Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898
Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898
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Birthdays Tom Wood, June 25 Lora Jean Talley, June 25 Ronald Hinson, June 25 Willie Stephens, June 25 Mary McDonald, June 25 Chloe Williams, June 25 Tucker Wix, June 25 Stephanie Frazier, June 26 Norma Spears, June 26 Elvis Harder, June 26 Nettie Hinson, June 26 Frank Orman Jr., June 26 Carla Lawson, June 26 Robin Jobbitt, June 26 Margaret Stowe, June 26 Mikal Woolridge, June 26 George Love, June 26 Ryker Wade, June 26 Gavriel Brown, June 26 Tommy Shaw, June 26 Lauren Skelton, June 27 Hazel Bates, June 27 David Raymer, June 27 Tommy Rasbury, Ju...
This is the beginning of summer and the temperatures show that to be true. The days have been in the upper eighties and low nineties and nights have dipped into the fifties a few times and low sixties other nights. The waterways and creeks have been utilized by many as the water, especially in the creeks, is cool to cold most of the time and when you get hot working or just being outside it is refreshing to enjoy. Several in my family were doing just that on Saturday with some kayaking and others just enjoying a picnic and swimming along the...
June 30, 1960 The Hohenwald Rotary Club announced they would construct a new adult shuffleboard slab at Memorial Park. The 32nd annual reunion and picnic of all former residents of Hohenwald was held at Lowell Park in Dixon, Illinois. Fifty-one people attended the event. Photos were published of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Holden on West Main Street and the home of Jennie Brown on Swan Avenue. Both homes were painted as part of the Clean Up, Paint Up, Fix Up campaign. The following births were...
The Lewis County Trap team travelled to three locations during the week of June 9th to compete in the 2020 Tennessee Scholastic Clay Target Program's (TNSCTP) Region Two Championship in three main shotgun shooting disciplines. On Tuesday, June 9, the team travelled to Maury County Gun Club to compete in the skeet shooting portion of the Championships. On June 10 and 11, the team travelled to Linden to compete in the trap shooting portion, and on June 14 the sporting clays portion at the...
Final Actions of the 111th Session of the TN General Assembly The 111th General Assembly adjourned to become a part of Tennessee history on the morning of June 19th with several important bills approved during the final week of legislative action. This includes the state budget, a bill to ban abortion after a heartbeat is detected, and a resolution allowing voters to adopt a Right to Work Constitutional Amendment. Resolution allows voters to embed Tennessee’s Right to Work Law to state’s con...
Tennessee General Assembly Passes $39.45 Billion Budget This week in Nashville, both the House and Senate approved a $39.45 billion budget that addresses the unexpected revenue shortfalls caused by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic in Tennessee. The Fiscal Year (FY) 2020-2021 budget reduces the size of government through common sense reductions and cuts totaling $1.5 billion over a two-year period in efforts to address historic revenue losses. The budget finalizes the elimination of the Hall Income...
My wife and I experienced some vicarious living when our son Gideon (finishing up his junior year of high school) attended the senior prom. (Yes, VICARIOUS living. It’s not like we got him out of the house, jumped with glee and yelled, “Date night!” It was more along the lines of “Aw, but I yelled ‘Date night’ LAST time. Can’t YOU say it this…ZZZZZZ….”) You see, we had to experience a high school milestone through Gideon’s eyes because neither of us went to our proms. My wife’s high school ho...
Tennessee’s statewide unemployment rate for May 2020 dropped by 4.2 percentage points from the record high set in April, according to data released by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development. In May, the seasonally adjusted jobless rate decreased to 11.3 percent. Additional data changed Tennessee’s preliminary rate for April from 14.7 percent to 15.5 percent, which is now the state’s highest unemployment rate on record. Before the COVID-19 pandemic impacted Tennessee’s economy, the state’s previous record-setting unemploym...
Firefighters with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture’s Division of Forestry deployed this week to help fight fires affecting the western United States. Twenty highly trained forestry personnel are headed to central New Mexico to assist local wildland firefighting agencies and fire departments with initial attacks on wildland fires in that region. That crew includes incident commanders, tree fallers, and firefighters. An additional forestry staff member is deployed to Arizona to manage equipment for an incident management team assigned t...
