Living Below the Poverty Line in Seymour & South Knox

By Jamie Stewart Storey  Jamie@seymourherald.com

Hwy 411 Seymour Midway Rentals.(The Herald/Jamie Stewart Storey)

With no recent increases in minimum wages combined with the higher cost of basic food items and other necessities families in Seymour and South Knox are feeling the ever-tightening grip of living below the poverty line.

CNN reports, 2013 minimum wage, state-by-state ranges between the wage base line of $7.25 an hour to a maximum of $9.19 per hour.  Tennessee’s minimum wage is $7.25 an hour with two sales taxes paid on all retail goods and services.