Don't shoot the messenger
      This newspaper has received several comments from residents of the Midville area questioning the wisdom of our pointing out that the community has limited police protection and that the police chief was suspended until he receives his state accreditation.
More ...

Cartoon
Read the Story...

RFD
By Bonnie K. Taylor General Manager The True Citizen
      I am saddened over the recent announcements of Marshall Singletary and Steve Rice leaving our community. Both are columnists for The True Citizen and will be sorely missed by their readers. Both are pastors at local churches, Marshall, First United Methodist, and Steve, St. Michael's Episcopal...
More ...

Looking Back
      10 years ago: April 29, 1998 At the request of BCHS principal Jack Willis, an investigation was launched into the amount of money Thomas County reported earning for the 1997 AAA championship football game against Burke County.
More ...

Bill Shipp
PREPARING FOR ROUND TWO
      Try this hot scoop for a piece of outright absurdity: Knowing she has no chance of winning the Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton continues to run full speed ahead against Barack Obama for president.
More ...

Don Lively
HITTING A TRIPLE
      I was kidding. Two weeks ago I wrote that I was entitled to a mid-life crisis due to a milestone birthday. Joking! One week later I felt a tap on my left shoulder. Before I even turned around I knew I wouldn't see anybody standing there. But I knew who it was.
More ...

Dixie Divas
THE SOUTHERN GOODNESS OF FRIED BALONEY
      Three friends and I were motoring our way from the western edge of Kentucky over to Louisville when someone proclaimed a sudden and immediate need for an orange Nehi soda. As luck would have it, a Cracker Barrel, which always has Nehi sodas iced and waiting, soon popped up. While Kim purchased ...
More ...

Other Voices
THEN THE MEDICINE SHOW CAME TO TOWN
By F. Leslie Jenkins Jr. Burke Canter Boy
      In the early 1930's, a form of entertainment in small towns was Tent Shows. The first I recall were actually live stage shows. There was one particular show that came to Sardis. It was owned by a very nice family, and members of the family acted on the stage. They did comedies mostly, but also dra...
More ...

Letters to the Editor
      Disappointed in Over the Fence Editor: I am writing to express my disappointment in your continued running of the Over the Fence section of the newspaper.
More ...