Malcolm Patterson News Today

One facet of working at our county archives every Wednesday is that you never who will walk in the door.

Reporters Joel Ebert and Erik Schelzig’s new book delves into Tennessee’s history of political scandal

The West Tennessee Land Company bought Reelfoot Lakes shoreline in 1908.

Whoever wins the governor’s race has an opportunity to make decisions and support the legislation which will affect 7.2 million Tennesseans.

Houses in the Annesdale Historic District have a long line of history not just of the past, but history in the making.

John M. Patterson, Segregationist Alabama Governor, Dies at 99 He welcomed the Klan and refused to integrate schools, forging a path that would be followed by Gov. George C. Wallace. Gov. John M. Patterson at his office in Montgomery, Ala., in 1961. He was the youngest governor in Alabama history, serving only one term.Credit...Horace Cort/Associated Press June 5, 2021, 7:48 p.m. ET John M. Patterson, a defiant segregationist who defeated and preceded George C. Wallace as the governor of Alabam...

He belatedly said he came to regret the segregationist stances that helped him rise to power in the 1950s.

The Destin Log His swashbuckling days are over and the only treasure he’s looking to find now is fun times fishing aboard his new charter boat, the Reel Grace.   Capt. Cliff Atwell, who was Capt. Cannonball aboard the Buccaneer pirate ship for nine years in Destin, is back fishing.  “I always in my mind wanted to come back and go fishing. I love fishing,” said the 56-year-old captain. “What I love more than the fishing is I love to take people, especially the families o...