Articles from the January 25, 2024 edition
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Commissioners to Request the Completion of Nearly 40 Year Old SR-166 Project
The Lewis County Board of Commissioners met in regular session Monday night, January 22. Commissioner Kyle Bobo led the Pledge of Allegiance, while Mayor Jonah Keltner led the invocation. All...
snowmageddon
During the "snowmageddon" experienced over the last two weeks, a majority of the community was "stuck" at home. School was out, businesses shut down, and meetings and church services canceled. Some...
Lee Ann Alford
Lee Ann Alford took home the prize in the first week of the Warm Up Your Winter contest. The Lewis County Herald's Hulon Dunn, left, and sponsor Coy Norris of 412 Metals & Building Supply, right,...
Education
The Education Foundation of Lewis County was started in 1993 by a group of business and professional people in our county. This year will be the 31st year to present scholarships to graduating seniors at Lewis County High School. There are...
Thelma Louise Adkins Wilkinson
Thelma Louise "Susie" Adkins Wilkinson, age 88, of Summertown, passed away Monday, January 15, 2024, at her residence. She was a native of Carter County, Kentucky, retired from Weather Tamer, Inc.,...
Terry Wayne Tresp
Terry Wayne Tresp, passed away on January 10, 2024, in Hohenwald, at the age of 70. Born on March 30, 1953, in Salt Lake City, Utah, he was the son of the late Donald Wayne Tresp andPhyllis Thurman....
Judy Ray Bennett
Judy Ray Bennett, 77, passed away peacefully on January 12, 2024, in Hampshire. She was born on October 21, 1946, in Maury County to the late Ray Pilkinton and Marie Gilliam Pilkinton. Judy dedicated...
Mary Jane Wills
Mary Jane Wills, fondly known as "Janie," departed from this world on December 8, 2023. Born on November 11 in North Carolina, Janie's life was defined by a spirited sense of rebellion. She was the...
Robert Lee Wesbrooks
Robert Lee Wesbrooks, 71, was born in Lewis County, Tennessee on November 23, 1952 to Sara Christeen Barber Wesbrooks and Billie Robert Wesbrooks, who each predeceased him. After a long, hard-fought...
Alton Brent Staggs
Alton Brent Staggs, aged 73, passed away peacefully on January 20, 2024, in Centerville with his wife by his side. He was born on February 10, 1951, in Lawrenceburg, to the late Elvie and Mary Louise...
Glenda Kay Morris
Ms. Glenda Kay Morris, 81, passed away at her home on January 17, 2024. She was born in Grandfield, Oklahoma on April 29, 1942. Ms. Morris had crafty hands and a zest for life. Her mouthy, yet endeari...
MRMC earns echocardiography reaccreditation
Maury Regional Medical Center (MRMC) has been granted a three-year term of reaccreditation by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) in echocardiography in the areas of adult transthoracic and adult stress. An echocardiogram — sometimes c...
By The Art of Ice and Snow Sculptures: Frozen Elegance
Snow harbors a certain beauty all by itself and one way artistically to reimagine snow, is through the art of ice and snow sculpting. Ice sculptures stand as ephemeral masterpieces, captivating audiences with their beauty carved in frozen elegance....
Year End
Commissioners hear ambulance service proposals With the current extension to the contract with Maury Regional to provide Ambulance Service for Lewis County expiring on August 31, 2023, Lewis County government recently publicly requested proposals to...
Years of consistent, conservative budgeting will aid lawmakers facing declining revenue
Because of large amounts of ice and snow across the state last week, the legislature postponed our meetings, so we will be going full force on Capitol Hill this week. During the first week of...
Do you suffer from the "stillgottas"?
Despite my best preventive measures, I have spent decades enduring “the stillgottas.” If you are unfamiliar with the medical terminology, it’s the why-can’t-it-be-terminal-and-give-me-the-sweet-releas...
FOCUS ON VIBRANT HEALTH
Are you living in accordance with the natural laws for a human? If not, your health will suffer. Last time you learned about some of the consequences of poor nutrition. If you do not eat the foods that your body needs to function properly,...
Fair Board attends convention
This weekend, the South Central Area Fair Board traveled to Murfreesboro, for the annual Tennessee Association of Fairs Convention. A great time was had by all as the group ate great meals, networked...
One Day at a Time
Well last week we had some bad cold weather here in our little valley, lots of mornings it was in the single digits with snow and ice everywhere, but this week they called for warmer weather and for rain almost every day. After the freezing rain I...
Gordonsburg / Little Swan News
I guess everyone has something to say about the weather this past week. On Sunday afternoon around 4:30pm it began to snow and by the time we got out of church and home the roads were white and our back road was completely covered. By Monday...
Naomi Annalise Davis
Ashton Smith of Hohenwald and Sylvester Davis of Milan announce the birth of their daughter, Naomi Annalise Davis. She was born January 18 at 8:48 a.m. at Maury Regional Hospital. She weighed 7...
Glimpses of Hohenwald's Past By Crystal Nash
January 22, 1954 The Lewis County Soil Conservation District reported that county farmers planned orders for over 125,000 tree seedlings to be planted in the 1953-54 planting season. The trees were...
Sheriff Report
The following is the Lewis County Sheriff Department report for December 28, 2023- January 23, 2024. This is a record of police action and is not intended to imply innocence or guilt of charges placed. Amber M. Brackeen, Swan Avenue, was charged...
Police Report
The following is the City of Hohenwald Police Report for January 14-22, 2024. This is a record of police action and is not intended to imply innocence or guilt of charges placed. Kimberly A. Woodie, East Main Street, was charged with shoplifting on...
Notices
NOTICE OF GRAND JURY MEETING “It is the duty of your Grand Jurors to investigate any public offense which they know or have reason to believe has been committed and which is triable or indictable in this county. Any person having knowledge or p...
