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  • Ronnie Howell To Entertain at Senior Center

    Jul 13, 2023

    Saturday night, July 15, The Senior Center is in for a treat. Ronnie Howell will be in the house providing entertainment of some good ol' country music. "Bring your favorite dish," says Brenda Kirby Tiller, "and join us for a potluck dinner at 5:30. Let your food settle a while, then get to two-steppin' to classic country tunes beginning at 6 p.m." Everyone is invited, and there is no age limit. "No matter how old or young you are, when there's food and good music involved, everybody's having a...

  • Lewis County Public Library and Archives Story Time

    Jul 13, 2023

    The Lewis County Public Library and Archives had a special guest at story time on Tuesday, June 27. Ollie the Otter from Tennessee Tech University and the Tennessee Road Builders Association came to teach us about road and seatbelt safety. Participants learned if they are "under 4 foot 9, it's booster time!" and that their seatbelts should be "belts to bones." Ollie and his friends taught the children and their parents about cell phone safety, how to be cautious when the orange cones are out,...

  • Kindergarten Registration at LCES

    Jul 13, 2023

    Dr. Mike Taylor, Principal of the Lewis County Elementary School would like to remind of the following: If you registered your child for Kindergarten in the spring, please turn in any required enrollment documents that you did not have at the time. Please turn these in at the white house on the South end of LCES at 317 South Oak Street (Special Ed. Department) or mail to Lewis County Elementary School at 305 South Oak Street, Hohenwald, TN 38462. You may also use our drop box in front of the school entrance. Documents needed are: *...

  • Food Distribution at Memorial Park July 25

    Jul 13, 2023

    There will be a commodity food distribution for Lewis County residents only on July 25 from 9:00-10:30 a.m., located at Memorial Park Community Building. The distribution will be drive through and participants are to remain in their vehicles and SCHRA staff will get the required information needed. SCHRA staff will place the food in the trunk of the client vehicle. If you have any questions, please call your local SCHRA office at 796-4825....

  • OMISSION

    Jul 13, 2023

    In the article on the Rosenwald exhibit that appeared in the July 13 edition of the Lewis County Herald, the names of alumni Margaret Woolridge Booker and Curtis Frazier were omitted. Both attended the exhibit but were not pictured....

  • Hohenwald will soon connect to Fast Charge TN and regional Fast Charge Network

    Jul 13, 2023

    Driving Electric in Tennessee Just Got Easier As automakers retool their factories to build electric vehicles (EVs), many more EVs will be on the roadways in the next decade. Meriwether Lewis Electric Cooperative is helping to make sure that Tennessee is ready with charging infrastructure. On June 29, MLEC announced that it has installed two chargers at its 28 Park Avenue South, Hohenwald, office as part of Fast Charge TN, a partnership between the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and the Tennes...

  • Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee Receives $150,000 From Amerigroup Foundation to Continue 'Food as Medicine' Program

    Jul 13, 2023

    Nashville, Tenn. – June 7, 2023 – Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee announced today a $150,000 grant from the Amerigroup Foundation, a philanthropic arm of Elevance Health Foundation, to continue the ‘Food as Medicine’ program. This initiative will support Second Harvest as it collaborates with Neighborhood Health to screen patients for food insecurity during health care visits. The health care partner will then connect patients who screen positive for food insecurity to food assistance resources onsite at health care facilit...

  • Headquarters of once-giant Genesco coming down in Nashville

    Jul 13, 2023

    By Bill Carey I saw recently that the old Genesco headquarters building in Nashville will be razed to make way for the umpteenth expansion of the Metro Nashville Airport. I know the tear-down is inevitable because no private company has shown interest in occupying the building for a long time. But before it's gone, I'd like to remind everyone what a big deal it was when it was built. Genesco was, at one time, one of the largest employers in Tennessee. At its peak around 1960, it had shoe...