The County Commission officially granted the Lewis County Junior Pro Football League permission to utilize three acres of land on Progress Drive, off of Hwy 20, on Tuesday morning.

However, the decision was not reached without confusion. Brandon Grady, Michelle Harwell and Brandy Bennett, organizers of the Junior Pro League, met with the Budget Committee during last week's County Committee meetings to ask for permission to use the land on a three-year lease. The group intended on running water and electricity out to the field and eventually constructing permanent bathrooms on the land, but...