Week of October 24, 2024
Barry Churchwell/Stats Pete Noblin/Photos The Lewis County High School Football Panthers traveled to Zion Christian Friday, October 18, for a non-Region contest and brought home a 39-0 victory. The Panthers scored twice in the first quarter. First was Braylon Bean on a three yard carry at 5:53 in the period. Drew Ray scored on a 7 yard run at 1:36 with Henry Sharp kicking the point after. LC 13-Zion 0. Four different Panthers crossed the Zion goal line in the second quarter. Ray had a 67 yard...
by Crystal Nash Director and Archivist Lewis County Public Library and Archives Nestled within the vibrant heart of Charlottesville's Downtown Mall, York Place stands as a testament not only to entrepreneurial spirit but also the importance of remembering those who are often overlooked by history. This multi-story structure is the only building in the United States named in honor of York-the only African-American member of the Corps of Discovery, and the slave of William Clark. York Place...
Classmates gathered at Camryn's Place at Cane Creek on October 19 for their 40th class reunion. The class enjoyed a night of food catered by Real Smoque BBQ, fellowship and great music by Box of Rocks. Lots of stories and memories were shared and laughs were had. Class members were honored to have teachers Michael King and Bill Owen present. Classmates who have gone before them were remembered including David Webster, Kenneth Harris, Ronald Johnston, Janice Treadwell, Bridgett King, Royce...
The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee is excited to announce the safe arrival of African male elephant Osh on October 18. Osh made the journey from Oakland, California, to Hohenwald, Tennessee, accompanied by dedicated zoo staff and a veterinarian. His arrival went smoothly, and he quickly settled into his new barn, exploring his surroundings. He munched on large pumpkins, banana leaves, and plenty of local browse while drinking lots of fresh water. He also seemed to prefer blueberry bagels and...
On Saturday, October 19th, the Lewis County High School Marching Band competed in the Forrest Rocket Tournament of Bands in Chapel Hill, TN. In Class A competition the band achieved a "full sweep" of awards with first place in all captions including Band, Music, Visual, Percussion, Colorguard, Percussion, and Drum Major (Rissa Grinder) The band also brought home the Overall Spirit Award for best hometown support during the competition. The next contest is in Pulaski this Saturday where the band...
The Tennessee State Museum has announced the recipients of grants from the 2024-25 Capital Maintenance and Improvements program from the State of Tennessee, as administered through the Museum. The funding came from $5 million the Tennessee General Assembly made available in the 2024-2025 Appropriations Act, "for the sole purpose of providing grants to museums with a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizatio or affiliated with a governmental entity for capital maintenance and improvements." It was a...
Some 250 Meriwether Lewis members participated in Membership Appreciation Day at the MLEC Lewis County office on October 16. Local employees prepared hot dog lunches while introducing the electric cooperative's new brand to members. Each attendee registered for door prizes, received a koozie and tumbler with the new MLEC logo and went home with free light bulbs while supplies lasted. The door prize winners (listed below) were hand-drawn by MLEC President and CEO Keith Carnahan following the...
“Hey, Jo, I noticed some construction happening in the lot across from Hardee’s. Do you know what is going on there? Please, tell me we are getting a Buc-ee’s!” Nope. No Buc-ee’s. Although, I would personally love to see Lewis County get a Chick-fil-a or a Krispy Kreme, that doesn’t look like it’s in the plan either. According to property owner Dwayne Siever, he says, “We have met with the City Council, who have been very supportive and gave verbal approval of our concept. However, this concept is not yet formally adopted or...
Along with the warm weather and sunshine comes some of summer’s unpleasantness: house flies, mosquitoes, and gnats. If you have potted plants in your home, you may have noticed they’re sometimes surrounded by tiny black flies. These small pests known as fungus gnats are attracted to the potting soil at the base of your house plants, along with any decaying leaves or plant material. Fortunately, there are some simple yet effective ways to send gnats on their merry way. Although gnats don’t generally bite, their presence alone is a...
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett reminds all registered Tennessee voters that the early voting period for the Nov. 5 State and Federal General Election began October 16th. “Early voting has begun, and we anticipate a robust turnout across Tennessee for the upcoming election,” said Secretary Hargett. “We encourage all registered voters to utilize the flexibility provided by the early voting period and make your voice heard.” Early voting runs through Oct. 31, and all registered voters can find hours and polling locations, view...
