-
Obituaries for Jan. 29, 2009
(Obituary ~ 01/30/09)
Elizabeth Maupin Helsing, 94, of Clearwater, Fla., formerly of Bogota, died Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009 at Friendship Gardens Inc. in Clearwater, Fla. She was a retired waitress and a member of Hercules Church of Christ in Dunedin, Fla. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern with Tom Bright officiating...
-
Outages continue in county, crews work to restore electricity
(Local News ~ 01/30/09)
Some Dyer County residents still faced power outages on Thursday. Gibson Electric totaled its outages at 5,500 among its customers in Lake, Obion and Dyer counties. Gibson EMC still has 100 Dyer County residents without power. "Despite a very strong effort from our employees and the employees of nine neighboring electric systems, we have not seen as much progress as we had hoped for today," said President and CEO Dan Rodamaker. ...
-
Electric service restoration slow
(Local News ~ 01/30/09)
Service has now been restored to about 2,100 of the 8,000 Gibson Electric Membership Corporation customer-owners who were without power this morning. Of the 5,900 customers still experiencing outages, most are in Obion County and Lake County; only about 80 are in Dyer County...
-
Bredesen requests FEMA assess damage from winter storms
(Local News ~ 01/30/09)
Governor Phil Bredesen today requested the Federal Emergency Management Agency perform damage assessments in four counties to begin the federal disaster declaration process. The four West Tennessee counties impacted by winter storms that moved through the state earlier this week include Dyer, Lake, Obion and Weakly Counties...
Stories from Friday, January 30, 2009
Browse other days