Star Staff Reports On Jan. 11 between 4-6 p.m. Tipton County Sheriff’s Office deputies received a complaint of a vandalism in the 1800 block of Watson Road and a home burglary complaint in the 100 block of Wood Hollow Cove in Munford. Detectives believe the two incidents are related. Harriel Battles of Watson Road was…
E.A. Harrold fifth grader Dalton Ford stops by the table of Millington Star Editor Thomas Sellers Jr. to hear about writing for a newspaper Saturday morning during the 2014 E.A. Harrold Writing Fair. Sellers explained his job roles and how The Star is also featured online at Millington-news.com. Ford was there with his father Bronson,…
The Millington Exchange Club delivered Christmas bags that were decorated by the students at E.A. Harrold, to the residents at Millington Healthcare. The bags were filled with items collected by the school and the Exchange Club of Millington. Pictured are from left Rene’ Jones, activities coordinator – Lisa Elam, Tia Lord, Leanna Dagen, Ken Sullivan and Chuck…
By Thomas Sellers Jr. EADS — Last year all the talk prior to the Millington/Briarcrest game was about Austin Nichols. The former Briarcrest Saint was busy this past Saturday helping the Memphis Tigers win 79-69 over the Temple Owls in Philadelphia. His alma mater was back in Tennessee hosting the Millington Trojans in the Briarcrest…
By Thomas Sellers Jr. EADS — The first 8 minutes for the Millington Lady Trojans at Briarcrest was forgetful. And in the second quarter, Bruce Marshall’s bunch did a good job of erasing that woeful 14-2 start outscoring the host Lady Saints 15-9 in the second quarter to make the Rowell Arena scoreboard read 23-17…
Star Staff Reports If you ask Tommy Rogers to tell you what he does at USA Stadium, he smiles and humbly says, “I’ve always called myself the General Flunky,” but nothing could be further from the truth. Rogers has been a constant at USA Stadium for the last 18 years. From 1986-1996 when USA Stadium…
By Thomas Sellers Jr. So many storylines emerged from the first Brighton Lady Cardinal vs. Munford Lady Cougar match up. The obvious story was a District 13-3A battle between Tipton County rivals. But Friday night spectators in the Munford Gymnasium were talking about the showdown between Brighton’s Shayna Johnson and Munford’s Kierra Richardson. Another subject…
By Thomas Sellers Jr. A veteran coach like Butch Hopkins can’t help but compare teams after a while. With nearly 40 years of coaching experience, Hopkins’ 2013-14 Munford Cougars has him taking a trip down memory lane to his Franklin High team that nearly won State. That Franklin team started slow with a 5-7 record…
Star Staff Reports West Tennessee customers of Ritter Communications now have access to Internet speeds of up 50 Mbps, and other new service upgrades including the introduction of WiFi Internet and new cable TV channels, the Company announced today. “Since the acquisition of Millington Telephone, Cable and Alarms, we have been working constantly to enhance…
Star Staff Reports Patriot Bank is please to announce Benton Lindsey has been chosen as Employee of the Quarter for the Fourth Quarter. Lindsey is a Customer Service Representative at the Millington location and has been with the bank since May, 2007. Lindsey’s reliability, availability and dependability are just a few key characteristics which have…