From October 7th to October 20th, LCF&R responded to several incidents. October 7th, at 9:21 AM there was a medical call on Old 99 Cr. later at 11:44 AM there was a MVA on 48 S. October 8th, at 8:13 AM, there was a medical call on McNabb Lane. October 9th, a medical call at 11:18 AM on Summertown Hwy. October 11th, a grass fire was reported on Buffalo Rd. at 1:32 PM. October 12th, at 5:11 AM, there was a medical (CPR) on Dabbs St. and later at 10:50 PM, another medical on Summertown Hwy. October 14th, a trash fire occured on Summertown Hwy....
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New laws target elder abuse and protect vulnerable adults Caring for aging adults is an essential aspect of fostering a compassionate and functioning society. Every year in the General Assembly we make improvements to our laws to better protect vulnerable populations in Tennessee – including elderly adults. As life expectancy increases due to advancements in healthcare, more individuals are living longer, which makes elder care an even more pressing issue. And unfortunately, there are bad...
April Seiber and Jonathan Haynes are proud to announce their marriage. April is the daughter of Amy and Chuck Vinson, and Andy and Danielle Seiber. Johnathan is the son of Jennifer and Rickey Hickerson. The couple was married October 13, 2024 at Mousetail State Park surrounded by family friends for their special...
Kaylee’s parents were opposites in many ways, but the one thing she noticed the most was their differences in how they expressed their love for her and her siblings. Their mother hugged them all the time, and always said, “I love you” when they left or came home. But their dad never hugged them nor said those words. Sometimes Kaylee wondered if her father did love her. That was especially true when she was young. Her dad would take her to a special activity at school, or pick her up from one, and she would expect him to say it, but he...
October 21, 1954 Mayor W.C. Keeton signed a proclamation naming the week of October 17-24 as United Nations Week in Hohenwald. The first murder trial in over a decade in Lewis County began on October 21, with 150 local residents subpoenaed to serve on the jury. The defendant faced charges for allegedly shooting his wife at their home on October 9. He was apprehended just two blocks from the crime scene after a three-hour manhunt. The Herald reported that large crowds were anticipated at the...
Thanks to the L.C. Herald for printing them and “congrats” to Crystal Nash for her October 10th and 17th articles of Meriwether Lewis’s birthplace in Ivy, Virginia and the Legend of Fotheringay linked to William Clark. I felt as if I was along on the adventure. I don’t even mind washing the ink off my fingertips, going in for a second reading. Well deserved award, Crystal. Also, be on the lookout for J. McDonald pieces. Marsha Perkins,...
“A mask tells us more than a face” -OSCAR WILDE Surrealism, an art movement born in the early 20th century, sought to unlock the power of the unconscious mind, blending dreamscapes with reality in ways that often disturbed, confused, and enchanted audiences. With its foundation in shock value, surprise, and the exploration of inner fears, surrealism shares a curious connection with Halloween, a holiday equally rooted in fear, fantasy, and the unknown. Surrealist painters like Salvador Dalí, René Magritte, and Max Ernst created worlds...
According to the National Retail Federation (motto: “Proudly middlemansplaining since 1911”), Americans set a Halloween spending record of $12.2 billion in 2023. (And that didn’t even include earplugs for muffling the seasonal onslaught of “spooktacular,” “boo-tiful,” “to die for” and other undead “dad jokes” shambling in from Father’s Day.) But, citing research from Lending Tree, “Newsweek” magazine says 59 percent of Halloween spenders plan to scale back purchases...
Well it is a cold and frosty morning here in our little valley. We had just a little heat on this morning, but we have not built a fire in the old wood heating stove yet. It has been chilly in the mornings and we have had a few big frost, but as soon as the sun comes up it starts warming up. Soon the leaves will really change colors and start falling off the trees, right now they already getting some pretty colors to them. The cats are always extra hungry on these cold mornings. When it is cold out they get a little bowl of warm milk, they...
