Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898
Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898
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The following activities are scheduled for the upcoming week at Lewis County Public Library and Archives: • Tween Reading Club, Thursday, July 1, 4 p.m. Tweens who are reading between an intermediate and middle school level can join us to read Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary together. • Community Concert, Friday, July 2, 5:30 p.m. Family fun in Hohenwald City Parking Lot with water slides, face painting, food trucks and more. 7:30 p.m. Sail On: The Beach Boys Tribute in concert open to the public. Please bring your own seating. Fireworks wil...
Tinslee Boyd started her Fourth of July celebrating early this year. Tinslee had fun with sparklers she bought from Mark Breece’s fireworks stand on Summertown Highway....
June 28, 1951 The main headline for the week was “Lewis County Voters To Register July 7-8.” The Lewis County Election Commission, acting as required under the new Tennessee law, notified voters to register at the Court House on July 6 and 7. Arthur Turnbow was reported wounded in action in Korea. The Strand Theatre announced that it had contracted with Jimmie Killen of Dixie Film Productions to make a “Hometown Movie” over the weekend with the film to be shown on July 18 and 19 as an added attraction. The film company would film various...
Mable Anne Heath and her entourage went to AHC Lewis County for their weekly visit on Monday morning. This week, two year old Mable Anne dressed up as a pirate to show the residents that she treasured their friendship. She was feeling especially social as she leaned up against windows to give high fives, blow kisses and even dance for the residents. Her entourage, however, had a different fate as she chased them with her sword and made them walk the plank! Her entourage consisted of her mom...
It's hard to believe that Oliver Technologies, Hohenwald's major employer started here in Lewis County 25 years ago, and yet they nearly didn't come here at all, in fact as I heard the stories related to me many years ago, it was Bob Gafford who was in Nashville with a Better Business Team that he heard about a California company wanting to move and set up rootes here. Actually the truth is more like he saw a letter on the desk at the meeting in Nashville and while the person was out of the...
If some retro prankster had asked me a week ago, “Is your refrigerator running?,” my reply would have been, “It’s complicated.” (Actually, I would have reported the scamp to the authorities. In these enlightened times, “Is your refrigerator running?” obviously dredges up traumatic memories of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Or something. When you factor in all the Name-Brand-Products-Which-Must-Not-Be-Named that have systemically occupied shelf space in such kitchen appliances, it’s enough t...
As families across the state gather on this Independence Day to observe the founding of our nation’s freedom with family picnics, fireworks, and other special events, may we all remember those who have fought and are still fighting for our freedom. We have much to be proud of in Tennessee regarding our state’s rich heritage in fighting for the precious rights we all enjoy as Americans. As we look back to our nation’s first struggles in the American Revolution, even before Tennessee became a sta...
Session Highlights from 112th General Assembly Confucius Institutes / Foreign Influence on Higher Education – Public Chapter 344 prohibits the establishment of Confucius Institutes which have ties to communist regimes and requires state institutions to disclose gifts received from and contracts initiated with a foreign source in excess of $10,000. Compensating College Athletes for their Name, Image, Likeness – Public Chapter 400 allows athletes at Tennessee universities to financially benefit fr...
Lewis County Public Library and Archives annual Summer Reading Program "Tails and Tales: Animal Adventures in Hohenwald" learned a "ton" about elephants with Joy and Laura from the Elephant Sanctuary on Friday, June 25, 2021. After hearing the tale of how the elephants' tails and trunk became so long, audience members learned about the different functions of an elephant trunk. Then participants separated into two herds to see how an elephant herd functions. Each child took home an elephant...
On June 20, 2021 at approximately 7 p.m. Sergeant Michael Dunn of the Hohenwald Police Department was informed of a female wanting to go to a residence on Oakdale Avenue to get her child. She stated the father of the child was having suicidal thoughts and was violent. She also told officers there were several firearms inside the residence. Upon arrival, Jerrid Keeton, 33, was standing outside the residence. After Sergeant Dunn and Lewis County Sheriff Department Deputy Todd Webb approached, Jerrid took the child inside and locked the door....
Lewis County Dixie Youth All-Star Baseball The Lewis County Dixie Youth All-Star seven and eight year old baseball team claimed the District Championship on Tuesday, June 22, 2021 in Summertown when they defeated the Collinwood in the Championship game. The local All-Stars began the District Tournament in Summertown on Friday, June 18 with a convincing opening round win over Mt. Pleasant 21-0. In the second round on Saturday morning, June 19, Lewis County defeated Decatur County 18-3 and came...
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Case number 2021-PR-33, estate of Howard Edward Spears, deceased. Notice is hereby given that on the 21st day of June, 2021, Letters Testamentary in respect of the estate of Howard Edward Spears, who died May 29, 2021, 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),...
