Tuesday, April 29, 2008

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR A WEST TENNESSEE MINISTER WHO DROWNED IN A CARROLL COUNTY LAKE ARE COMPLETE.  WBBJTV DOT COM REPORTS DOCTOR MICKEY CARPENTER, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE PARIS DISTRICT OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, WAS FOUND IN THE WATERS OF BUSH LAKE SATURDAY. HIS CAPSIZED BOAT WAS FOUND A WEEK EARLIER. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR DOCTOR CARPENTER WILL BE HELD THURSDAY MORNING AT TEN AT HUNTINGDON FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.

ALSO FROM CHANNEL 7, A TOTAL OF ELEVEN DOGS HAVE BEEN SEIZED FROM A HOME JUST OUTSIDE OF UNION CITY. AN ANIMAL CRUELTY INVESTIGATOR FOUND THE DOGS AND PUPPIES THAT SHE SAYS HAD BEEN ABANDONED. NEARBY NEIGHBORS TOLD INVESTIGATORS THE DOGS WERE EITHER KEPT IN A SHED TIED TO A TREE, OR LEFT TO DIE IN A PEN. OFFICER DAVIS ESTIMATED THE DOGS WERE WITHOUT FOOD AND WATER FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS. DAVIS SAYS THE IDENTITIES OF THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE ARE UNKNOWN. SHE SAYS ALL OF THE DOGS ARE EXPECTED TO LIVE, BUT NEED TO BE ADOPTED.  THEY ARE AT THE KEN-TENN HUMANE SOCIETY.

 

IN SPORTS...

In the minor league, the Tennessee Smokies beat the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx 8 to 6. 

In the NL, Cincinnati won over the Cardinals last night 4 to 3.  Game two starts tonight with the on-deck show around 6:30 on Oldies 1450 AM and 101.7 FM.

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