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By Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor with aid of court documentation Sharp County wrestler and habitual offender Tommy Wayne Ashcraft, known as “TikTok Tommy” was arrested once again.  This time, he is being charged with  six counts of child pornography in Independence County. Ashcraft is from Cave City.  Ashcraft was arrested first on Feb. 7 in Independence County on revocation of a suspended imposition (SIS) and a felony pick-up order. The latest case,…

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By Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor He may have escaped prosecution for nearly two decades and slid out of being put to death by lethal injection. In the end, it was an ailment that ended the life of convicted capital murderer Steven Wertz. Wertz, was convicted of the brutal shotgun slaying of his wife’s ex-husband, Terry, and his new wife, Kathy Watts. He lived a seemingly normal life for nearly 17 years. It was…

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Photo/Tammy CurtisCave City Elementary Principal Lori Laman and Resource Officer Justin Wilson unload one of the  bus loads of balloons on Valentine’s Day. A local retailer, that asked their name not be used due to corporate regulations, began a competition selling balloons weeks earlier. This would ensure each student at all three campuses of Cave City Schools, the Cave City Nursing Home and daycares received a balloon for Valentine’s Day. Buses delivered…

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Saddle store gets a new life  By Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor As Oscar Wilde so famously said, “Memory is a diary that we all carry about with us.” But in reality, our recollections of yesteryear are often much clearer than the reality the rough edges of time have hewed away at in our memories As a child, fond memories of small things like our visits with family, to stores, and vacations often…

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Kingston pleads guilty in 20 year old Fulton County murder case By Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor Less than a month after being found fit to proceed to trial, the fate of 66-year-old Dennis Kingston of Salem was sealed just short of a year after his Feb. 23, 2024 arrest for Murder in the First Degree in a 20-year-old cold case. Kingston accepted a negotiated guilty plea agreement in place of a jury…

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