Lewis County Herald - Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898

Meriwether Lewis Electric Cooperative has selected Lewis County High School students Hadley Spitzer and Zoie Clark as this year’s Washington Youth Tour Short Story Contest winners.

Each junior will receive a $1,000 scholarship for their creative writing submissions. The theme this year was how “Electric Cooperatives Connect” Tennessee communities with energy, education, broadband, economic development and more. The short stories selected demonstrated MLEC’s core principles and described real examples of MLEC strengthening communities.

Additionally, the student at each high school receiving the...