Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898
Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898
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Lewis County's Board of Commissioners posed with Fire Chief Steve Vineyard, Captain Ryan Johnston, State Senator Dr. Joey Hensley, Mayor Jonah Keltner and South Central Tennessee Community Development Director Lorie Fisher Monday evening at Lewis County Court House with a new fire truck recently acquired by Lewis County. A Community Development Block Grant funded the purchase. Lewis County received extensive assistance from the City of Hohenwald in retrieving the necessary survey information....
Jones Hometown Pharmacy will be holding a Customer Appreciation Day on Saturday, August 1 from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Leading up to the big day, there will be special discounts all week, starting Tuesday, July 28. Customers may enter for door prizes all week as well. Prize drawing will be done on Saturday. Saturday’s events will include crafts, games for kids and free gifts for both children and adults, while supplies lasts. There will be prize drawings for adults and children throughout the day. Social distancing and masks are encouraged when a...
Editor & Publisher Hulon O. Dunn, left, presented a check for $100 to week one winner, Cheri France last Thursday. Winner of week two is JoAnn Hensley with the correct answer, "Cornerstone is Hohenwald's local source for medical needs." Sponsors of the 2020 Summer Games Series, Cool It With Cash, include Cornerstone Health Systems, Hillbilly Liquors & Wines, Lewis & Clarke's Restaurant, Jones Hometown Health Mart Pharmacy, Bank of Lewis County and Citizens Bank of Lewis County. Prize money is...
Numbers of positive test results in Lewis County have climbed to 23, with 1415 negative test results, a state of Tennessee website reported Tuesday. Only 14 of the cases are reported as active with seven recovered and no deaths. In surrounding counties, Lawrence County has 393 positive tests, 4,570 negative tests, 170 active cases, 145 recovered and six deaths. In Perry County, the website reported 61 positive cases, 1,170 negative tests with 17 active and 35 recovered, no deaths. Hickman County statistics showed 185 positives, 2,344 negatives...
Lewis County School’s Leadership Team finalized plans for individual schools’ reopening last Friday. Extra precautions have been added to the protocols this year in an effort to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. When addressing the Lewis County Commissioners Monday, Director of Schools Benny Pace acknowledged the goal was to “keep school as normal as possible.” Following, are plans for the re-opening of school for the 2020-21 year. In-service • Certified staff are to report for Opening Ceremonies at 8 a.m. LCHS Commons Area, on Wednesday...
City of Hohenwald officials called on their attorney last week after hearing of a request the local Chamber of Commerce made to Lewis County government for additional funding. A letter from the Hohenwald/Lewis County Chamber of Commerce board of directors was sent to Lewis County officials requesting funding to support operations due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic which has affected an approximate one-third decrease in membership. Also outlined was a loss of revenue when the City of Hohenwald...
Guns popped, shooters shot and coaches watched as their athletes competed in the week-long SCTP National Championship Tournament for shooting sports in Marengo, Ohio. Coach Maranda Clark and four members of the Lewis County Trap Team, Daniel Burcham, Chase Carroll, Zoie Clark and Emery Norris, were one of the few representing Tennessee in the national competition. Several different shooting events took place from Thursday, July 9, to Saturday, July 18, such as Doubles Trap, Bunker Trap,...
Ronald Lee Burlison, age 67 of Hohenwald, passed away at his home on July 14, 2020. He was born in Hohenwald, on December 28, 1952 to the late John Henry Burlison & Mary Ruth (Stinson) Burlison. Mr. Burlison lived his entire life in Hohenwald, working for the Laredo Shoe Company, Genesco and for many years driving the street sweeper throughout the city streets of Hohenwald. Since his retirement he enjoyed collecting yard sale items, and had an extensive collection of Civil War relics. He also...
Cleveland Tennyson Charles, 63, of Hohenwald, unexpectedly passed away July 5, 2020 in his home. He was born December 15, 1965 in Georgetown, Guyana to the late Neville and Stephanie Charles. Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Gillian Charles, just six weeks prior. Visitation was Thursday, July 16 at Water of Life Seventh Day Adventist Church in Hohenwald. A funeral service at the church followed with burial at Downey Cemetery. Brothers Damien Jenkins Lead...
Glenn E. Woodall, age 64, of Lawrenceburg passed away Monday, July 20, 2020 at Southern TN Regional Health System in Lawrenceburg, TN. He was a native of Lawrenceburg, retired from Murray Ohio, and a member of Meadow View Baptist Church. He was also a former member of the Lawrenceburg Rotary Club and a former Lawrence County Commissioner. He was preceded in death by his father, Glenn L. Woodall; and one brother, Larry Woodall. He is survived by three daughters, Tonya Longshore (Michael),...
Erica Dawn Hildebrand, 43, of Linden passed away Saturday July 18, 2020 at Perry Community Hospital. She was born in Ohio to Lillian Clem Hildebrand and the late Dennis Hildebrand. Erica was a graduate of Perry County High School. In addition to her father she was also preceded in death by her grandparents, Hamp and Flossie Middleton Clem of Kentucky and Trent and Martha Huvler Hildebrand of Ohio. Survivors, in addition to her mother, include her daughter, Lacee Lowery of Hohenwald; a sister,...
Parenting Apart has been approved by the 21st Judicial District (which includes Hickman, Lewis and Perry Counties) to offer a 4- hour Parenting Education Seminar for divorcing parents, unmarried parents, and/or legal guardians of dependent minors living in separate households. The next class will be held on Saturday, July 25th 2020 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at The Strand, 100 E. Main Street, Hohenwald, TN 38462. Feel free to bring a drink and snack. All COVID-19 precautions will be taken. To register for this class, get information, or to...
