Articles from the December 28, 2023 edition
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Cops & Kids bring smiles at Christmas
Just walking through the doors, one could sense the excitement! The lights were festive and bright, Christmas tunes were turned up on the loud speaker, kids and their families were buzzing around in...
Jingle Jeeps
The "caboose" to the annual Christmas in Hohenwald festivities is always the "Jingle Jeeps and Yuletide UTV ride." This year, on December 16th, 59 Jeeps and UTV's braved the cold, rainy weather to rai...
$76,000 in State Funding to Pay for County Tourism Efforts
New tourism signage will be installed soon thanks to $76,000 in state funding. Lewis County was awarded $76,000 during a competitive state grant process with the Tennessee Department of Tourism to con...
Commodity Food Distribution
There will be a Commodity Food Distribution for Lewis County residents only on January 9, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., at Memorial Park Community Building, 115 Smith Avenue. This distribution will be drive through and participants are to...
Carla Faye Murphy
Carla Faye Murphy, age 58, went home to be with the Lord on December 21, 2023, at her home in Hohenwald, surrounded by the love of her family. She was born on October 14, 1965, in Waynesboro to James...
William Archer
William "Bill" Miller Archer, age 76, of Hohenwald, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, December 14, 2023. Bill was born in Gadsden, Alabama on September 4, 1947, the son of the late Robert...
Carrie Leann Black
Carrie LeAnn Black, age 47, of Ethridge, peacefully passed away on December 21st, 2023 at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville. She enjoyed spending her time at the Amish Welcome Center, working...
Deborah Sue (Rodgers) Prater
Deborah Sue Rodgers Prater was born June 26, 1961 in Lima, Ohio, to the late Jimmy Rodgers and Deanna Rabe Rodgers, who survives. Mrs. Prater departed this life on Tuesday, December 19, 2023 making he...
Shirley Yager
Shirley Yager, age 80, a resident of Hohenwald, passed away Monday, December 4, 2023, at her residence. Heritage Funeral Home in Columbia is assisting the family with arrangements....
Raymond J. "Dad" Belew
Raymond J. "Dad" Belew, age 87, of Lawrenceburg, went to be with the Lord on Friday, December 22, 2023, at North Alabama Medical Center in Florence, Alabama. He was a native of Westpoint,, retired...
Dr. Mark Wayne Sigler
Dr. Mark Wayne Sigler, passed away on December 23, 2023, in Hohenwald, at the age of 72. He was born on May 14, 1951, in Detroit, Michigan, to the late Harold Morgan Sigler and Betty Jo Easley...
Michael Everett McCaig
Emergency personnel were summoned to Gray Road Friday, December 15, for a welfare check. after the stepson of the individual could not be reached by phone. Lewis County Coroner Lori Grillo was called to the scene and reported that Michael Everett...
Don't Let Holiday Debts Snowball
Between gifts, decorations, family meals and travel, the holiday season is more expensive than ever. A sizable percentage of Americans take on debt to pay for costs associated with the holidays. That includes those on low incomes, for whom it can be...
They Call Him "Rambo"
His check has been signed by the Lewis County School District in Tennessee for forty years, but he works for the kids. Generations of kids know the tall, thin man who always has a smile and...
Centerville man arrested following fatal shootings
An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation into a fatal shooting in Centerville has resulted in the arrest of a man in connection to a subsequent deadly shooting. On Friday, at the request of 32nd Judicial District...
Head Start Council to meet
The South Central Human Resource Agency Head Start/Early Head Start Policy Council meeting will meet at 10:30 a.m. on January 18, 2024, at the South Central Human Resource Agency Central Office, in Fayetteville, Tennessee....
Fact finding collaborative advocated by Walley on Summertown-area health
As a self-described agriculture advocate, a state senator says Tennessee leaders need facts on whether there’s a disproportionate number of sick people in the Summertown-Ethridge area and, if so, why. While preparing for a 2 p.m. Jan. 4 public meetin...
Girl Scouts kick off cookie season
Lewis County Girl Scouts kicked off 2023 cookie season with a Cookie Rally recently. In and around their custom old fashioned cardboard cookie store the girls played games to refresh their memories...
Bicycle GiveAway
On December 22, 2023, The Bank of Lewis County, gave away 9 bicycle's. All childern that were given a bicycle were entered in a drawing. One of the winners of a Bicycle was Oaklynn...
Brownie Bridging and Christmas Party
Lewis County Girl Scouts held their 2023 Daisy to Brownie Bridging and Christmas Party on Tuesday, December 19. Three of the Daisy Girl Scouts bridged to Brownie level and received their new...
By Gordonsburg / Little Swan News
Another week with winter nights and fall days with temperatures at night in the low twenties and teens and days up in the fifties some days. There have been some showers this past week with rain in the night and even in the days sometimes, there was...
One Day at a Time
Well it is a warmer than usual morning here in our little valley, we did get a little rain but now the sun is trying to shine through the clouds, but I think we might get some more rain. The cats came up early this morning for breakfast and they...
Three generations of Titans fans
Three generations of Titans fans traveled to Nashville to attend their first Tennessee Titans game on Sunday, December 24, 2023, after winning tickets given away by Abby and Steven Ruddle. A great...
Glimpses
December 31, 1954 The Lewis County Herald was not published this week. January 2, 1964 Lewis County was crippled by its second large snow of the season, when 10 to 15 inches fell throughout the...
Senator Joey Hensley, MD
The 2nd session of the 113th General Assembly will be convening January 9, 2024. These are a few of the issues that were addressed in the first half to the 113th General Assembly. Cracking down on...
