Jackie Henry

Jackie Henry

  • Joined: March 17, 2023
  • Articles: 790

Plain Vanilla ‘Ned’s D’

Classroom Contretemps or “How Ned Got a “D” in Advanced Placement Maths,” was denied admission to a top-tier college and spent the rest of his life happily pursuing his dreams.

Our readers write

I have been told by a reliable source that the $4,000,000 (that’s 4 MILLION dollars) that the City received for the exchange between the City and State for Highway purposes is sitting in an account earning little or no interest.

Social Security Matters Ask Rusty – Will my Medicare premium change because I sold investment property?

Dear Rusty: I have questions concerning the deduction of money from my Social Security benefit amount as relates to the sale of investment property. I am 66 years old and have been drawing Social Security since I turned 62. My wife is 56 and is a housewife and has no taxable income. Our income comes from our rental property and my Social Security benefit. I have decided to liquidate two of our properties - one was sold in December 2024, and one is in Escrow and is scheduled to close in March 2025.

‘Making Tipton County the best county in the state’

At their Tipton Common Council meeting Monday, several other governmental entities attended. They included representatives from the Tipton County Commissioners, Tipton County Council, and Tipton Community Development Director Abbie Smith. These folks gathered to discuss the Tipton Partnership Incentive, a new group that plans to have the city and county officials dealing with issues they had in common.