The annual Benson's Backpack Assistance Ministry event took place at White County High School around the track of Dee Harris Field on Saturday, July 25, from 9 a.m. to around noon, providing free school supplies and other resources to students in White and Van Buren counties. Hosted
Tommy Pedigo left White County determined to build a better future. Decades later, after a successful career in education, insurance and business, he returned home to serve as Sparta's mayor—fulfilling a promise to give back to the community that shaped him.
The annual Benson's Backpack Assistance Ministry event took place at White County High School around the track of Dee Harris Field on Saturday, July 25, from 9 a.m. to around noon, providing free school supplies and other resources to students in White and Van Buren counties. Hosted
Tommy Pedigo left White County determined to build a better future. Decades later, after a successful career in education, insurance and business, he returned home to serve as Sparta's mayor—fulfilling a promise to give back to the community that shaped him.
From a White County farm to a career with global impact, Cathryn Rolfe says the values she learned growing up in Sparta shaped every opportunity that followed.
