unchanging.” In at least…
By Otis Griffin The first time I ever visited Santy was at the basement floor at Sears-Roebucks on Watkins. Pictures of Santy with his red outfit, white bushy beard and black boots didn’t scare me. However, it is a whole new ball game in real life. Santy is sitting on a stage with hay bales…
Dream Interfaith Ministries will host its Fifth Annual Holiday Shoe Giveaway Dec. 20, from 9 a.m. to noon at Payless Shoe Source Store, 8043 Highway 51 North, Millington, TN 38053. For information contact Irene Beach 487-7747. There is a limitation on how many shoes are given away, be sure to leave a good contact number….
Fire Reports Cooking fire Dec. 1 – 6315 Martinwood Chimney or flue fire Dec. 2 – 8525 McCalla Road Grass fire Nov. 29 – 3511 West Union Road Outside rubbish fire Nov. 29 – 4274 Duncan Road; 7274 Sheila Street Outside rubbish, trash or waste Nov. 28 – 7606 Currie Road Building fire Dec. 10…
Star Staff Reports The Family Gathering is what we call ourselves. It consists of about 45 of Audrey and Barney Lewis’ family member and relatives. Several come down from Festus, Missouri each year to participate in the Millington Christmas Parade and have their family Christmas at the Lewis home. For the past few years we…
By Bill Short Millington School Board Chairman Don Holsinger said last week that the municipal school system’s revenue this year is in excess of $24 million, with attendance at 2,744. He noted that a feasibility study conducted by the Southern Educational Strategies consulting firm estimated that attendance in the new municipal school district would be…
By Linda Cooper Millington resident and World War II veteran Alfred Edmiston will turn 90 next month. According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), he is one of just over one million veterans of World War II still living, of the more than 16 million who fought in that war. The National World War…
