Dewain E. Peek photos

The line formed in front of the Clark House to check in to the Livingston Academy Prom on Saturday, May 11.

By Dewain E. Peek, OCN staff

Overton County Board of Education members will begin their Memorial Day weekend by interviewing director of schools candidates in a marathon session set to begin 4 p.m. Friday, May 24.

School Board members agreed on the date during a work session Monday, May 13 in which they considered their personal schedules, elementary school graduations, and Livingston Academy awards night and graduation before agreeing on May 24. The work session to look at candidate qualifications and to set an interview time had been called during a work session before the regular monthly meeting Tuesday, May 7.

The list of candidates was narrowed from 13 to 11 in Monday’s work session.

By Lyndon Johnson, OCN staff

With all members present, Overton County Legislative Body voted unanimously in approval of sending a grant application that could get funding for three school resource officers (SROs) in Overton County Schools outside the Livingston city limits at reduced cost to the county.

Dewain E. Peek photo
Bruce Lee, second from left, talks about the 1937 Ford V-8 60 flathead he brought to the Overton County Cruise-In on Saturday, May 11. The 136 cubic inch engine was mounted on a trailer, complete with fuel supply and battery to enable it to be started so onlookers could hear the fruit of his labor run as well as see it.

By Lyndon Johnson, OCN staff

An Overton County man was killed when the ATV he was riding down Charlie Brown Road near Hilham crashed into a tree Wednesday, May 8.

A new nepotism policy will soon be forced upon Overton County Board of Education. Governor Bill Haslam signed SB663/HB449 into law on Monday, April 29 and put into place across the state a nepotism policy very similar to the one our local school board rejected two years ago, but this one will likely leave Overton County voters with precious few choices come election time.