Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898
Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898
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Friends of a statewide group are taking the pulse of area residents to diagnose their interest in campaigning for public health, or another cause that might benefit from organizational services. "We decided to go with a questionnaire to find out what people are concerned about," Summertown-area resident Bernice Davidson said Saturday after a farmers market at the edge of Lawrence and Lewis counties. "It's kind-of a pulse-taking," said Davidson, a retired Martin Methodist College professor who's...
By Clint Confehr Staff Writer A Hohenwald man whose career focused on factory workers' safety is the featured speaker this month for a Summertown-based group that's been fighting a defoliant used on farm fields. Well aware of Lewis County commissioners' request for more research on 5th Generation (5G) wireless facilities, Rick Koch is a retired environmental health and safety officer who will discuss such concerns for human health on Oct. 30 in the Brace Community. During his long career, Koch...
The general manager of McDonald's in Hohenwald has won a new car from a regional association of the national company that wants to make fast food faster. "I still can't believe I won a brand new car," Candi Barber of Hohenwald said Monday. "I was in total disbelief even driving it home Friday after I won" the drawing for a Hyundai Accent valued at $21,250, including a three-year maintenance plan. During June 12 through Aug. 6, drive-through customers' average wait-time in Hohenwald was found to...
Before Tennessee changes its funding formula for schools, elected state officials - those voting on and writing the change - should understand the new system, according to the state teachers association president. "All legislators should be able to answer questions about the new plan," Tennessee Education Association President Beth Brown said. "TEA certainly believes that it's important for every single legislator to be able to answer all of the questions." TEA members and leaders have plenty...
Free school lunches for all of Lewis County's K-12 students won't be provided after June 30, except for those who got free lunches before the coronavirus pandemic. Expiration of that economic recovery program was confirmed locally last week. That came just before a Tennessee Senate committee recommended a state budget increase for federally funded electronic benefit transfer cards to help students getting subsidized school lunches. During committee discussion, Sen. Joey Hensley sought...
A Lawrenceburg-based lawyer is now the public's defense attorney for Lewis and Perry counties in Hohenwald and Linden. "I have just taken a job as an assistant public defender in the 21st Judicial District," said William J. "Bill" Eledge who was hired by 21st Judicial District Public Defender Greg Burlison. Eledge "started the first of this month," Burlison said. As an assistant public defender in Lewis and Perry counties, Eledge succeeds Beverly White, Burlison said. "White has moved to the...
State Senator Joey Hensley and State Representative David Byrd have recommended a Hohenwald attorney to be a Lewis County election commissioner. State Election Commission member Donna Rowland Barrett of Murfreesboro was notified last week by Hensley that Caleb D. Thomas is who the lawmakers' prefer, Hensley said. Thomas "is the son of ... David Thomas who had to resign from the commission because he went to work for the county," the senator said Monday. David Thomas recently became Lewis County...
Municipalities near the Tennessee-Alabama line are potential growth areas for a brewery operating along the Duck River in Columbia, the business' founding father announced recently. From Fayetteville and Huntsville, west to Centerville, Hohenwald and Jackson, and south - county seats around the state line - toward Florence are Asgard's potential growth areas, Asgard Brewing's founder says. Dr. Steve Porter of Asgard Brewing says he wants local business partners, historic architecture, a town...
Everybody's going to 'The Lot' for Hohenwald's Oktober Heritage Festival on Oct. 8 & 9, according to all five answers to the latest 'Question on the Street' and Debbie Landers. As executive director of the Hohenwald-Lewis County Chamber of Commerce, Landers says there's pent-up demand for the festival. Last fall, the coronavirus pandemic prompted folks to stay home. "Then, we got rained out because we caught the tail end of a hurricane," Landers said of Hurricane Delta. Damages were estimated...
A preacher walked into the Herald office. With faithful interest, he answered 'Question on the Street' by saying, "Do you know Jesus?" The street pollster had been stumped on what to ask next, so people were asked what they would ask. The religious question was asked in Lewis and Lawrence counties. Everybody knows Jesus, according to the poll conducted early this month. The survey was conducted with what, in retrospect, appears now to be a realistic expectation; that the results would be...
After a career in work place safety, a Lewis County man is volunteering his expertise next month when Citizens for Clean Water, Air and Food gather to learn about an herbicide and Parkinson's disease. Rick Koch - no relation to the big business brothers, and his name is pronounced Kosh not Coke - is going to Summertown on Oct. 3 for the citizens meeting in an old church just north of the intersection of Otha and Brace roads. The meeting is from 3-4 p.m. on that first Sunday of next month....
Asgard Brewing Co. is interested in building a brewery in Hohenwald, according to the founder and CEO of the business at a Duck River bridge. Asgard's Dr. Stephen Porter also announced expansion of the brewery at 104 E. 5th St. to include larger accommodations across the street for food truck patrons at band concerts. In the Memorial Building on West 7th Street, Porter mentioned the area between Hohenwald and the several wineries at the Maury County line. Porter said property offers were...
Using a drone when evaluating real estate for property tax base calculations will be safer and cut costs, according to Lewis County's property assessor "If a property review employee uses a drone to look at remote properties, the prospect of them being shot isn't as great," Property Assessor Travis Hinson said. "My review guy has come across some properties that have had meth labs," he said. Officials reevaluating real estate have stopped crime, Hinson said. Burglars casing a house were...