On a hot summer day in the late 19th century, Brantley Graves and his brother were plowing a corn field on the family farm and stopped to give themselves and their mules a rest from the sun. They sat down under a large oak tree and Brantley stated, "When I die, I want to be buried in this very spot." His brother's response was, "You will get lonesome here all by yourself." Brantley then stated, "Well, if I do, I'll keep quiet about it." Little did they know that day was they resumed their plowin...
The Pilot Club of Hohenwald recently treated the Lewis County E-911 dispatchers to a "Pilot Pick Me Up" by preparing lunch and treating them to goodies to enjoy during their meeting time. Pictured are, left, Ginger Kilpatrick, Pilot Club members Annette Peery and Sandie Burgdorf, Jack McVickers, Patrick Baxter, Gena Powers, Pilot Club member Barbara Hinson, and E911 Director Twila Pigg. Also present was dispatcher Mashaya Stephens, who made the photograph. Other Pilots participating were Denise...
The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) and the Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) announced Tennessee families are now eligible to receive financial support for their children’s nutritional needs during the Covid-19 pandemic. This support is provided through the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) program. Under the new P-EBT program, families of children who received free or reduced meals at school or attend a Community Eligibility Provision school may received financial assistance to replace school meals during t...
TCAT Hohenwald's President, Kelli Kea-Carroll, broke into song during her graduation speech on Friday, June 19. "Standing in the hall of fame, everybody's gonna know your name. 'Cause you burn with the brightest flame. And the world's gonna know your name. And you'll be on the walls of the hall of fame," Kea-Carroll sang from The Script's "Hall of Fame." Although COVID-19 made an effort (and succeeded) in shutting down some major events this year, TCAT Hohenwald was determined to see their...
MEETING NOTICE The Lewis County/Hohenwald Joint Economic Community Development Board will have its quarterly meeting on Tuesday, June 30, 2020 at 10 am in the conference room at the Lewis County Courthouse. The meeting is open to the public....
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Case number 2020-PR-30. Estate of Dolores Joann Bunch, deceased. Notice is hereby given that on June 22 of 2020, Letters of Administration in respect of the estate of Dolores Joann Bunch, who died April 27, 2020, were issued to the undersigned by the Chancery Court of Lewis County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against the estate are required to file the same with the clerk of the above-named court on or before the earlier of the dates prescribed in (1) or (2),...
Lewis County Government is accepting bids for roof replacement at the Lewis County Memorial Park on two buildings. The Boy Scout Building and the Pool Building. Bidders are encouraged to bid to replace roofs with shingles or metal and repair any deteriorated wood. Bidders can submit bids for one or both buildings, but please submit separate bids. Bids must be sealed and property labeled, and should be mailed or delivered to the Lewis County Mayors office at 110 North Park - Room 108, Hohenwald, TN 38462 by 10 AM on Friday - July 10, 2020....
Lewis County Board of Education will accept bids on an automatic fueling system for fueling school vehicles. Sealed bids will be received until 2:00 p.m. CST, July 9, 2020, at which time and place bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Only original bids will be accepted; no facsimile bids or electronic bids will be considered. Bids should be addressed to the Lewis County Board of Education, 206 South Court Street, Hohenwald, TN 38462. All bids must be sealed and clearly marked with the following on the outside of the envelope “FUEL BID....
STORAGE EXPRESS will hold public auctions ending on JULY 16, 2020, to satisfy liens held on delinquent accounts located at the below properties and ending at the assigned times. The auction is an online auction conducted at www.storagetreasures.com 123 Joe Ave, Hohenwald, TN @ 12:00 PM CST: Gail Zaremsky 173-008; Zachary Ruth 173-053; Rebecca E. Allen 173-100; Paula Hensley 173-102; Rebecca E. Allen 173-119...
ACCEPTANCE OF APPLICATIONS June 12, 2020 Lewis County Schools will accept applications in the following endorsement area: ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL TEACHER Interested and highly qualified applicants are to submit the following items as an application packet: • Cover letter (specify position) • Professional Application • Resume´ • Original Transcripts • Copy of current Tennessee licensure with secondary endorsement • Highly Qualified certification Original application packets are to be submitted to the Lewis County Board of Education, 206 South Court...
MEETING NOTICE Lewis County Board of Education Special Called Meeting June 29, 2020, 5:00 p.m. The Lewis County Board of Education will meet in a special called session Monday, June 29, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. in the Board Meeting room on South Court Street. Director’s report and budget amendments will be on the agenda....
