By Thomas Sellers Jr. MURFREESBORO – Since taking over the Tipton-Rosemark Academy Baseball program 11 years ago, Brad Smith expects his team last game to be played at Middle Tennessee State every season. TRA has reached the Division II-A State Baseball tournament in 2009, 2012 and 2014 playing for the championship in ’09 and ’14….
By Thomas Sellers Jr. MURFREESBORO – In almost 20 years of guiding the Munford Cougar Track program, Head Coach Bernard Ivie has seen the format change at the State Track meet a few times. In 18 seasons, he has guided at least one athlete to the final meet of the year 16 times. In 2018,…
By Thomas Sellers Jr. MURFREESBORO – She was back to the big stage looking to for redemption. Brighton’s Andreanna Hood exploded on the scene as a freshman pushing the competition in the Shot Put and Discus in Class 3A. This year a new-look Hood took on a new-look field. Tennessee track was divided into Small…
By Thomas Sellers Jr. MURFREESBORO – The youngest doubles team to step on the Adams Tennis Complex court last Thursday arrived from Brighton. The Lady Cardinal pair of Andi Coulston and MaCauley Jones are members of the Class of 2021 and stepped on the stage of the 2018 TSSAA Large Class State Girls’ Doubles Tennis…
By Thomas Sellers Jr. MURFREESBORO — Kim Greer’s Brighton Cardinal Tennis program is building a solid tradition year by year. Graduating one of the school’s best performers in Blake Armour in 2017, some wonder how could Greer replace the four-year State representative. That answer came last Thursday in Murfreesboro when the duo of Austin Russell…
Star Staff Reports NASCAR will make its only visit to the Mid-South region Saturday, June 2 at Memphis International Raceway, Millington, Tenn., for the K&N East Series Memphis 150, presented by AutoZone. For local fans, it’s their opportunity to see the future stars of NASCAR with this year’s race featuring 25 more laps of action-packed,…
JIMMY KEITH ‘JIM’ JOLLY Jimmy Keith “Jim” Jolly, 76, of Brighton, passed away May 12, 2018 at his home. Jim retired as a Division Chief for the Memphis Fire Department in 1995.The family received friends May 18 and held a memorial service at the Millington Chapel. SUSANNA MICHELS SMITH Susanna Michels Smith, of Millington, was…
Arrests May 9- 36-year-old Memphis male charged with failure to appear – non-payment of fines; 36-year-old Memphis male charged with failure to appear – non-payment of fines; 33-year-old Millington female charged with failure to appear – non-payment of fines; May 10- 28-year-old Millington male charged with failure to appear – non-payment of fines; 36-year-old Memphis…
By Bill Short The Millington Municipal Planning Commission has selected revitalization of the Old Town district as its top priority for implementing the city’s 20-Year Master Plan. Commission members reached that consensus Monday night during their regular monthly meeting in the Board Chamber at City Hall. The Master Plan was first presented to the commission…
Star Staff Reports Millington Middle School started its Stallions VEX Robotics Program in September 2015 under the direction of Science and STEM teacher, Malcolm Sanders. The VEX Robotics Program now has a total of twenty students, forming two girls teams and three boys teams. For the 2017-2018 school year, Millington competed in three VEX challenges. …
