Articles from the March 10, 2022 edition
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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...
Davis House Child Advocacy Center
With the vision of David Adcox and the support of the Highland Corporation Charitable Foundation, Davis House Child Advocacy Center recently moved to a newly renovated space. Davis House provides investigative and healing services to children who...
Warm Up Your Winter
This is the final week to enter our Warm Up Your Winter contest for a chance to win $100 toward your electric bill! See page B-8 for details! Be sure to let our sponsors know how much you appreciate their support. Sponsors include Adair Funeral &...
Daylight Saving Time begins!
The start of daylight saving time, which subtracts an hour of sleep, is fast approaching. The seasonal time change when we "spring forward" will occur on Sunday, March 13, 2022, a full week before...
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...
Martha Bryan
Martha Nell Bryan, of Nashville, passed away on February 23, 2022 at the age of 82. She is survived by her husband, John Winton Bryan; daughter, Tamela (Steve) Walker of White House; grandchildren,...
Christine Kay Whitehead
March 31, 1950 ~ February 26, 2022 On February 26, 2022, Christine Kay Hewitt Whitehead, 71, peacefully passed away at her Hohenwald home surrounded by her loved ones. She was born in Ontario, CA on...
Larry Dale Long
January 24, 1950 ~ March 4, 2022 Larry Dale Long, age 72, of Summertown, passed away Friday, March 4, 2022, at his residence. He was a native of Lawrenceburg, retired from Union Carbide, a farmer,...
William "Bill" Lee Corter
April 7, 1949 - February 24, 2022 Bill Corter of Murfreesboro, passed away on Thursday, February 24, 2022, at the age of 72. Bill was born on April 7, 1949, to Thomas Corter and Bessie Skelton in...
Lisa DePriest Watson
18 - 2022 Lisa DePriest Watson, age 50 of Christiana, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 5, 2022. Lisa was born June 25, 1971, in Hohenwald, to Donnie and Hilda DePriest. Lisa was a loving...
Annie Lee Westbrooks
March 8, 1930 - March 4, 2022 Annie Lee Westbrooks, age 91, of Lawrenceburg, passed away on Friday, March 4, 2022 at Countryside Health & Rehabilitation. Ms. Westbrooks was born March 8, 1930 in...
Mike O'Brien
December 21, 1964 - January 4, 2022 Mike O'Brien, of Hohenwald, passed away on Tuesday, January 2022 in Minnesota. A memorial service and visitation will be held at Lomax Church of Christ in...
Mary Frances Leigh Henegar
Mary Frances Leigh Henegar, 92, passed away Monday, February 28, 2022 at her Woodbury, Tennessee home. Survivors include her children, Steve Henegar of Murfreesboro and Cindy (Terry) Woodcock of Short Mtn Community; grandchildren, Laura Beth (Kris)...
Reasons to eat more slowly
How fast do you eat your food? Are there benefits to slowing down? Yes, there are. Eating fast all time contributes to stress, weight gain and an unhealthy lifestyle. Eating slowly has the reverse effect! Slow down your eating and you’ll eat less. E...
MLEC Shares 2022 vegetation management schedule
Vegetation is responsible for approximately 25 percent of Meriwether Lewis Electric Cooperative power outages, and the number goes up with storms. To keep the lights on and the public safe, MLEC utilizes a balanced vegetation program and shares its...
March deemed Trisomy Awareness Month by County Mayor
A proclamation was signed by County Mayor Jonah Keltner in honor of the untimely passing of Everett Ray Dotson on July 4, 2021. Little Everett Ray passed away at the age of one years old due to...
Read Across America
The Lewis County Public Library and Archives received an unusual interlibrary loan request from LCES Library to help the school celebrate Read Across America Week. Instead of borrowing a book,...
School record set
Shelby Green set another school record March 3, 2022. She attends Armuchee High School in Rome, Georgia. She ran a 1600 meter with a time of 5:24.92. Shelby is daughter of Jessica and Josh Green, the...
Gordonsburg/Little Swan News
We have had a great week as far as weather goes it has been in the seventies and low eighties in the daytime and only in the upper thirties and forties at night but looks like ol’man winter will have another shot at us this week as it is supposed t...
Girl Scouts learn about Mardi Gras
Girl Scout Troops 1521 and 3033 learned the reason for Mardi Gras, a festive day celebrated in France and New Orleans, Louisiana on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday that mark's the close of the...
LCHS Class of 1966 plan reunion
The Class of 1966 plan to hold their 55th reunion on March 26, 2022 at Camryn’s Place at Cane Creek from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Lunch will be served and the cost per person is $30. Classmates can mail their registration money to P.O. Box 190, H...
SCHRA meeting
The South Central Human Resource Agency Governing Board meeting is planned for Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at the SCHRA Central Office, 1437 Winchester Highway, Fayetteville, Tennessee. The SCHRA Budget/Audit/Appropriations, Personnel,...
UT Gardens' March 2022 Plant of the Month
Submitted by Troy B. Marden, host of Nashville Public Television's Volunteer Gardener Bishop's hat and fairy wings are charming common names for Epimedium and if you look at the flowers and newly...
One Day At A Time
It is a beautiful morning here in our little valley, it has warmed up, the sun is shining, the buttercups are up, the cats are playing and the birds are singing, a beautiful morning. My coffee was really good this morning, we have finished breakfast...
Celebrating
Birthdays Tina Reynolds, March 10 Kathy Gill, March 10 Wilma R. Fielder, March 10 Chris Halfacre, March 10 Lyda Mae Hooper, March 10 Mary Carroll, March 10 Ashley Tiller, March 10 Mary Nell Carroll, March 11 Judie O’Guin, March 11 Cheryl Hopper, M...
