Memories

11:07 AM, Sep 29, 2023

1973 The grand opening of Edd Rogers Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick was held featuring a showing of the line of new 1974 cars. White County Junior High School launched a drive to beautify …
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News

Jerry Lowery  10:16 AM, Sep 29, 2023

Question: What are some of the projects that are in the works for the city of Sparta? Answer: We have several items that are in the works.  One of the areas that needs addressing …
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Sports

Greg Wilson, WCHS principal  10:13 AM, Sep 29, 2023

White County High School proudly announces the 2023 WCHS Homecoming Parade Grand Marshal is Kenneth Ray Broyles. Mr. Broyles is a 1949 graduate of White County High School. He attended Findlay …
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News

Kim Swindell Wood  10:04 AM, Sep 29, 2023

Three drivers were transported by air ambulance after a three-vehicle crash Sept. 26, on Highway 111 southbound, in White County. According to information from Charlie Tollison, assistant chief …
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Business

9:17 AM, Sep 29, 2023

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Video by Mayor Jerry Lowery

Posted by Kim Swindell Wood  2:20 PM, Sep 28, 2023

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News

Posted by Kim Swindell Wood  9:26 AM, Sep 28, 2023

The Expositor’s Readers’ Choice Awards results will be published in the Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, edition of The Expositor. Check out next week’s edition and find out who won in each …
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Yard sale

8:23 AM, Sep 28, 2023

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Yard sale

8:22 AM, Sep 28, 2023

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Yard sale

8:21 AM, Sep 28, 2023

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Yard sale

8:20 AM, Sep 28, 2023

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Yard sale

8:19 AM, Sep 28, 2023

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Outdoors

Posted by Kim Swindell Wood  8:16 AM, Sep 28, 2023

Lt. Tim Singleton is retiring after 35 and a half years of service with Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency. Singleton started with the agency in 1988 and remained in Putnam County throughout his …
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Business

7:00 AM, Sep 28, 2023

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News

Posted by Kim Swindell Wood  4:19 PM, Sep 26, 2023

Shortly after 3 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, White County E-911 dispatched emergency services personnel to 267 Allen Dr. about a school bus wrecked in front of White County High School. According …
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Miscellaneous

6:11 AM, Sep 26, 2023

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Medical

Posted by Kim Swindell Wood  2:05 PM, Sep 25, 2023

The Tennessee Department of Health is encouraging all Tennesseans not to wait to get their annual flu vaccinations as the best prevention against getting or spreading the flu virus. …
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Education

Posted by Kim Swindell Wood  1:44 PM, Sep 25, 2023

 Penny Manus has been working at White County Middle School for 18 years as one of their well-loved café ladies. In her spare time she likes to cook, can, go to yard sales, and spend time …
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Opinion

Troy Smith  1:00 PM, Sep 25, 2023

 “It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night… I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me …
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Opinion

John Gottlied  12:41 PM, Sep 25, 2023

I agree with some of what Troy said last week. “Laws matter,” “Hillary Clinton did not get locked up,” and “Joe Biden did not get indicted” yet. Troy was incorrect …
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Obituaries

12:13 PM, Sep 25, 2023

Charles Jeffrey Evans, 62, of Sparta, passed away on Sept. 13, 2023, at Erlanger Baroness Hospital, in Chattanooga. He was born Jan. 14, 1961, in Atlanta, Georgia, and was the son of William and …
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Obituaries

12:09 PM, Sep 25, 2023

Stephen Duane Good, known as “Steve” to his friends, moved from this life, on Sept. 10, 2023, into heaven. He was born July 3, 1972, in Akron, Ohio, to Forrest and Carolyn Knowles …
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Obituaries

12:06 PM, Sep 25, 2023

 David Leon Jones, 85, of Sparta, passed away Sept. 13, 2023, at Life Care Center of Sparta. Mr. Jones was born Sept. 1, 1938, in Sparta, to William Roy and Willie Ethel Sapp Jones. A …
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Obituaries

12:04 PM, Sep 25, 2023

Robert Donald Austin, 88, of Sparta, passed away Sept. 10, 2023, at Alive Hospice, in Nashville. Robert was born Nov. 4, 1934, in Sparta, to Charles Dudley and Jennie Rogers Austin. He was …
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Obituaries

12:02 PM, Sep 25, 2023

Paul David Thompson, 85, affectionately known as “Bud,” passed away Sept. 7, 2023, at Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital, in Sparta. Mr. Thompson was born March 20, 1938, in Sparta, to …
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Obituaries

12:00 PM, Sep 25, 2023

Rex Loel Clouse, 69, of Sparta, passed away Sept. 15, 2023, at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. He was born Oct. 17, 1953, in Sparta, to Haston and Jacqueline Swindell Clouse. He served …
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Obituaries

11:56 AM, Sep 25, 2023

Sandra Elaine Johnson Paschket, 61, of Nashville and a native of Sparta, passed away Sept. 17, 2023, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Sandra was born July 29, 1962, in Sparta, to James …
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OBITUARIES
Mildred Faye Williams Jones
Mildred Faye Williams Jones, 85, of Crossville, formerly of Sparta, passed away Sept. 9, 2023, at Hospice of Cumberland …
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Nina Mae Cope Griffin
Nina Mae Cope Griffin, 87, of Sparta, passed away peacefully in her sleep, surrounded by her loving family, on Sept. 8, 2023, at the …
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Patricia Ann Luna Griffin
Patricia Ann Luna Griffin, affectionately known as “Pat,” 71, of Sparta, passed away Sept. 6, 2023, at her residence, …
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Richard Guy “Bear” Taylor
Richard Guy “Bear” Taylor was born Jan. 9, 1958 to Homer and Anna Taylor and passed away Sept. 8, 2023.  Richard …
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Jennifer Davies Turner
Jennifer Davies Turner, 44, of Sparta, passed away Aug. 27, 2023. She was born Dec. 7, 1978, in Voorhees, New Jersey, the daughter …
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SPORTS
White County High School Warriors come up short
The White County High School Warrior football team hosted Stone Memorial, on Sept. 8, in what was the team’s first region game …
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WCMS Warriors stay alive
The White County Middle School Warrior football team beat conference foe Macon County, on Sept. 7, by a score of 30-14 to improve to …
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Cross-country teams in action at Manchester race
Almost 30 middle school and high school runners represented White County at the race. The middle school boys’ 2-mile course had …
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Warriors vs. Upperman
Live coverage of the White County Warriors vs. Upperman football game, on Friday, Sept. 15 - livestreaming will be on The Expositor's …
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Teachers compete in pickleball tournament for a good cause
Two White County teachers competed with friends in a pickleball tournament recently at Lipscomb University, in Nashville. The …
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FAITH

Plainview Free Will homecoming

Plainview Free Will Baptist Church will have its homecoming, on Sunday, Aug. 13. Service begins at 10:30 a.m. Immediately following the service, everyone will travel to Fall Creek Falls Community …

EDUCATION
Students and Education-Van Buren County
Thank you to Barry Austin, of A & H Custom Slaughter, for donating the cow hearts for dissection. Teacher Anthony Nash teaches …
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Dispute ensues at school board meeting about WCMS teacher
 September’s meeting of the White County School Board included an accusation from board member Dewayne Howard that director …
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Motlow State Community College’s Sparta site offers EMS training courses
Motlow State Community College’s Sparta Site will offer four opportunities this fall to train current medical professionals in …
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OPINION

Make Sparta and White County better than ever

 I was all set to use this article to address Troy Smith’s article from last week. I could put the record straight about some misleading and, as of yet, unproven accusations about Donald …