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Twenty One North is officially On-Air
The eclectic variety shop, Twenty One North, held their "ribbon cuttting" on Friday, April 29, 2022. Business owner Amanda Curtis was excited to share her new venture with all of her friends who were...
Planning Commission discusses hydrology on Industrial Park
Present for the Monday night meeting of the Hohenwald Planning Commission were Chairman John Risner, Connie Sharp, Jim Lech, Steve Keeton, City Mayor Danny McKnight and Don Barber. Committee members Ben Floyd and Eddie DeNicolais were absent. The...
County discusses increasing scales and pit material allowance from 250 lbs to 500 lbs
During the alloted time for public input at this month’s County Commission meeting, former Solid Waste Director Bradley Loveless spoke to the Commission regarding a resolution that would increase the allowance of scale and pit material from 250 l...
Board of Education narrows down applicants for Director of Schools
The Lewis County Board of Education has narrowed down their search for a new director to four candidates, and there will be an opportunity for the public to meet them. Eleven applicants applied and the applicants included current LCMS Principal Brand...
Commission invests in Public Library; Votes to add Sales Tax Option to Ballot
A sea of green t-shirts filled the courtroom in support of the Lewis County Public Library and Archives' Librarian Crystal Nash as she prepared to ask the County for a donation at Monday night's...
City discusses new apartment complexes
A special called City Council Meeting took place on Tuesday, March 29, 2022. The meeting was called to pass a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), that would allow the City to use grant funds in order to repair the city sewer in the Piney Basin...
Topic of 5G dominated Commission's public input
At last week’s County Commission meeting, several concerned citizens addressed the Commissioners about 5G. Jonathan Pitts, Constable of District Four, was the first to speak. “It’s been nine years since I last addressed the County Commi...
County partners with City to improve sewer system
The Lewis County Commissioners met in a regularly scheduled meeting on Monday night, March 21, 2022. Commissioner T.J. Hinson was absent for the Commission meeting. Authorizing Purchase of Track Loader for Transfer Station The first item on the...
Ethan Brewer honored at LCHS baseball game
Monday night's baseball game began with a whole community coming together to celebrate the life of Ethan Brewer. Following his untimely passing, classmates, relatives and friends began working...
Hohenwald's Historic Preservation Commission discusses new houses on Park Avenue South
Hohenwald's Historic Preservation Commission held a special called meeting on Monday, March 15, 2022, concerning the two houses being built on Park Avenue South by partners Stoney Anthony and Derrick...
Meet Lewis County High School's new head football coach
Lewis County High School was proud to announce Derek Rang as their new head football coach last week. Rang was born in Illinois and moved to Maryville, Tennessee, when he was a kid. There he played fo...
Price of recycling tires increased; Summertown Metals officially bought more land
The Lewis County Commisison met Monday, March 7. The first item on the agenda was to accept the Audit Committee minutes which read, “The Lewis County Audit Committee met on Monday, February 7, 2022, at 4:00 p.m. in the conference room at the C...
County Commission discusses halting the spread of 5G Wireless
County Commissioners, citizens and members of Leadership Lewis all gathered in the courtroom on Monday night to discuss February’s county business. Seventeen of eighteen commissioners were present with Commissioner Ronnie Brewer absent. The r...
Local ties to animal cruelty case in Hardeman County
In December of 2021, the Hardeman County Sheriff's Department received multiple calls from dog owner, Mandy Faulk, asking them to retrieve the body of her dog named Murphy who had been boarded and...
Planning Commission decides on who can buy Industrial Park
The City of Hohenwald Planning Commission met in the Fire Department’s meeting room on Monday, February 7, 2022, to discuss subdividing Industrial Park. One of the first properties to be discussed was the Hassell Kelley property which is situated o...
TCAT Hohenwald officially opened the doors to their new addition
"We are officially part of TCAT Hohenwald history today; you (everyone here) helped make it happen," said Tennessee College of Applied Technology President, Kelli Kea-Carroll, in a speech before...
Board of Education discussed necessary qualifications for new Director of Schools
The Lewis County Board of Education met on Tuesday, January 25, 2022, in a special-called workshop meeting to discuss the qualifications applicants should have to be Lewis County’s new Director of Schools following Benny Pace’s decision to ret...
Industrial Park; to sell or not to sell?
Commissioners discussed and debated several requests to purchase land on Industrial Park, as well as appointed a new Veterans Service Officer. Seventeen commissioners were present for Monday night's C...
Snow for third weekend in a row
This weekend marks three in a row with a blanket of snow covering the ground. Although some measured the snowfall to be around five and a half inches, it measured nine inches in other parts of Lewis...
County Audit findings; 2022 County Election reminder
At the time of last week’s County Committee meeting, County Mayor Jonah Keltner was happy to announce to the commissioners that Lewis County is still ranked among the top in the state for sales tax revenue. The November sales tax report came out t...
Why Director Pace is leaving
In last week's issue, the Lewis County Herald was given information that Director of Schools Benny Pace had announced his resignation during a teacher's meeting last Tuesday morning. Although Mr....
Lewis County Government found airport manager replacement
Monday night marked the first County Committee meeting of the new year. As such, the audit reports for the county came back, and new business had to be discussed. One problem the Solid Waste department faced was finding a buyer for their bales of...
Snow kicks off New Year
The holiday weekend started off with the promise of severe storms and temperatures of 70 degrees, but rain quickly turned into snow by Sunday night, making for a winter wonderland. Our local...
Lewis County is fourth in state's highest unemployment rates
The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce released an updated unemployment rate for the month of November on December 22, 2021. In that release Lewis County came in fourth for the state's...
Tennessee's new license plate
By now it is no secret that the rolling mountains of Tennessee are going to be replaced on our license plate with a new design, featuring a blue background, white writing, an outline of Tennessee at...
