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Local News
The
Greeneville Sun serves the community by keeping the citizens well informed
of local events and concerns, as well as issues across the state and
nation. It is our goal to provide excellence and accuracy in coverage.
News
Tips, Comments and Questions
We
invite you to take an active part in your hometown newspaper. We welcome any news
tips, comments or questions about news coverage. We love to hear about
feature ideas, new neighbors moving into town, former residents moving
back, or any areas of coverage that you think our readers need to know
about.
Let Us Know!
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Letters
to the Editor
The
Greeneville Sun Editorial Page provides a regular forum for
community opinion in Letters to the Editor. Letters may be typed or
clearly handwritten or printed, and may be brought or mailed to the Sun
(Letters to the Editor, The Greeneville Sun, 121 W. Summer Street,
Greeneville, TN 37743), or emailed to letterstotheeditor@greenevillesun.com. Letters
should be signed (unless emailed), should be as concise as possible,
and should emphasize topics of public interest. To be published,
letters must be accompanied by the name and street address (or post
office box) of the writer or writers. Telephone numbers will not be
published but should be included with letters in case the Sun needs to
contact the writer for clarification, etc.
Submit
a
Letter
to the Editor Online
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AP
Wire
The
Greeneville Sun provides access to the latest Associated Press news releases.
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Agriculture
Each
Wednesday the Sun publishes its Agriculture
section, which is prepared by section editor Tom Yancey. The section
provides farmers of our community with current and useful information
from County Extension Leader Steve Hale and his staff as well as a
variety of other sources.
Contact
Tom Yancey
423-359-3142
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Business
News
of local and national business and industry is published every
Thursday. This includes new local businesses and expansions, major
personnel changes, major awards, product developments, quarterly
reports of publicly owned companies with local plants, and much more.
Contact
Doug Watson,
Managing Editor
423-359-3157
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Education
News
concerning our local schools, including student awards, programs,
photos, honor rolls and more, is published every Wednesday.
Contact
Amy Overbay Rose
423-359-3136
Events Calendar
The
Events Calendar is published in The Greeneville Sun each
Saturday. Persons may submit an upcoming event free of charge. The
deadline is Tuesdays at 5 p.m.
If
you have an event to publish, you may submit it by email.
To Email Your Event
Or
Call Lisa Warren at
423-359-3114
FAX: 423-638-3645
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Living
Living
Editor Velma Southerland can be reached in person or by voice mail
between
8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays. Five days a week, The Greeneville
Sun's Living Section covers a
wide range of community life - engagements, weddings, anniversaries,
reunions, civic club projects, new neighbors, and much more. Engagement
announcements and other announcements for the Living pages should be
received several days before the day you would like to have them
published.
We Observe Strict Deadlines For Wedding Photos
For use of a wedding photo with a full story, the information
MUST be received no later than a month after the wedding. The full
story without a photo or descriptive details will be published if
information is received after the one-month deadline but within three
months of the wedding. For wedding information more than three months
old, a summary of the wedding will be published.
Engagement and wedding announcements are published
at no charge.
Links for downloading forms for engagement and wedding announcement are
provided below.
Contact
Velma J. Southerland
423-359-3156
Engagement
and Wedding Forms
The
links below will download the Engagement and Wedding forms in a pdf
format. You will need a copy of Acrobat
Reader to be able to read the files or print them.
Engagement Announcement Form
Engagement announcements are published at no
charge.
Wedding Announcement Form Wedding
announcements are published at no charge.
Obituaries
The Greeneville Sun usually receives obituary
news directly from the funeral home that is in charge of arrangements. The Sun makes no charge for
publishing obituary news. For same-day publication, the deadline for
obituary information is 8:00 a.m. Monday-Friday. For Saturday morning's
issue, the deadline for obituary information is normally 4:30 p.m. on
Friday.
Contact
Connie Cobble
423-359-3147
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Religion
The
Religion section is published each Saturday and is coordinated by
Columnist Bob Hurley. This section includes a variety of local and
Associated Press stories about Greeneville and Greene County
faith-related events, as well as religion trends in the nation and
world. Religion section information should be submitted to Reba Wilson
at the Sun's front desk by 5 p.m. on Tuesday for publication in that
week's Saturday edition, or mailed to Religion, The Greeneville Sun,
121 W. Summer Street, Greeneville, TN 37743. Note: If mailed, news
should reach the Sun by the standard 5 p.m. Tuesday deadline.
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