Local News

Two former Trimble County residents were fatally injured in a one-vehicle accident in Henderson County, Tennessee Saturday.

An accident report provided by the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Jackson Division, said Linda L. Tingle Webster, 60, of Louisville, and her sister, Thelma Jo Tingle Gray, 63, of Vevay, Ind., sustained fatal injuries in an accident that occurred shortly after 3 p.m. Saturday near the 117 mile marker on Interstate 40 in western Tenn.

The Trimble CARES Coalition hosted a texting and driving simulator from AT&T Friday to highlight the dangers of sending text messages while maneuvering a car.

The simulator is part of the company’s “It Can Wait” campaign, which intends to raise awareness of the dangers of texting while driving. Sept. 19 is planned to be a national day of action for the campaign.

Jerry Powell, who has served as Trimble County Clerk for nearly 23 years, was sworn in Friday afternoon as the new Trimble County Judge-Executive.

Powell, a 1965 Trimble County High School graduate, worked at the Bedford Loan & Deposit Bank for nearly 15 years before seeking the only elected office he has held. A 1974 Western Kentucky University graduate, Powell is also a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War.

Bedford residents who are delinquent in paying their sewer bills may soon find the city playing “hardball.” The subject of delinquent sewer payments is a recurrent theme of discussion at the monthly meetings of the Bedford City Commission.

Mayor Russell Clifton told the commissioners that City Clerk Joyce Teague battles with the issue on a regular basis of city sewer customers making only partial payments of what is due to the city and some continue to run behind each month.