Average retail gasoline prices in Tennessee have risen 0.9 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.25 per gallon Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 3,821 gas outlets in Tennessee.
This compares with the national average that has increased 8.9 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.67 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.

Published in The WCP 5.21.13

From June 3-8, 2013, the Martin Beautiful Committee will be accepting nominations for the annual  Martin Beautiful Awards. 
Outstanding examples are the 2012 winners:  Bob and Gail Smith, 145 Baker Road; Joann Carter, 323 Davis Street; St. Jude Catholic Church;  West Martin Welcome sign, Optimist Club;  La Cabana Restaurant, 305 Lindell; and Weldon Public Library, Main and Lindell.  Please also consult martinbeautiful.org and click on Annual Awards.

Published in The WCP 5.21.13

By MARSHA FRIEDMAN
Special to The Press
If you’re using social media for marketing, what should you say following a tragedy like the deadly blasts at the Boston Marathon on April 15?

Published in The WCP 5.14.13

The Weakley County Backpack Program has been selected as one of 60 winning hunger relief agencies to receive a $20,000 grant from Walmart’s Fighting Hunger Together initiative.
Throughout April, customers voted for more than 300 Feeding America food banks and their partner agencies by visiting www.walmart.com/hunger.
Published in The WCP 5.14.13

American Cellular Verizon Wireless has been in business in Martin since 1991 but recently moved to a new location at 884 University St.
The owners said the move is all about better serving their customers.

Published in The WCP 5.14.13

Average retail gasoline prices in Tennessee have risen 0.8 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.24 per gallon Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 3,821 gas outlets in Tennessee.
This compares with the national average that has increased 6.2 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.57 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.

Published in The WCP 5.14.13

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veloper was dealing in bitcoins — getting an injection of the cybercurrency in exchange for a wad of real greenbacks he handed to a pair of Australian tourists in a Buenos Aires Starbucks. The visitors wanted spending money at black market rates without the risk of getting roughed up in one of the Argentine capital’s black market exchanges. Fink wanted to pad his electronic wallet.
ith $600 stuffed in one pocket and a smartphone tucked in the other, Patricio Fink recently struck the kind of deal that’s feeding the rise of a new kind of money — a virtual currency whose oscillations have pulled geeks and speculators alike through stomach-churning highs and lows.