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  • Nevaeh Walker achieves Austin Peay State University Dean's List Summer 2023

    Aug 24, 2023

    Austin Peay State University is proud to recognize Nevaeh Walker from Hohenwald as one of the students named to the Dean’s List for academic achievement during Summer 2023. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must earn a semester GPA of 3.5 or greater....

  • WORK OF TBI DNA COLD CASE INITIATIVE LEADS TO IDENTITY OF MURDER VICTIM FROM 40+ YEARS AGO

    Aug 24, 2023

    CHEATHAM COUNTY– A juvenile whose skeletal remains were found in the early 1980s in Cheatham County has been identified, and special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation are asking for the public’s help to determine who killed her. On October 21, 1981, skeletal remains were discovered at what was then the county’s old landfill, on Highway 249 in Ashland City. TBI agents began working alongside the Cheatham County Sheriff’s Office in investigating the death. Forensic anthropologists at the University of Tennessee determined that th...

  • ARDMORE MAN ARRESTED, CHARGED IN TBI ICAC INVESTIGATION

    Aug 24, 2023

    LINCOLN COUNTY – Special agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Internet Crimes Against Children Squad have arrested and charged an Ardmore man accused of unlawful photography and sexual battery. Last weekend, special agents began the investigation after receiving information about a man, identified as Larry Wayne Cunningham (DOB 3-17-61), using an online chat application to tell other individuals about sexually abusing children, taking photographs of the abuse, and sharing the photos with others online. Agents further dev...

  • Notices

    Aug 24, 2023

    SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Sale at public auction will be on September 21, 2023 on or about 11:00 a.m. local time, at the East door steps of the Lewis County Courthouse, Hohenwald, Tennessee, conducted by the Substitute Trustee as identified and set forth herein below, pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by RUBY ALDRIDGE AND MICHAEL HOLLY, to Assure Title & Escrow, LLC, Trustee, on July 30, 2021, at Record Book 234, Page 322 as Instrument No. 57264 in the real property records of Lewis County Register’s Office, Tennessee. Owner of Debt: Nat...

  • Bark in the Park Dog Show to be held August 28

    Aug 24, 2023

    Lewis County 4-H is excited to present the “Bark in the Park Fashion Dog Show” again this year at the South Central Area Fair. The show is open to all on August 28, 2023. Registration will begin at 6:30 PM under the new Ag Pavilion located in Memorial Park with the show beginning at 7:00 PM. There will be a $5 entry fee. All proceeds from the show will go to the Lewis County 4-H program! Prizes will be as followed: 1st place- $150, 2nd place-$100, 3rd place-$50. Pre-registration is appreciated by Friday, August 25, 2023, at the Lewis Cou...

  • 4-H Poultry Show & Sale August 28

    Aug 24, 2023

    4-H will be hosting the 4-H Poultry Show & Sale once again this year at the South Central Area Fair on August 28, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. under the new Ag Pavilion in Memorial Park. If you are looking for some great laying hens or if you need a replacement for your current flock, look no further. Come support the 4-H Chick Chain as they have their annual show and sale of pullets, or just stop by and congratulate a 4-H’er on a job well done. The breed raised this year is Buff Orpington. Proceeds go directly to the 4-H member....

  • LCHSbPANTHERS

    Aug 24, 2023

    The Lewis County High School Panthers opened up their 2023 season under first-year head coach Ronnie Yeiser against the Community High School Vikings on Friday night, August 18th. The Panthers struck on the first play from scrimmage as quarterback Brycen McDonald found Fletch Kelsey streaking down the left sideline for a 52-yard touchdown and Micah Godfrey scored the two-point conversion to put Lewis County up 8-0. McDonald would throw a dart to Kobe Feichtinger later in the first, a 26-yard...

  • LCMS Panthers Kick Off With A Win

    Jason Fite|Aug 24, 2023

    The Lewis County Middle School Panthers opened up their 2023 campaign on Tuesday, August 8th, at home as they hosted the Spring Hill Generals at A.B. Sisco Athletic Field. After each team exchanged possessions in the early part of the opening quarter, Lewis County was able to move the ball and find the endzone at the end of the first quarter. Gavin Coker powered in from six yards out for a touchdown and a two-point conversion pass from Brody Clayton to Eli Chapin gave the Panthers an 8-0 lead....

