Articles from the January 11, 2024 edition
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Dozens Attend Ground
Monday, January 8th, students weren't the only ones returning to school. Dozens of people gathered on West Main Street to break ground on what is to be the brand new Lewis County High School. In...
Driver Life-Flighted
A one vehicle accident on January 2 resulted in the driver being life-flighted. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol report, Noah Carroll was traveling south in a 1996 Jeep Cherokee over a hill...
Hall Arrested in Vehicle Theft
Tommy Wherry arrived to work at Paw Paw's Porch Pet Spa around 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, January 3, to begin his daily routine. Around 9 a.m., he noticed his vehicle, a yellow Nissan X-Terra, missing, and...
2024 Warm up Your Winter ~AND~ 2024 Readers Choice
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Mary (Moon) Farmer
Mary Moon Farmer, passed away peacefully on the last day of 2023, December 31, at the age of 93. Born on October 21, 1930, in the serene town of Hohenwald, Mary was a woman whose life was as full and...
Sherry Ellen (Howell) Drake
Sherry Ellen Morse-Drake, 82, a light of love and laughter, passed away peacefully on January 2, 2024, in Columbia. Born on December 4, 1941, in Canandaigua, New York, to the late Garth and Isabel...
Joel Harrison Gray
Joel Harrison "Pink Rat" Gray, age 80, of Summertown, passed away Thursday, January 4, 2024, at Southern TN Regional Health System in Lawrenceburg. He was a native of Lawrence County, and a member of...
Nick Church
Nick Church, a cherished soul known for his boundless humor and immense love of life, passed away on January 4,2024, in Hohenwald. Born on February 24, 1990, in Flint, Michigan, Nick's infectious...
Elizabeth Dawn Durham
Elizabeth Dawn Durham, a beloved daughter, sister, niece, and friend, passed away on January 2, 2024, in Williamsport, at the age of 19. She was born on July 7, 2004, in Dickson, to her parents Amanda...
Betty Fay Ford
Betty Fay Duncan Ford, age 96, of Smyrna died Sunday, December 24, 2023. She was born on October 16, 1927 in Mount Pleasant and grew up in the West Fork Community of Lewis County. She was the...
People for Animals
People for Animals Glamour Paws Fundraiser is set for January 27 from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. at Memorial Park, 115 Smith Street.The event will feature vendors, a bake sale, donation stations, a raffle and much more. There will also be a pet photo...
Dee Cee Neeley
Dee Cee Neeley, 96, died Saturday, December 30, 2023, with his family by his bedside at Life Care Center of Columbia after a brief illness. A Masonic service was held Thursday, January 4, at Oakes & N...
Brian Keith Johns
Brian Keith Johns passed from this life on January 1, 2024, at North Alabama Medical Center the age of 56 years 5 months and 23 days. He was born in Waynesboro to the late Terry Donald Johns of...
Dorothea Gertrude Kauffman
Dorothea Gertrude Kauffman, a beacon of love and faith, passed away peacefully on January 5, 2023, in Columbia, at the age of 95. Born on November 14, 1928, in Hooksett, New Hampshire, to Raymond...
2024 Legislative Preview: Education and Budget
EDUCATION Keeping politics out of K-12 classrooms – In recent years, the General Assembly has made significant progress in passing legislation to prohibit teaching inappropriate political concepts such as transgender ideology and other sexual c...
Carson-Newman
Joshua Stoll of Hohenwald was named to the Carson-Newman University Dean’s List for the fall 2023 semester. The University awards Dean’s List honors to students earning a grade point average of 3.5 to 3.9 while taking 12 or more credit hours. Fou...
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Lewis County Person of the week
Jan Pasold is one of our FIRST RESPONDERS here in Hohenwald and we are sure lucky to have her. Thank you for all you do for and in our community. Q.) Can you tell me a little bit about yourself? A.)...
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NAME: Pablo LIKES: to play outside, being around people, being friendly with other dogs. NOTES: Nervous around people, but warms up quickly, a shelter favorite, Shy, but very sweet and passive. TO...
The Winter Blues
January can be a very difficult time! After a month of hustle and bustle making everything perfect for the holidays, we find ourselves in a moment of gloom with our arms crossed, a lot of spare time, and financially broke. This is the time to...
One Day at a Time
Well we have been having a few cold and cloudy days here in our little valley, we have been getting some rain and on a lot of days it has been really overcast, we have even had some foggy mornings. The cats were ready for a warm breakfast, they ate...
Gordonsburg / Little Swan News
We have had some unusual weather for the first week in January 2024, it has been anywhere from the teens to the forties at night and fifties to thirties in the day time and with some rain heavy at times during the night and days. I guess we have miss...
2023 YEAR END REVIEW
January 2023 Fire Department responds to structure fire The Lewis County Fire Department was dispatched to 208 Lakeview Drive on December 28 at 2:55 p.m. to the home of Suzanne and Kevin Richardson. The fire department arrived on scene at 3:00 p.m....
Tyrades
Oh, for simpler times with fewer adult responsibilities and fewer high-tech distractions! Then I might manage to finish reading two excellent autobiographies (Henry Winkler’s “Being Henry: The Fonz --...
Glimpses of Hohenwald's Past
January 7, 1954 The Herald reported that “with the amount of work going on, Hohenwald and Lewis County should be booming for the next few months.” Construction and other improvements underway inc...
The Art Of Podcasting
As the new year unfolds with calendars, goals, and agendas, the pursuit of joy extends to various forms of entertainment. The latest Golden Globe Awards underscores an ongoing list of new entertainment to watch. However, beyond movies, TV series,...
