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1 week ago | 
parispi.net | Glenn Tanner |Glenn Tanner Post-Intelligencer
The Henry County Board of Education wants four more years from its current director of schools. At its April meeting, the board unanimously approved a motion to renew the contract of Leah Watkins until June 2029. Board chairman Russ Orr said Watkin’s current contract was set to expire in June 2028. With the system currently engaged in several long-term project, Orr suggested offering her a new four-year contract to see those projects through.
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1 week ago | 
parispi.net | Glenn Tanner |Glenn Tanner Post-Intelligencer
Music has always been a big part of the World’s Biggest Fish Fry, with three straight nights of the annual celebration set aside for people to enjoy live music together. It starts at 7 p.m. April 21, as the Ray Lewis Band gets things started with the Kickoff Street Dance on the Henry County court square.
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1 week ago | 
parispi.net | Glenn Tanner |Glenn Tanner Post-Intelligencer
The Henry County Fairgrounds Arena is the place for two World’s Biggest Fish Fry events that keep the crowds coming back year after year. Spaced on opposite ends of the Fish Fry calendar, the Demolition Derby and Bulls and Barrels Showdown make sure the annual festival starts and ends on a high note. START YOUR ENGINES It all starts Saturday with the high energy and hard knocks of the Demolition Derby.
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3 weeks ago | 
parispi.net | Glenn Tanner |Glenn Tanner Post-Intelligencer
Henry County 911 dispatchers will be getting some help fielding non-emergency alarm calls with the help of artificial intelligence. The county’s 911 board agreed Monday to purchase two add-ons for its RapidSOS software. The existing software allows dispatchers to pinpoint 911 callers through satellite technology. One of the new packages will automate calls from alarm security companies.
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3 weeks ago | 
parispi.net | Glenn Tanner |Glenn Tanner Post-Intelligencer
Long before he was rubbing shoulders with the Legends of the Outdoors, 12-year-old Garry Mason of Buchanan got his first job breading fish at the World’s Biggest Fish Fry. Now, after a long career as a guide, writer, television host, fishing coach and champion of all things outdoors, he’s coming back to where it all began. On Saturday, Mason was announced as the grand marshal of the 72nd annual World’s Biggest Fish Fry parade during the grand opening of Fish Fry Headquarters.
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3 weeks ago | 
parispi.net | Glenn Tanner |Glenn Tanner Post-Intelligencer
Tornado shelters were set to open starting at 6 p.m. Sunday across Henry County as a strong storm front moved into West Tennessee. According to Ronald Watkins, director of the Henry County Emergency Management Agency, the shelter openings were prompted by the issuing of a severe thunderstorm watch by National Weather Service, or NWS. “Severe weather is expected this evening with the possibility of damaging wind and tornadoes,” Watkins said.
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3 weeks ago | 
parispi.net | Glenn Tanner |Glenn Tanner Post-Intelligencer
Long before he was rubbing shoulders with the Legends of the Outdoors, 12-year-old Garry Mason of Buchanan got his first job breading fish at the World’s Biggest Fish Fry. Now, after a long career as a guide, writer, television host, fishing coach and champion of all things outdoors, he’s coming back to where it all began. On March 29, Mason was announced as the grand marshal of the 72nd annual World’s Biggest Fish Fry parade during the grand opening of Fish Fry Headquarters.
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4 weeks ago | 
parispi.net | Glenn Tanner |Glenn Tanner Post-Intelligencer
Citing rising materials, the Paris Board of Public Utilities voted to increase its water and sewer tap fees during its Tuesday meeting. The new fees, which will go into effect on July 1, represent the first increase since 2007, according to Terry Wimberley, BPU president and CEO. Board members Michael Murphey, Butch Powers, and Jill Coker voted in favor of the increase, with Terry Fuller abstaining.
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1 month ago | 
parispi.net | Glenn Tanner |Glenn Tanner Post-Intelligencer
In a move that hopes to solve a multitude of problems in one stroke, the students, faculty and staff of Grove School will start the next academic year inside Henry County High School. The plan will see the entire faculty and student body create what Leah Watkins, Henry County director of schools, called “a school within a school” at the high school.
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1 month ago | 
parispi.net | Glenn Tanner |Glenn Tanner Post-Intelligencer
For decades, people have parked their cars, trucks and utility trailers on the south edge of East Wood Street the night before the World’s Biggest Fish Fry parade to get the best view of the parade route. Unfortunately, serious safety concerns and a host of other factors are bringing that long tradition to an end. In announcing the decision earlier this week, Chief Ricky Watson and Asst.
