VOICEOFTHE PEOPLE At the June 9, 2025 regular session of the Hall County commissioners court in Memphis, citizens spoke in public forum before commissioners took up deliberations on a proposed county property tax abatement for a Lancium Clean Campus large data center to be constructed south of Turkey, in the southern part of the county. Summarizing discussion from a June 5 town hall in Turkey was EDC president Carley du Menil (center, above). Commissioners voted to approve the abatement. | CAPROCK COURIER
MARCH 6, 2025: PATRIOTSWERE STATE RUNNERS-UP after falling to the Perrin-Whitt Pirates 46-65 in the championship boys basketball game in San Antonio onThursday, March 6. | KODIE FAIRCHILD
SILVERTON GOES FOR THE GOLD Silverton’s Maddie Francis, the school’s only Statequalifying athlete in 2025, took first place in the girls 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.79. Francis’s solo performance in three events was sufficient to gain the school 4th place overall in Conference 1A. | JOE GARCIA III FOR PRESS PASS SPORTS
COMMUNITY HONOREES Retired Briscoe County judge Wayne Nance (left) and his wife, librarian and retired teacher Tina, have been selected Pioneer Couple of theYear for 2025’s Briscoe County Celebration. | COURTESY PHOTO
NEW PADUCAH BUSINESS In June 2025, Bruce and Laura Slover purchased a portable buildingfromRory’sBuildingsin Paducah. Located at the former Thriftway Supermarket, the new enterprise offers an array of services, including rent-toown options, 90-day same-ascash, complimentary delivery withina50-mileradius,nocredit check, personalized hometown service, and a 3D builder app thatenablescustomerstocreate their own building designs. | COURTESY PHOTO
Openings and closures, wins and losses
JANUARY
Paducah’s legacy MooreThriftway prepared to close its doors for good. Tim Moore, owner of the Thriftway, who has owned and managed the store for 34 years with his wife, Erica, and other family members, was ready to retire. The Moores posted For Sale ads and signs, and launched a liquidation sale.