We are in the fall season of the year, and it shows everywhere you look, the leaves are falling at a very fast rate and the trees that shed will soon be bare. A time of year that many do not like because it is the death of many plants and green scenery. My mother never liked fall she said it made her sad to see all the beauty of the earth so drab. I guess we could look at it that way, I like to think of it as a resting time for the earth to begin in Spring to create a new and beautiful world as God created it. The temperatures have been in...
Fifteen $1000 grants have been awarded to teachers through Meriwether Lewis Electric Cooperative's 2024 Adopt-A-School Grant. The program is made possible by matching funds from MLEC and its partners at CoBank and the Tennessee Valley Authority. • Hickman County: Nicolette Booth (East Hickman High School) fingerprinting and DNA lab set; Isabella Armstrong (East Hickman Elementary School) reading and comprehension center activities; and Kristin Carter (Hickman County High School) production...
This Friday night, Bobby W. Sharp Stadium will be filled as fans, friends, and family come together for the 10th week of High Forest Football. Homecoming, originally scheduled for September will be taking place. However, Homecoming festivities begin before the Friday night lights ever fire up. Make your way downtown for the annual Homecoming Parade beginning at 1:00 p.m., and with all the extra time from being rescheduled, we hope to see effort-filled rides cruising down Main. The Homecoming Queen will be crowned at 6 p.m., and high school...
Lewis County Intermediate School has announced the honor roll students for the first quarter. Third grade: Emerie Adkins, Kaylee James, Braelynn Bates Tinley Lancaster, Parker Carroll, Delilah Mallon, Annason Chapin, Tinley Norris, Holdyn Clark, Christlyn Ortega, Harlan Clendenen, Jesse Reeves, Chloe Creasy, Faith Richards, Kaitlyn Curry, Henry Sloan, Willow Daily Lena Taylor, Riley Denton, Sophia Thomas, Aliana Doree, Leah VanOrden, Raelynn Eastep, Travis TJ Vaughan, Adalynn Farnham, Joey Villarreal, Julia Gibson, Gracie Walker, Jasper...
Pastor David Lay presented to Principal Renee Thompson a check and several packages of Dry Erase markers to Support our Schools. The members of the Hohenwald First United Methodist Church say they were blessed by collecting $235 toward maintaining individual answer boards in the...
Howard Richard Whitehead, age 77, of Leoma, passed away Sunday, October 20, 2024, at his residence. He was a native of Spring Hill, retired from CSX, and a member of Oak Hill Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Elvis Richard and Josephine Hunt Whitehead; one brother, Hollis Ray Whitehead; and three sisters, Jean Spears, Kathy White, and Vernie Whitehead. He is survived by his wife, Mary Whitehead of Leoma, two sons, Richard Whitehead (Robbie Zales) of Nashville, and Brian Whitehead...
Philip Dwayne Berry was born October 26, 1963 in Florence, Alabama to the union of the late Grady Glen and Mary Sue Weaver Berry. Mr. Berry spent his childhood enjoying the beautiful scenery of the Collinwood area. He was a 1981 graduate of Collinwood Highschool. Working with the Machinist Local #65, he would become a skilled machinist spending most of his career working for TVA. On August 05, 2011 he was united in marriage to the former Misty Miller. He enjoyed the outdoors, especially time he...
Curtis Kathleen Davidson, passed away peacefully on October 3, 2024, at the age of 81, in Hohenwald. Born on June 16, 1943, in Perry County, Tennessee. Kathleen was predeceased by her loving husband, Bernard Davidson, and her brother, Eugene Bryson. She was the beloved daughter of the late Obie and Thelma Bryson. She is also survived by her children, Sheila Coker, Michael Hinson, and Jerry Hinson. Kathleen was a grandmother to seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, each of whom brought her immeasurable joy and pride. Her siblings,...
James Edward Seyller, age 74, resident of Hohenwald, passed away on Thursday, October 17, 2024 at Maury Regional. Born February 19, 1950 in Elgin, Illinois, son of the late Herman and Mary Rankin Seyller and husband of Deborah Anderson Seyller. He was a self employed laborer who liked riding motorcycles, hunting and piloting his own plane. He was predeceased by: his parents, Herman Seyller and Mary Rankin Seyller. In addition to his wife, he leaves behind two sons: Keith of Virgil, IL and Nicholas of Hohenwald; and 3...
