Tre Hargett visits West Tennessee libraries to present grants

Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter / Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett speaks with the Times Free Press at the Chattanooga Public Library on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter / Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett speaks with the Times Free Press at the Chattanooga Public Library on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A top state official is visiting West Tennessee to hand out grants for public libraries to buy computers.

Secretary of State Tre Hargett's office says he visited libraries in Camden, Milan, Trenton, Humboldt, Alamo, Ripley and Brownsville on Thursday to present technology grants from Tennessee's State Library and Archives.

Hargett is scheduled to visit the Memphis Public Library on Friday to present a grant of more than $8,000.

The State Library and Archives is giving out more than $350,000 in technology grants across Tennessee.

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