County opens debate on Flock cameras
A Flock license-plate reading camera sits on a poll outside Clinton City Hall, facing North Hicks Street. - G. Chambers Williams III
The Anderson County Commission’s Operations Committee will hold a public meeting at 6 p.m. Sept. 10 to allow citizens to discuss the use of Flock cameras in Anderson Count. The meeting will be in the Little Theater at Clinton High School, 425 Dragon Drive. Committee’s Chairman Tim Isbel said it will likely include comments from the Operations Committee members on the subject, as well as time for three minute comments from citizens. However, the Operations Committee will have a new chairman and new members by that time due to the recent Anderson County Commission election. The Operations Committee approved the meeting unanimously at its Monday [Aug. 10] meeting, which like most Operations Committee meetings took place in Room 312 of the Anderson County Courthouse in Clinton. “This room would not be big enough,” said Commissioner Michael Foster regarding that room and the number of people who might want to discuss the cameras.
Read MoreNorris to seek bids for $750k sports park
The new $750,000-plus Norris Sports Complex will be built in this area next to the Norris Community Building on Chestnut Drive, replacing the current restroom building and tennis courts, while adding pickleball courts and a basketball court. - G. Chambers Williams III
Norris plans to seek bids by late October for a $750,000-plus plan to upgrade the city park next to the Norris Community Building into a new sports complex, City Manager Bailey Whited told the City Council during its Monday night meeting. “The target date is in October, and being able to start construction next spring,” Whited told The Courier News on Tuesday morning. “We estimate that it might take about six months to complete, depending on weather.” He said the city has $637,500 in the budget for construction costs, which would be paid in part by a state recreation grant and city funds. Deadline for completing the project is January 2028, according to the grant provisions. The project as it stands now calls for adding new restrooms, two pickleball courts, and a basketball court, while putting two new tennis courts in the space where there already are two courts. There’s also the possibility of building two additional dedicated pickleball courts, for a total of four, but that scenario is not likely due to the constraints of the current budget for the project.
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Election decisions
Republican Sheriff Russell Barker easily won re-election in the Anderson County general election last Thursday, defeating independent challenger Colt Jennings, while other countywide candidates cruised to victory running with no opposition. Barker received 62.04% of the votes to Jennings’ 37.96%, or 7,386-4,520. Jennings, a former deputy in the department, was attempting to unseat Barker, who was running for a third four-year term. U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn won easily over two challengers in the Republican primary election on Thursday in her quest to succeed Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, who is term-limited, in the Nov. 3 general election. Blackburn won in Anderson County and statewide over GOP challengers U.S. Rep. John Rose and state Rep. Monty Fritts. Blackburn polled 43% of the vote both in Anderson County and statewide, and will face Democrat Jerri Green, who is a city council member in Memphis.
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