Glenn Tanner

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News Editor at The Paris Post-Intelligencer

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Graduates look ahead in commencement speeches

1 week ago | parispi.net | Glenn Tanner

In a long-standing tradition, featured remarks at the May 23 commencement ceremonies of Henry County High School’s class of 2025 were made by four of its top students. They included (from left) Briley Medlin, senior class president; Savannah Miller, honorable mention; Amelia Northam, salutatorian; and Jordyn Ingram, valedictorian.
Hats off to the Class of 2025

2 weeks ago | parispi.net | Glenn Tanner

Members of Henry County High School's Class of 2025 toss their caps high as they celebrate becoming the school's 56th graduating class at the close of commencement ceremonies Friday night at Patriot Stadium. Students and their families enjoyed a clear, cool evening for the two-hour program, which included speeches from the class's top three students and class president, as well as music from the HCHS Concert Band and the Henry County Madrigals.
Trombone Players practice

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Lady Patriots connects for a single

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Thornton wins 2025 Crosswy scholarship

2 weeks ago | parispi.net | Glenn Tanner

Former Henry County High School band director Michael Holden (left) and HCHS senior Isabelle Thornton support a portrait of the school’s first band director, William F. Crosswy, as Holden presents her with a check for $1,000 during a May 12 visit to The Post-Intelligencer.
The guns of Paris

3 weeks ago | parispi.net | Glenn Tanner

Dressed in the uniforms of Confederate artillerymen, L.T. Black (left) and Audie Kinslow of Wickliffe, Ky., swab the barrel of a 12-pound mountain howitzer after a May 9 firing demonstration near McNeill Park in Paris. The two were part of a two-day commemoration of the March 12, 1862, Battle of Paris by the Sons of Confederate Veterans, and hosted by the Gov. Isham G. Harris SCV chapter in Paris.
Watkins’ wallop

1 month ago | parispi.net | Glenn Tanner

Henry County Lady Patriots softball catcher Amelia Watkins (0, wearing batting helmet) is congratulated near home plate by coach Renae Lassiter and her teammates after smacking a two-run home run during the Lady Patriots’15-0 victory over the West Creek Lady Coyotes Monday afternoon at the HCHS baseball field. Both the Lady Patriots and the Patriots baseball squad were engaged in district tournament action Monday afternoon. Photos and stories on both games appear on Page 11.
National Day of Prayer observed

1 month ago | parispi.net | Glenn Tanner

Jim Twilbeck, director of missions for the Western District Baptist Association, leads a crowd of more than 100 in prayer for the community’s churches during the noontime observance of the National Day of Prayer on May 1 on the steps of the Henry County courthouse. The service included prayers from governmental, church and business leaders for several local, state and national entities, including families, businesses, educators, the military, the media and Paris and Henry County.
President of Dyersburg State Community College

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He’s just pulling your leg

1 month ago | parispi.net | Glenn Tanner

Rodeo clowns intervene to protect a fallen rider from an angry bull during the April 26 World’s Biggest Fish Fry Championship Bulls & Barrels Showdown at the Henry County Fairgrounds.