Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898
Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898
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Keep playing our Warm Up Your Winter contest for a chance to win $100 toward your electric bill! Be sure to let our sponsors know how much you appreciate their support. Sponsors include Adair Funeral & Cremation Services, Bank of Lewis County, 412 Metals & Building Supply, Jones Hometown HealthMart Pharmacy, McDonald Funeral Home and Bowen Home Center. Return your entry forms to our office for your chance to win! Deadline is each Monday at 5:00 p.m. Mitzi Runions won this week's $100 prize with...
County Commissioners, citizens and members of Leadership Lewis all gathered in the courtroom on Monday night to discuss February’s county business. Seventeen of eighteen commissioners were present with Commissioner Ronnie Brewer absent. The resounding hot topic of the night was a resolution brought before the Commission by a citizen regarding 5G mobile network installation and the hope to stop it from coming into Lewis County, pending a study on its health and safety risks. Mayor Jonah Keltner invited the concerned citizen, who raised the q...
Basketball players from Lewis County High School were recently selected to play on District Teams. Named to the All Tournament team was Rett Middleton. Middleton and Dyer Barnes were selected to the All District team. Seniors named to the All Academic team for achieiving 3.0 or higher GPA were Middleton, Layla Graves, Luke Lawson and Caden Anderson....
Terry Bunch is certainly one of the most successful people that has ever worked for government in Lewis County. He is without question well liked, respected and loved for the way he has handled top leadership roles in the community. "But it's finally time to hand the reins over to someone new," said Terry, "in this case to a good friend, another former Mayor, this time of the City - Johnny Clayton - who will take over running the Hohenwald Housing Authority in a matter of weeks after we have...
Kindergarten registration packets will be available to pick up starting on Thursday, March 10, 2022, during Parent-Teacher Conference. These packets will be located at the Lewis County Elementary School front entrance. Instructions will be included. Current Pre-K students’ parents will receive kindergarten registration packets from their child’s Pre-K teacher. Completed forms may be dropped off at the LCES office anytime during school hours. Also, there will be two evenings, Tuesday, April 19 and Wednesday, April 20 from 3:15-6:00 p.m. for par...
Preschool Story Time was a tasty celebration this past week. For 2-22-22, the library had a Taco Tuesday Story Time. Stories read were "Dragons Love Tacos," and "It's Raining Tacos" and participants sang enjoyable songs about the delicious food. Taco Bell Hohenwald provided the young readers with tacos for Taco Tuesday. Preschool Story Time is every Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. If anyone would like more information about this or other library programs, please call 931-796-5365....
Davis House Child Advocacy Center will be hosting an Open House from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 10, 2022. Davis House Child Advocacy Center invites you to come tour their new space and meet their staff, located on 121 E 2nd Avenue. Davis House is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide investigative, advocacy, family support and therapeutic services to children who have experienced sexual or significant physical abuse, or other traumatic events, as well as trauma-informed community education designed to guide our towns...
October 22, 1955 - February 23, 2022 Shirley Reeves of Hohenwald passed from this life to her eternal home on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, at the age of 66. Shirley was born on October 22, 1955, at Dr. Boyce's clinic in Hohenwald to Carlis G. McNabb and Gracie L. (Anglin) McNabb. Shirley married Leon Reeves and they raised their family and had many wonderful years together. She worked at Walmart in Hohenwald until her retirement. You can ask almost anyone in Hohenwald if they know Shirley...
July 17, 1927 ~ February 25, 2022 Mary Ruth Baugus, age 94, of Summertown, TN passed away Friday, February 25, 2022, at Keestone Senior Community in Lawrenceburg, TN. She was a native of Lawrence County, a homemaker, and a member of Lighthouse Ministries. She was preceded in death by her parents, William Sherman and Mattie Gray Moore; and her husband, Loyd Baugus. She is survived by one son, Bobby Baugus of Columbia; four daughters, Barbara Boshers of Summertown, Betty Toungette of Henryville;...
In December of 2021, the Hardeman County Sheriff's Department received multiple calls from dog owner, Mandy Faulk, asking them to retrieve the body of her dog named Murphy who had been boarded and later died at Hatchie Bottom Kennels. What the deputies found when they arrived at the kennel would result in kennel owner, Amanda Klapp, being arrested and charged with 23 counts of animal cruelty. Deputies discovered the dogs were being kept in unsanitary conditions with one dog found dead in its...
The Lewis County Middle School Panthers opened their 2022 baseball season on the road at Fairview Middle against the Falcons on Monday, February 28th. From the first pitch of the game the Panthers began to build momentum as Maddox Tanner drew a leadoff walk and Dakota Hull rifled a single to center. Tanner would score moments later, on a wild pitch, and Hull moved into scoring position and was plated by a Keegan Carroll-Clayton fielder’s choice and the Panthers took a 2-0 lead after a half-inning. Jalen Smith took the mound to start the game f...
Highway Commissioner Joyce Holt has proudly represented Lewis County as Moderator during the two day conference for County Government Day which brings together all county officials to allow them to meet with their legislators. The meeting started Monday, February 28, 2022, and ended the following day where Holt introduced Governor Bill Lee. Holt serves as the President of the Tennessee County Services Association (TCSA) Board of Directors. The organization "represents each of the three...
Being a parent is one of the most challenging tasks in life, but parenting teenagers can be the ultimate challenge. Teenagers endure immense changes in their lives, especially when it comes to their physical body and their hormones. When parenting teens it is inevitable that they will start to wonder about things such as dating and romance, and it might be a scary conversation to have. While relationships and dating may be fun for teens, it also comes with risks that should be discussed with a parent or guardian in a safe environment....