  • LCHS Golf

    Jason Fite|Aug 24, 2023

    The Lewis County High School golf teams were at home on the course at Hohenwald Municipal on Monday, August 14 with matches with Hickman County, Perry County, and Hampshire. In girls’ play, Perry County ended the day with a team total of 93, good enough for first. Lewis County finished second, three strokes back at 96, and Hickman County was third with a 115. Hampshire did not play as a girls’ team in the match. Lewis County’s Abby Carroll was low medalist on the day, firing a 41. Linley Harris finished with a 55, and Peyton James a 65. In bo...

  • LCMS Golf

    Jason Fite|Aug 24, 2023

    The Lewis County Middle School golf team traveled to Lobelville and the Buffalo River Country Club for the first match of their 2023 season against Perry County, Lobelville, and Lakeview on Tuesday, August 8th In girls’ play Lewis County edged out Lobelville for first with a team score of 52. Lobelville carded a 53 for second and Perry County was third with a 64. Lakeview did not play in the girls’ match. Kayclyn Williams finished with Lewis County’s low score at 25, Anna Kate Jones finished the day with a 27, Kinley Pace and Emily Lomax each...

  • Lewis County Middle School Vollyball

    Aug 24, 2023

    Middle School Vollyball...

  • His biggest watermelon for 2023

    Aug 24, 2023

    If you're from around these parts (as the old timers say), then you know Ronnie Couch has a green thumb. This year's crop was one for the books; the record books! According to his wife Donna, some of them are lucky to have survived. By the marks on some of the melons, and the influx of bear sightings in and around the community, they wonder if a hungry bear or other large animal was after them! His biggest watermelon for 2023 weighed a whopping 60 pounds!...

  • Tennessee ranks second lowest in speed related accident fatalities

    Aug 24, 2023

    Speeding-related crashes are far too common in the United States, accounting for 11,258 of the 38,824 auto accident fatalities in 2020. With speeding resulting in increased stopping distances, reduced effectiveness of protective equipment and greater crash force, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that fast drivers cause 29% of all deadly accidents. These lead-footed motorists are responsible for an average of 30 deaths daily and one death hourly throughout the U.S. Risks aren’t shared equally, though. Data analyzed by Forbes Advisor revealed the...

  • Educator of the Week

    Amanda Spears|Aug 24, 2023

    Q.) How many years have you been in the education profession? What made you gravitate towards it? A.) This is my 23rd year. I actually thought I would only teach a year because Kevin's dad had just passed away and I quit my job to care for him. This came open and my thoughts were that I'd stay a year until I was "ready to go back to seeing sick people" then I literally fell in love with this job. The kids are the reason I am still here. What is the most gratifying part of my job is 2 things... G...

  • Hohenwald Happenings

    Aug 24, 2023

    The Coach’s Corner Farmers Market Hohenwald/Lewis County Memorial Park, Every Thursday, 3 p.m. - 6 p.m. Pickleball Courts Now Open at Memorial Park For more information about Pickleball, join the “Lewis County Pickleball Club” on Facebook. Bark in the Park Fashion Dog Show August 28, 2023. Registration will begin at 6:30 p.m. under the new Ag Pavilion located in Memorial Park with the show beginning at 7:00. The Fair is in town, and it has been for the last 100 Years! Join us this year as we celebrate 100 years of the South Central Area Fair!...

  • Meetings in Hohenwald

    Amanda Spears|Aug 24, 2023

    RTC-RECOVERY THROUGH CHRIST RTC meets every Sunday at 6 p.m. at the Blondy Church Office Building at 529 Swan Ave. SENIOR FITNESS CLASSES Senior Health and Fitness classes with Ann Mobley are scheduled to be held every Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. at the Lewis County Senior Center. For more information, call 796-5558 CELEBRATE RECOVERY Celebrate Recovery meets at First Baptist Church of Hohenwald on Monday’s at 6:30 pm. The address is 103 S. Oak Street. NEWCOMERS GROUP OF NA The Newcomers Group of N...

  • US Military Relics Return Home After 80 Years

    Aug 24, 2023

    Much has been written about the battles and soldiers of World War II, the generation that saved the world from Hitler's reign of terror and the infamous bombings at Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, that drew the US into the war. When reading about battles and wars it is imperative that we remember that these men were not just characters in a story but real men with real flesh and blood lives, families, and dreams. In the following narrative I will try to recount how our newest display in the...