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Who Has The Solution?
In yet another Solid Waste focused meeting, the Lewis County Board of Commissioners continued to seek an alternative to increased fees to save the beleaguered Solid Waste Department. "This is the...
Voters to determine fate of new school
Lewis County voters in the August 6, 2020 election will have the option to vote in favor of or against a .25 percent increase in sales tax, funds that will be allocated solely for the construction of...
County struggles with fee hikes to solve solid waste negatives
In special called session, the Lewis County Solid Waste Committee convened Monday to review yet another proposal that would prevent Lewis County's Solid Waste Department from dropping into the red in...
City Council meets in May
All members of the Hohenwald City Council were in attendance for the May 5, 2020 meeting held at the EOC Emergency Operations Center on Oak Street. Mayor Danny McKnight called the meeting to order...
Citizen outrage on social media gets City's attention
Phone calls that went unreturned Thursday by the mayor at City Hall pushed an Edgefield property owner to call out the City in a Facebook post. By Friday morning, the mayor, vice mayor and codes...
3 Charged When Missing Man's Body Located In Pond
Law enforcement from numerous agencies combed more than one hundred acres last Wednesday searching for a man reported missing by his brother. Late that evening, a tip led them to a shallow pond where...
Bond set at $1.51 million for man who brutally attacks 10 year old
A family held off an attacker at gunpoint Sunday after he admitted to slashing the throat of a young boy who was playing video games. When deputies arrived at the scene on Howard Switch Road, Sammy Sa...
TBI called in to search for missing Allen's Creek man
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) joined the Lewis County Sheriff's Department Tuesday in a search for a man who was reported missing by his brother on Sunday. Kenneth Harter, age 50, of...
County Commission district 4 seat opens at resignation of Taylor
Yet another seat for a local elected official opened last week when Lewis County Mayor Jonah Keltner received a resignation letter from County Commissioner Earl Taylor. “To whom it may concern, It i...
Oliver Companies lay off 150; local industries, schools, businesses wait it out
Approximately 150 employees of two of the Oliver Companies–Oliver Fiberglass, Oliver Travel Trailers–experienced lay offs as the companies' orders slowed and Governor Bill Lee issued a "Safer at Hom...
County votes to refuse garbage from citizens with delinquent fees
A TDEC official presented landfill permitting criteria to the Lewis County Board of Commissioners Monday evening at which 17 members were present. Commissioner Michael King was absent. Nick Lytle of...
Another plan for solid waste comes before county Monday
As county officials struggle to find solutions for the undisputed shortfall in the Solid Waste Department's annual budget, residents and business owners fluctuate between fear and boldness in their...
Trash Talk Continues
Committee members declined sponsorship of a resolution Monday, presented by the county mayor, that sought to balance certain year-end budget shortfalls for Lewis County's Solid Waste account. Mayor...
Solid Waste fee increases tabled
Business owners turned out in force Monday evening to let Lewis County Commissioners know their thoughts on proposed rate hikes in solid waste disposal fees. Some fee increases proposed included a...
Commercial Solid Waste fees to increase in response to shortfall
A committee appointed by the Lewis County Board of Commissioners met Monday evening to find a solution to a projected $111,000 shortfall in the Solid Waste budget for the remainder of the current...
Industrial Development Board meets with Kanson to assess fire damage
A somber owner, Art Filson, clicked through image after image of water damage for members of Hohenwald’s Industrial Development Board (IDB) Monday, February 10, 2020 showing how the plant fared a...
County struggles with mountain of trash problem
Two proposals were presented to the Lewis County Board of Commissioners Monday, meeting in joint committee sessions. Each proposal means more money from taxpayer pockets. And no commissioner was...
Solid Waste fee increases tabled for discussion
A peaceful crowd gathered early at Lewis County Courthouse in anticipation of a vote on a Second Amendment Sanctuary resolution. Lewis County resident, Kim Patterson, addressed all 18 members of the...
State reading initiative shared with school board Tuesday
With goals for at least 75 percent of third graders to be proficient readers by 2025, the Tennessee Department of Education rolled out Read to Be Ready in 2016. Lewis County Schools did not adopt the...
Students to benefit from $1 million GIVE grant
"It was a great honor to host Governor Lee, locally on campus, for his official announcement of the GIVE Grant Award to the Tennessee College of Applied Technology Hohenwald and even more significant...
Trees removed from private property by City causes citizen concern
City officials learned Tuesday evening from a citizen, the owner of trees removed from private property to amend a sewer line, may request compensation. Larry Dorning addressed members of the City Cou...
Edgefield residents question City over proposed expansion
In yet another late announced, but regularly scheduled meeting, residents of a local subdivision discovered two days prior a city planning commission would be considering an expansion in the...
Lewis County Receives Partial IRS Refund
A tax attorney hired by Lewis County Government was successful in recovering a portion of funds Lewis County paid in penalties and interest to the Internal Revenue Service late last year. And the...
Landfill closure may mean higher rates for Lewis' waste
An employee of United Waste Haulers announced the impact of the closure of Decatur County’s landfill on Lewis County last Monday evening. The Board of Commissioners learned fees for Lewis C...
County pledges support of 32nd Judicial District
Lewis County Circuit Judge Michael Spitzer appeared before the Lewis County Board of Commissioners Monday evening to thank them for consideration of an endorsement to the Tennessee Legislature for...
