Closure Dates: Oct. 1-5 Description: FITE ROAD WILL BE CLOSED AT THE C&N RAILROAD CROSSING BETWEEN HIGHWAY 51 AND RALEIGH MILLINGTON ROAD DETOUR ROUTES Traveling from the East Side of Road Block E on Fite Road 2.1 Miles N on Raleigh Millington Road 2.7 Miles W on Sykes Road 1.75 Miles S on Highway 51 3.5…
Star Staff Reports The Municipal School Board Member Elections will be held Nov. 7. And the deadline to pull a petition was noon today for all the cities forming their own school board. That included Millington And the names listed by the Shelby County Election Commission were Greg Ritter, Oscar Brown, Cecilia “C.J.” Haley, Chuck…
Star Staff Report His numbers speak for themselves – six IHRA Top Fuel world championships, 52 national event wins and two world records. And now the most decorated man in the history of the International Hot Rod Association will be making his triumphant return at his home track at Memphis International Raceway for the IHRA…
By Thomas Sellers Jr. Defense, special teams and solid offensive play spotted the Millington Trojans a 21-0 lead Friday night in the Bartlett Football Stadium. The reason those points compiled in the first half were so important, there were more puddles on the Bartlett track surrounding the field than fans in the bleachers. A consistent…
By Thomas Sellers Jr. Both head coaches Shari Garrett and Richard Selby left the Munford Soccer Field Sept. 17 with mixed feelings. Selby was proud of the effort from his youthful Munford Lady Cougars. But he realized after falling behind 3-0 in the first half, his players still have growing pains to endure. On the…
By Thomas Sellers Jr. The Brighton Lady Cardinals and Millington Lady Trojans opened the 2013 volleyball season against each other in August. In a competitive four-set match, Brighton was victorious in their home gym. The rematch took place Sept. 16 in the William Osteen Gymnasium. The Lady Trojans were hoping the change in venue would…
The Tipton-Rosemark Academy Lady Rebels picked up a three-set victory over a home-schooled team from Jonesboro, Ark., Sept. 17 in the TRA Gymnasium. The Lady Rebels defeated the Lady Eagles 25-15, 25-14 and 25-15. In the opening set TRA jumped out to a 6-1 lead behind solid play at the net from Asante’ Lopez, Jordyn…
The Ministry Council of Millington First United Church, which will celebrate its 125th anniversary next year, honored those who have been members of the church for at least forty nine years with a luncheon in Williams Hall, Wednesday, September 18. Betty Huffman, Bobbie May, Tommie Goin, John Proctor, and Jerry Rawls have been members since…
By David Peel One Man’s Thoughts on 9/11, War & Veterans I stood crying, seeing the smoke fill up the blue New York sky twelve years ago, and I wept for the world that my children would grow up in. I saw heroic role models, like firefighters, police, port authority officers and EMS running up…
By Otis Griffin Now a days it seems like the only way you get to visit with folks you have known a life time is at a funeral. Well, maybe at the hospital when you bump in to a friend or maybe relatives of an old friend. What we have taken for granted is catching…