Hohenwald, Lewis County's Joint Economic & Community Development Board (JECDB) convened for the third quarterly meeting on July 14, 2020 at Lewis County Courthouse. Attending were Johnny Clayton, Hohenwald/Lewis County Chamber President Blake Farr, Lewis County Mayor Jonah Keltner and City of Hohenwald Mayor Danny McKnight. Absent were Yogi Spears, Bert Moore and EC&D Coordinator Helen Ozier. City Mayor McKnight informed the board meter change outs in for City water and gas customers were ongoing. County Mayor Jonah Keltner presented...
Cabbage is used a lot in my kitchen. Easily purchased all year, it's also cheap and versatile. This casserole is a keeper for your recipe box. Be sure to get your cabbage mixture seasoned well with salt and pepper (to taste) while cooking before you add it to your casserole dish to bake. I've been making this dish since college, and it's pure comfort food. It's also a great way to feed a lot of folks on a as budget. Enjoy! Ingredients: 1 small head green cabbage 1 medium Vidalia onion, chopped...
Written by the TN Department of Finance &Administration Federal funding remains available for local law enforcement agencies, jails and courts for expenses related to COVID-19. The Office of Criminal Justice Programs (OCJP) today announced a deadline extension for jails and courts to apply for the grants through the Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding (CESF) Program. CESF will provide funding to assist in preventing, preparing for and responding to the pandemic. The amount available in Tennessee is $4,250,000. The deadline for jails and...
Justin Griner, PharmD, BCPS, of Cordova, was recently recognized by the Tennessee Society of Health-System Pharmacists (TSHP), a Society of the Tennessee Pharmacists Association (TPA), as the 2020 Health-System Pharmacist of the Year. Dr. Griner graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy in 2013 and then went on to complete a pharmacy practice residency at Methodist University Hospital. Dr. Griner currently serves as an emergency department clinical pharmacist at Regional...
Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE began to pass over Lewis County this past week, and Photographer Pete Noblin was there to catch it on camera. The comet was first spotted by NASA on March 27, 2020, while they were conducting a Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) mission. NASA spotted the comet using two infrared channels, which are sensitive to heat signatures given off by the object as the Sun started to heat it up. NASA defined comets as "cosmic snowballs of frozen gas, rock...
Around 1,000 babies are born each year in the United States with sickle cell anemia. An inherited condition, it causes regularly round red blood cells to take on a sickle shape and die early, leaving a shortage of healthy red blood cells, blocking blood flow, and causing fatigue and pain, strokes, and a shortened life span. And one University of Tennessee, Knoxville alumnus may be close to finding a treatment that can avert the disorder in infants before it begins. As a professor and researcher...
It has been a really hot week, more like August than July, but really hot anyway. I hope if you are out much that you stay hydrated because many have suffered from not having enough water to drink and getting sick. Water is very important to our body and nothing keeps it going like water. No other drink helps as much and sugar drinks really just make you thirstier. It is predicted that we will have another week of this hot weather with temperatures reaching into the nineties and heat index over one hundred. Those who are sick or shut-in and in...
Birthdays Jerry Sharp, July 23 Marty Willis, July 23 Becky Proffitt, July 23 Russell Mayberry, July 23 Carolyn Spurgeon, July 23 Starling Scott, July 23 Imogean Johnson, July 23 Jana Lay, July 23 John Hammock, July 23 Roylyn Barber, July 23 Juan Lahera II, July 23 Phyllis Sharp, July 24 Rickey Staggs, July 24 Gwenda Carroll, July 24 Monica Roden, July 24 Johnny Williams, July 24 Amy Staggs, July 25 Bertha McCall, July 25 Eric Calvin, July 25 Anna Pilkinton, July 25 Melissa Spears, July 25 David Anderson, July 25 Larry Blevins, July 25 Britini...
July 21, 1960 General elections in Lewis County were set for August 4. No Lewis County candidate had opposition. The 1960 Horse Show, sponsored by the Lewis County Civic Club, was scheduled for July 22 at Memorial Park. W. L. Tuttle shot a hole-in-one while playing golf on vacation at the Abilene Municipal Golf Course in Texas. Jerry Armstrong was stationed with the Early Warning Squad at the Naval Air Station at Barber’s Point, HI. Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Johnston celebrated their 50th anniversary w...
In late July, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) will begin recruiting up to 1,000 volunteers in a late-stage study of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine developed by Moderna Inc. in collaboration with the Vaccine Research Center of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health. The randomized, placebo-controlled Phase 3 trial will be open to people 18 years old and older. They will receive two shots of either the vaccine or an inactive placebo and will be followed for two years....
To the Editor: This letter is to thank the Hohenwald Post Office for their incredible solving of the case of the mysterious “run-a-way” newspapers (The Tennessean) which I should receive 6 days a week, but those pesky little devils seem to hide around the Post Office a couple of days a week. I have thought of having my own investigative detective (such as Kojac or Columbo, or maybe Sam Spade) to search for those sneaky papers. However imagine my surprise, when on Tuesday, July 7th, there were 5 papers in my mailbox dated from Friday, June 26t...
Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration Commissioner Butch Eley announced that revenues for June were $1.5 billion, which is $12.5 million less than the budgeted monthly revenue estimate. State tax revenues were $29.8 million less than June 2019 and overall collections for the month represented a negative growth rate of 1.91 percent. “Tennesseans are cautiously increasing business and consumer activities as we move forward in an unprecedented environment,” Eley said. “We anticipated a slow recovery from April, when everyone was s...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and the Financial Stimulus Accountability Group announced an additional $115 million in Coronavirus Relief Funds will be made available to local governments to offset costs incurred from responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. “This pandemic has required a high level of coordination and support across all levels of government to ensure local needs are met and the health and wellbeing of Tennesseans are protected,” said Gov. Lee. “The Financial Stimulus Accountability Group has provided another...
