Undeterred by protests from Carthage residents, three county commissioners stuck with the original jail expansion plan at a special Monday night meeting. http://www.topix.net/city/carthage-tn/2009/06/county-acts-on-jail-site?fromrss=1

The Moore County Board of Commissioners has cut the tax rate by another 0.4 cent to 1.4 cents per $100 property valuation and restored education funding to the requested levels. http://www.topix.net/city/carthage-tn/2009/06/board-trims-more-from-tax-rate?fromrss=1

A resolution urging the creation of statues to be built on the Tennessee Capitol grounds of the state's two Nobel Peace Prize winners, Al Gore and Cordell Hull, is on its way to a full Senate vote. http://www.topix.net/city/carthage-tn/2009/05/tn-state-senate-to-vote-on-al-gore-statue?fromrss=1

The Tennessee Department of Transportation has selected four projects to address structurally deficient bridges in Dyer County under TDOT's proposed bridge bonding program. http://www.topix.net/city/carthage-tn/2009/04/four-dyer-county-bridge-projects-selected-for-funding-through-bridge-bonds?fromrss=1

A domestic incident in the Elmwood community of Smith County resulted in a man firing shots from a high-powered rifle at officers this past Sunday afternoon. http://www.topix.net/city/carthage-tn/2009/04/swat-team-called-to-aid-smith-county?fromrss=1

Authorities in Smith County said a man threatened his wife with an AK-47 in front of police on Sunday afternoon. http://www.topix.net/city/carthage-tn/2009/04/husband-arrested-after-4-hour-standoff?fromrss=1

CARTHAGE, Tenn.- A Smith County man was facing three counts of attempted murder Sunday night after shooting at a sheriff's deputy and two women. http://www.topix.net/city/carthage-tn/2009/04/man-fires-shots-at-deputy-responding-to-domestic-call?fromrss=1

John Waggoner takes a photo March 10 of the tombstone marking the burial place of Walter Smith in the Smith family cemetery in Claiborne County. http://www.topix.net/city/carthage-tn/2009/03/man-locates-obscure-burial-grounds?fromrss=1

Established in 1996, The Roofing Industry Alliance for Progress was founded with the goal of improving the roofing industry through research, education and technology. http://www.topix.net/city/carthage-tn/2009/02/working-together?fromrss=1

Bonnell Aluminum, North America's premier aluminum extrusion supplier to the nonresidential building and construction market, is announcing it is investing $1.1 million in the conversion of all of its existing ... http://www.topix.net/city/carthage-tn/2009/01/bonnell-aluminum-introduces-new-anodizing-process?fromrss=1

Fred Gordon Key was born Feb. 19, 1915 on a farm in Monoville, Smith County, Tennessee and died on Dec. http://www.topix.net/city/carthage-tn/2009/01/fred-gordon-key?fromrss=1

A Smith County man is at Vanderbilt after being shot twice Sunday night. Authorities said the victim met a pair of men at a gas station in Carthage where he was shot in the back and shoulder. http://www.topix.net/city/carthage-tn/2008/12/man-shot-twice-by-men-at-gas-station?fromrss=1

A husband and his wife were killed early Thursday morning when their Smith County home went up in flames. http://www.topix.net/city/carthage-tn/2008/12/husband-wife-killed-in-carthage-blaze?fromrss=1

A fire early Thursday morning in Smith County claimed the lives of two people and sent another person to the hospital, according to the director of the county's emergency medical services. http://www.topix.net/city/carthage-tn/2008/12/house-fire-kills-2-in-smith-county?fromrss=1

TennCare fraud charges involving prescription painkillers were lodged today against 20 people in Smith County after an undercover operation involving the Office of Inspector , the 15th Judicial Drug Task Force ... http://www.topix.net/city/carthage-tn/2008/12/20-arrested-for-tenncare-fraud?fromrss=1