Lewis County Herald - Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898

by Amanda Curtis, Staff Reporter Kip Kelsey's career in law enforcement began in 2005 when he was hired on as a Deputy at the Lewis County Sheriff's Department. From midnight shifter and school...

Midsouth Barndominiums, LLC recently acquired the property located at 100 North Walnut Street, formerly the site of Hometown Bakery. They celebrated their grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony...

by Amanda Curtis, Staff Reporter At approximately 10 p.m. on March 8, a patron using the charging bench at the Lewis County Library heard glass breaking across the street. Once the patron realized...

March 12, 1953 H.H. Huffines resigned as County Agricultural Agent, having accepted the position as county agent in Scott County, TN. Ben Lifsey was named as Mr. Huffines’s successor. The City of...

Tiffany Pierce won the final week of our Warm Up Your Winter contest. She received $100 off her electric bill. Lewis County Herald publisher Hulon Dunn presented Pierce with the check. Pierce...

Major tax cuts proposed for Tennessee businesses and families The Tennessee Works Tax Reform Act of 2023 is advancing in the Senate and cleared the Senate Revenue Subcommittee with a positive...

Female Asian elephant, Nichole, arrived safely at The Elephant Sanctuary from San Antonio Zoo early on Thursday, March 9, 2023 officially making her one of 11 elephants now living at The Sanctuary...

Lewis County Public Library and Archives, in partnership with the Lewis County Historical Society and the Meriwether Lewis Chapter of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, has announced a...

I am definitely a product of the great American melting pot, but on both sides of the family, a Scots-Irish ancestry is prominent (Some distant cousin with too much time on his hands traced my...

Lewis County Government was recently awarded a $128,480 grant from the State of Tennessee to make facility improvements at the Lewis County Health Department. The project is scheduled to include new...

"Although this is my first store, I have been looking for the perfect space for months, and for years, I have been praying about a Christian book store." Bonnie James, owner of Faith and Fashions,...

The Lewis County Public Library and Archives recently received a donation from the Lewis County Alpha Rho Members of Delta Kappa Gamma. The January project for Lewis County Alpha Rho members was to...

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July 23, 1945 - March 6, 2023 Jerry Brown Sharp of the Slippery Creek community in Lewis County served the red, white, and blue for practically half his life. He, like many men, loved his country. To...

May 8, 1950 ~ March 11, 2023 Glenn Austin Nance, 72, passed from this life on March 11, 2023, in Murfreesboro. He was born May 5,1950, to the late Edward and Carleen Nance in Hohenwald. Mr. Nance...