Mark Hicks, The Leaf-Chronicle

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Past articles by Mark:

A murdered man was buried without his head. 24 years later, his daughter fought to get it back.

A Stewart County man was killed in 1988, but it took 24 years before his family found out his head was still in an evidence room in Idaho. → Read More

Two charged, many stolen items recovered after rash of burglaries in TN Ridge

More stolen items expected to be recovered and additional arrests are possible → Read More

Work on Fort Donelson Visitors Center expected to resume in 2019

After contractor walked away from the visitor center renovations, Park Service had more than year of 'complicated contractual processes' to navigate → Read More

Shamrock Drop will welcome 2019 in Erin

Houston County Fair Board will host the first-ever New Year's Eve Shamrock Drop so folks can revel locally rather than driving to other celebrations → Read More

Project under way to fix waterline that caused Erin outage in spring

A federal grant is paying 100 percent of cost to move main waterline from one side of Highway 149 to the other → Read More

Long-running toy drives make Christmas brighter for hundreds of kids

A Houston County toy drive turns 20 this year and Stewart County's Christmas program for kids has thrived for several decades → Read More

Dickson attorney Garton stole over $1M from Larkin trust, U.S. attorney charges

Dickson attorney Garton stole over $1M from Larkin trust, U.S. attorney charges → Read More

Neighbors rarely saw man accused of keeping girlfriend's corpse in home

Robert Calvin Mark charged with abuse of corpse in connection with death of his live-in girlfriend → Read More

Blasting begins soon for McClure Bridge rebuild for Highway 48/13

Bridge construction is on schedule but relocating utilities has slowed progress a bit. → Read More

Efforts underway to bring rail spur into Stewart-Houston Industrial Park

Few industrial sites have rail access, which increases the marketability when it's available → Read More

New MLEC office opens in Houston County

The new facility features a drive-through window and a 24/7 kiosk for customer convenience → Read More

CEMC considers broadband internet for nearly 99,000 households

CEMC will survey members on whether to stretch 52,000 miles of fiber-optic cable across Cheatham, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart and Sumner counties → Read More

Emergency Operations Center to be renamed for former Houston County EMA director

Commissioner also discussed duties of the airport manager and allowing EMS to buy a utility vehicle → Read More

Two more convicted of first-degree murder in 2016 slaying of Cumberland City man

Gerald Lovelace and Abdullah Powell were found guilty of three counts of murder during robbery of Donnie Cooksey → Read More

Another person convicted of first-degree murder in 2016 slaying of Cumberland City man

Gerald Lovelace was found guilty of three counts of murder during robbery of Donnie Cooksey → Read More

Miss Kay's offers food, essentials, entertainment to residents, visitors to Kentucky Lake

A new store/restaurant and clubhouse at Brownfield Riverside Resort will be open year-round for meals, sports or karaoke → Read More

Dover woman killed crossing Donelson Parkway

THP says Angela Gibbs-Weaver was walking in the middle of roadway when she was struck by SUV → Read More

State House races: Jason Hodges defeats Tommy Vallejos

It was an unexpected loss for Vallejos, a Republican former county commissioner. → Read More

A third of voters in Stewart and Houston counties voted early

Both counties posted strong early voting numbers but neither reached 2016 record numbers → Read More

Women finding power, and healing, through fly fishing

Jen Ripple's DUN magazine carves out niche in male-dominated sport of fly fishing → Read More