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Monday, April 9, 2018 Athens, Tennessee

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FATAL WRECK IN DOWNTOWN ATHENS A wreck Friday afternoon around 1:25 p.m. resulted in the death

of 75 year-old Carolyn M. Boyd of Riceville. The wreck hap-

pened at the intersection of Green Street and Madison Avenue

near Athens First Baptist Church. Investigators believe that Ms.

Boyd suffered a medical episode which caused her to drive

through a red light where she was struck by a Volvo Tractor

Trailer driven by Dennis Chitwood, 53, of Blairsville, Georgia.

Ms. Boyd was

transported to

Starr Regional

Medical Center

where she was

pronounced

deceased. The

crash is still

under investi-

gation. No charges have been filed at this time. (Facebook Photo)

CAR WRECKS INSIDE ATHENS INSURANCE A woman on her way to the Athens VA clinic, made a wrong turn

Friday morning and

wound-up inside the

conference room of

Athens Insurance on

West Washington

Avenue. The woman

was driving

northbound on Hill

Street and made a right

turn onto West Wash-

ington Avenue, going

the wrong way on a one way street. She over-corrected when she

saw another vehicle heading towards her and drove her Mercury

Tracer into the front of the Athens Insurance building. She was

injured and taken to the hospital by ambulance. Nobody was in-

jured inside the building. (Photo submitted by Athens Insurance)

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Obituaries Carolyn Margaret Morrow Boyd, age 75, of Riceville, died

Friday, April 6th. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 7 p.m. at

Ziegler Funeral Home with visitation beginning at 4 p.m.

Juanita Jones, age 67, of Calhoun, died Saturday. A Graveside

Service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Calhoun Baptist

Church Cemetery with visitation from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at

Bordwine Funeral Home.

ARREST MADE IN MISSING AUTISTIC BOY In Dickson County, a five-year-old non-verbal autistic boy, Joe Clyde Daniels, was reported missing by his parents on Wednesday, April 4th. After an exhaus-tive 3-day search, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation determined that the child’s father, Joseph Daniels, intention-ally killed his son and hid the child’s body. TBI agents arrested 28-year-old Joseph Daniels (in photo) and charged him with criminal homicide. Daniels was booked into the Dickson County Jail on a $1,000,000 bond. (TBI Photo) NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS Two soldiers were killed in a training flight of an Apache

attack helicopter at Fort Campbell, Kentucky-Tennessee on

Friday. They were killed in a U.S. Army AH-64E Apache

helicopter and were assigned to the 101st Airborne Combat

Aviation Brigade.

Patrick Reed won the Masters Golf Tournament on Sunday. It

was the first time he had ever been to the top in a major golf

championship. After shooting in the 60s each of the first three

days of the tournament, the 27-year-old only needed a one-under

71 on Sunday to win, finishing at 15-under overall.

COMMUNITY NEWS YOU CAN USE: The guest on the the weekly Athens Chamber of Commerce radio show, “Chamber Chat,” will be Phil Tuggle, McMinn County Trustee. You can hear Chamber Chat on Tuesday follow-ing the 8 a.m. news on WYXI Radio AM-1390 & FM-94.5 or ONLINE. The re was a good turn-out to the Claxton Rural Fire Depart-ment “Pancakes with Politicians” and auction fund-raiser on Saturday morning. It gave the community the opportunity to get acquainted with local candidates and raise some much needed funds. Photo submitted by Claxton Rural Fire Dept.

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