This Week in White County History, February 4-February 10

2014

• The White County High School Swim Team wrapped up their season with four of their members competing in the Regional Meet.
• A new program – Transition to Recovery – began at the White County Jail in an effort to keep inmates from cycling in and out of incarceration.
• County and city officials partnered with the tourism committee in support of making Sparta a stop on the upcoming 2014 H.O.G. Rally for motorcyclists.

2004 

• Kenneth Joly was inducted into the White County High School Sports Hall of Fame who played as a member of the Warrior basketball team and also served as a coach for both the boys’ and girls’ teams.
• School systems had to close due to heavy rainfall flooding roadways in the county.
• UCHRA threatened to remove their nutrition program from the Sparta-White County Senior Center unless the director stopped operations of a meals program that had been recently implemented.

1994

• White County Sheriff’s Department unveiled a new D.U.I. Task Force vehicle, a 1994 Crown Victoria Ford which was equipped with a radar.
• White County Fair was named the first runner-up for the State “A” Champion Fair Award presented by the Tennessee Commissioner of Agriculture.
• White County was hit by an ice storm that crippled the entire area. 24 hours after 70-degree weather, the roads were iced, and the temperatures were remaining at the below freezing mark.

1984

• Sutton Shirt Corp. announced plans to build a $600,000 warehouse and office space addition to its Cookeville Highway plant, in White County.
• Tommy Denton announced plans to change the name of his grocery store in the Sparta Shopping Center from Big Star to Sparta Food Center.
• Mike Wilson was elected as the new president of Sparta-White County Chamber of Commerce. Other new directors included Carl Johnson, Gary Swindell, and Wayne Rogers.

1974 

• The Courthouse Committee continued to review plans for the proposed new courthouse that was scheduled to be built on the same site as the current courthouse, which would be demolished.
• Independent truckers in the area went on strike for better fuel prices and assured quantities.
• Sparta-White County Chamber of Commerce began discussing finding a permanent home for the Chamber.