Dana Michelle Wynia, aged 55, of Hohenwald, passed away on October 3, 2024. Born on March 11, 1969, Dana’s life was one marked by joy, and the love she held for her family and friends. Dana was preceded in death by her parents, Tobe Junior Scott and Annie Ruth Brown, and her sister, Gina Scott. Those left to cherish her memory include her children Michael, Kyle, Cassidy, and Erin Wynia; two grandchildren; one brother Carl Scott, and a special friend Greg Elison, along with numerous relatives and friends. There are currently no services...
This article has covered six of the basic factors that are critically important for your health. This is the last Focus on Vibrant Health, and provides a quick review. If you would like to continue to have or reclaim your birth right of vibrant health, attend to these things. Nutrition The foods you choose to eat should taste delicious and supply the vitamins and minerals and many other factors your body needs to grow (in childhood), and to repair itself. This includes eating animal products from animals living as nature intended, not in...
Do you know anyone who always seems to have bad luck? Nothing ever goes right for them. Conversely, have you observed people who always wind up OK despite what befalls them? What differentiates these two types of people? Their attitude, thoughts and actions are as different as day and night. You are a magnet. Your attitude, thoughts and actions determine what you attract. Like attracts like. If you are negative, rude and inconsiderate, this is what you will attract. If you are positive, upbeat, courteous, caring and considerate, you will...
The Adult Coalition of South Central Tennessee is sponsoring the 19th annual statewide campaign to educate and inform all Tennesseans about fraud and financial abuse of seniors and disabled adults. Governor Bill Lee is set to sign the official proclamation to proclaim October as Fraud & Financial Abuse Awareness Month in Tennessee. In recognition of Fraud & Financial Abuse Awareness month activities, Coalition members will present an educational program on fraud and financial abuse at your local Senior Citizens Center. The signing of the...
Domestic violence is a crisis that lurks in plain sight. Victims conceal the evidence of injuries, smile in photos with their abusers and present a public image completely at odds with the turmoil that exists behind closed doors. When that’s impossible, they call in sick to work or make up excuses for missing social engagements But the numbers don’t lie. Nationally, 12 million women and men are victims of rape, physical violence or stalking by an intimate partner each year. So far this year in Nashville alone, around 7,600 domestic...
WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated February 27, 2020, executed by RORY HENSLEY conveying certain real property therein described to YALE RILEY, as Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register`s Office of Lewis County, Tennessee recorded March 4, 2020, in Deed Book 213, Page 275; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to Rocket Mortgage, LLC f/k/a Quicken Loans, LLC f/k/a Quicken Loans Inc. who is now the...
“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 proof that such an offense has been committed may apply to testify before the Grand Jury subject to the provisions of Tennessee Code Annotates, 40-12-104.” The foreperson of this county is presently: Benny Pace, 133 Trace Creek Road, Hohenwald, Tennessee. “The Grand Jury will meet on Monday, November 4, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. You...
Lewis Co. Senior Citizen Center Melinda Warren, Director 931-796-5558 347 East Main Street Calendar Of Events: * MONDAY 10-11 AM Bible Study. * TUESDAY 10-11 AM Bingo 1 PM Line Dancing. * Second TUESDAY of each month at 11:00 AM there will be a Mary Kay representative at the center. * WEDNESDAY 9:30-10:30 AM Health and Fitness Classes. * THURSDAY 10-11 PM Bingo 1PM Line Dancing. * FRIDAY, The center is open for social gathering to play cards, puzzles, play pool or sit and talk with a friend over coffee. * First SATURDAY of each month,...
Friends of the Lewis County Public Library Friends of the Lewis County Public Library meets every 4th Monday of the month at the Welcome Center Depot on Main street at 4:30 p.m. We encourage you to join us i.n support our library and our community! Check us out at www.lewislibraryfriends.com PILOT CLUB The Pilot Club of Hohenwald meets monthly on the third Thursday at the housing authority located at 107 Allison Avenue. Meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. Red Hats of Hohenwald “The Glitzy adorable dames” The group meets on the second Monday of...
The South Central Human Resource Agency Head Start/Early Head Start Policy Council meeting will meet at 10:30 a.m. on November 21, 2024, at the South Central Human Resource Agency Central Office, in Fayetteville,...