Well it is a cold and rainy morning here in our little valley. It has been raining and sleeting along with some snow flurries, just a cold winter morning. The house is nice and warm, we have got a good fire going in the old wood heating stove. We are finished with breakfast. I made a big cast iron skillet of homemade biscuits and of course had homemade gravy to go with them. Bob is washing dishes, he is really good at that. Ladies don’t you all think that is nice? The cats were still in their beds when I went out with their breakfast. It was j...
Jackie and Melinda Williams were honored with a celebration on February 19, 2022 for their 50th wedding anniversary. The event was held at Natchez Trace Wilderness Preserve in Hohenwald. The hosts for the celebration were their children and grandchildren, Michelle Williams, Amy and (Scott) McGowan and Johnny Williams. Their three grandchildren are Gus, Mae and Maddox. Jackie and Melinda were married February 19, 1972 in Hohenwald, Tennessee. The couple also renewed their vows with the ceremony...
They talk about the weather in Tennessee, but we have really had some odd weather the last couple of weeks. We had rain with it 33 degrees and then ice freezing on the trees while it was still raining pretty hard at times, but no ice on ground or on roads. Then there was also thunder and lightning with it at times. We are promised a good week if the weather people know what they are talking about and I really hope so with the children beginning ball practice and especially when it is after dark for some of the teams. Those I know of who are...
UT Extension-Lewis County is offering all youth K-12 grade the opportunity to participate in their first 4-H Piggy Bank Pageant. Teaching youth the value of money can be tricky at any age, but a great first step is learning how to save money. Start by helping your children identify their needs versus wants, then encourage them to purchase the items that they want by saving their money. By offering youth opportunities to earn money around the house or yard, youth will be able to see firsthand that money can be hard to come by. UT...
Birthdays Lee Marbet, March 3 Christopher Durham, March 3 Jessica Lynn Skelton, March 3 Malea Hinson, March 3 Jessica Brown, March 3 Nicky Shassing, March 3 Connye Karpel, March 3 James Kenneth Reeves, March 3 Jessica Lovett, March 3 Katie Owen, March 4 Eddie Joe Sharp, March 4 Ethel Burns, March 4 Marie Miller, March 4 Kenneth L. Carroll, March 4 Derek Englett, March 4 Jeanette Munoz, March 4 Doris Brewer, March 4 Sara G. Harris, March 4 Gerardo Campos, March 4 Lisette Campos Vaca, March 4 Arthur Hensley, March 5 Leslie Patterson, March 5 Barb...
February 28, 1952 Captain Joseph G. Petway, USAF, was awarded the Bronze Star medal in recognition of service rendered in Korea. The Mayor and City council passed a resolution urging all candidates for Governor and the General Assembly of Tennessee to include in their platforms a measure providing cities a $0.01 municipal share of the state gasoline tax. The resolution further urged the people of Hohenwald to not supporting any candidate for Governor of Tennessee who failed to endorse this...
Elephant Sanctuary and its employees, Todd Montgomery and Laura Roddy, were highlighted in Main Street Nashville for being renowned educators and advocates for elephants. Writer Tom Adkinson highlighted the benefits of having Montgomery and Roddy interact with children from other countries and from 37 different states. He also highlighted the sanctuary being a 3,000 acre peaceful home to nine African and Asian elephants who were brought there after their life in the circus. “Resident elephants get royal treatment that includes shelter, v...
New K-12 education funding formula prioritizes students’ individual needs - Members of the General Assembly this week got their first look at Gov. Bill Lee’s proposal to modernize how the state provides money for Tennessee’s K-12 public schools. Lee and Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn officially unveiled the Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) on Thursday, Feb. 24 to replace the state’s current Basic Education Program (BEP) created in 1992. The proposal, House Bill 2143, e...
Gov. Lee, Commissioner Schwinn Unveil Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement Act Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and Tennessee Department of Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn on Thursday released the details of the Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) Act (SB2396) that would transition Tennessee’s K-12 public schools to a student-based funding approach. Starting in the 2023-24 school year, the TISA would invest an estimated $9 billion in education funding for the state, i...
Valentine’s Day and other time-sensitive topics delayed my writing about this, but a few weeks ago marked the 50th anniversary of the death of my grandfather, Carl Spencer Tyree. I’m juggling a lot of plates, but very few days go by that I don’t think of “Paw.” “Ornery,” “opinionated,” “contrary” and “irascible” are some of the words people have used to describe him over the years; but I choose to take a more nuanced look at the forces that shaped him. Both of his grandfathers fought for the Con...
The following is the City of Hohenwald Police Report for January 14 through February 20, 2022. This is a record of police action and is not intended to imply innocence or guilt of charges placed. Brittany A. Robbins, Allison Avenue, was charged with possession of methamphetamine on January 14. Brentford K. Layne, Daybreak Drive, Cane Ridge, was charged with possession of schedule I with intent, possession of schedule II with intent, and unlawful drug paraphernalia on January 17. Nicholas S. Fillie, Highway 100 West, Pleasantville, was charged...
A silver car parked at Harper's Carpet was struck by a black Pontiac Tuesday morning, March 1, around 7:30. Lewis County Sheriff Department and Lewis County Fire and Rescue responded. The Pontiac was trying to pass a vehicle on Summertown Highway when it struck the parked silver car. Maury Regional Medical Emergency Service personnel transported the injured. The accident also resulted in some damage to Harper's Carpet building. Taylor's Wrecker Service was called to tow the damaged...