Free advice is worth what you pay for it, or so they say. Nevertheless, the five answers to this "Question on the Street" seem reasonable. You be the judge of the value of the answers as we report; you decide. Kegan Carroll said, "Take your own path. Don't follow somebody else's. You control your actions." Parth Darji said, "Don't take what's not yours," Parth Darji said, adding "Don't let someone take what's yours." "Never have a payment more than what you bring in in a week's time," said...
‘Look forward and move on’ is what a Lewis County soldier said about troops withdrawing from Afghanistan. He was asked about it six days before the president spoke Monday, August 16. In a televised address, President Biden said, “American troops cannot and should not be fighting in a war and dying in a war that Afghan forces are not willing to fight for themselves.” A dozen members of the Fred E. Lomax American Legion Post 127 met August 10, nearly a month before the 20th anniversary of terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Veterans were as...
Our trusty pollster was stumped last week when there was no immediate answer to the question: What should the pollster ask? And that's the answer. "What do you think the Question on the Street should be?" That was the question asked in some buildings downtown. The street poll question was described as a way to "find out what you want to know." Most of the replies reflect the respondents' line of work. A security officer asked about crime. A revenue office employee mentioned banks. And a...
Lewis County Veterans Service Officer Ritchie Brewer is “getting more and more veterans coming in from Iraq and Afghanistan,” he said. The 9/11 terrorist attacks are now about two decades ago. Now, as troops are coming home, federal spending on military family housing should be increased from $155 million this year to $550 million in the next fiscal year, according to U.S. Rep. Mark Green, R-Franklin. He represents Lewis County. Withdrawal from Afghanistan was set to be done by September 11 this year. Gulf War II continues. After Gulf War I,...
The delta variant of COVID-19 is reportedly infecting many more people who've not been inoculated against the disease. That's in contrast to far fewer patients who had a shot, but contracted the disease anyway. Statistics reporting that and other situations are abundant. Nevertheless, the Lewis County Herald canvassed people found at random late last week when big city media reported there's a surge in coronavirus cases and deaths. The 'Question on the Street' poll asked "Have you had a covid...
Bankers who wrote paycheck protection loans are helping businesses get forgiveness, and while economic hardship from the coronavirus quarantine prompted that government assistance, the pandemic accelerated a rural renaissance. Those insights come from a couple of Hohenwald bankers who have different approaches to the Small Business Administration and the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act of Congress. CARES was enacted to ward off financial collapse during an on-going health...
With a budget of nearly $13 million, leaders of Lewis County schools are finalizing that part of the county’s total budget of $22 million this week. Meanwhile, the Lewis County School Board’s membership in a statewide association — Tennessee School Systems for Equity (TSSE) — is protecting Lewis County taxpayers’ interest in a lawsuit filed by Memphis against the state. TSSE wants a fair state funding policy for public schools in rural counties. “Adequate” funding for education is required by state law. Teacher pay is always a concern; more her...
HAMPSHIRE, Tenn. - Three girls and a boy ran a lemonade stand recently. Their gross sales were $176 within two days. The perennial summer job for kids became a reality in this town of nearly 1,500 people with household supplies and a $2 investment from Meemaw to buy powder for drinks mixed with a grandmother's tap water. Iced lemonade in a blue or red solo cup, garnished with a thin slice of lemon cost $1. One customer paid with $1 coins displaying U.S. Presidents Zachary Taylor and Rurtherford...
Kitty Thomas - I was T-boned on the driver's side of my Chevrolet Equinox SUV by a woman who tried to cross the four-lane highway from a side street. The impact pushed me into a vehicle on my right, deployed all airbags, and sent me to the emergency room with multiple bruises and injuries. She had no insurance. I had full coverage. Five months later, while stopped at a traffic light, I was hit from behind by a woman who was texting and driving over 40 mph. My SUV was in park, but the impact...
Lewis County's property tax base increased by $21.5 million as reported to the state this year. The previous year, the growth was $157.3 million. "I guess that 2020 was the covid year," County Property Assessor Travis R. Hinson said of growth that was approximately one seventh of the increase during 2019. "But I was blown away that it was still growing." Continued growth in the value of all properties - the property tax base - is a good thing, Hinson said, because nearly two thirds (66%) of the...
Shipping priorities for medical equipment have limited the availability of fireworks for Independence Day in America, according to the man who oversees two fireworks tents in Lewis County. "Medical equipment coming across [the ocean from China] has a higher priority," said Jonathan Sparks. He manages fireworks stands that raise money for his church and the Food Bank. "They reduced the number of shipping containers that hold fireworks. "So, the tables may look full when you go in," Sparks...
Because it would appear that the coronavirus pandemic is fading, the Lewis County Herald had Clint Confehr on the street asking about that. The question was "Are you traveling for a vacation since the pandemic has subsided?" Here's what folks said.... Allison Szostek Yes, I am. I'm going to Florida for the Fourth of July with family and friends. Hunter Pylant Yes, as soon as we can manage. I want to go to the mountains. Haley Rich Yes. I leave Thursday for Nashville Shores and come back...
