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50 local students still need sponsors before next week’s back-to-school giveaway
1+ hour, 13+ min ago (366+ words) By Tabitha Evans MooreEditor & Publisher LYNCHBURG, Tenn. — The Moore County Resource Center is putting out an urgent, last-minute call for help ahead of its annual Back to School Wellness Event on Saturday, August 1, at Wiseman Park. More than 50 students who…...
“QUAGMIRE”: Tuesday’s BZA meeting creates more questions than it answers
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (832+ words) By Tabitha Evans MooreEditor & Publisher Blackburn and Lindsey also sit on the Metro Council and Moses is currently running for the office of Metro Moore County Mayor. The fifth appointed member, Josh Cook, is absent. One the other side in…...
Metro Council rejects Tanyard Hill Road subdivision rezoning, 11-2
3+ day, 38+ min ago (1024+ words) By Tabitha Evans MooreEditor & Publisher LYNCHBURG, Tenn. — Slow and steady growth is the stated goal of the Metro Planning & Zoning Commission and on Monday night, the Metro Council seemed to be in lock step with the Commission as it failed…...
Outgoing budget chair pushes back on spending-problem claims with trustee report in hand
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (286+ words) By Tabitha Evans Moore Editor & Publisher LYNCHBURG, Tenn. — Near the close of Monday’s Metro Council meeting, outgoing Budget Committee Chair Gerald Burnett — who is not seeking reelection after several years in the role — used the county’s own Trustee report to…...
Jail renovation debt, Tanyard Hill subdivision rezoning among items before Metro Council Monday night
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (328+ words) LYNCHBURG, Tenn. — The Metropolitan Council meets Monday at 6:30 p.m. at the American Legion, with a public hearing set for 6:20 p.m., to consider borrowing nearly $1 million for jail renovations and to take up four rezoning requests moving through the county’s pipeline....
Don’t miss the final weekend of the Bedford County Fair
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (430+ words) SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. — The American county fair as we know it was essentially invented by a Massachusetts farmer named Elkanah Watson when he tied two Merino sheep to a tree in the public square of Pittsfield, Massachusetts to show his neighbors…...
Peach Festival returns on July 18
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (391+ words) BELVIDERE, Tenn. — After drawing nearly 1,000 visitors last year, the Neal Creek Retreat Peach Festival is back for 2026. Held on the family-owned farm at 322 Neal Road, the event promises to be a summertime celebration of fresh fruit, homemade goodies, and hometown…...
MUD’s water loss stays below 30 percent for the first time in years
1+ week, 2+ day ago (494+ words) By Tabitha Evans MooreEditor & Publisher Moore County’s water system has deep roots. According to the MUD website, the first water supplied to Lynchburg residents came from Lem Motlow, proprietor of Jack Daniel Distillery, through a small steel pipe from the…...
Whiskey Creek developer asked court to block his own homeowners’ vote; they voted anyway and are counter-suing for $5 million
1+ week, 2+ day ago (774+ words) By Tabitha Evans MooreEditor & Publisher The restraining order attempt did not stop the vote. The owners met that evening at the Monteagle Community Center, passed a sweeping amendment to the neighborhood’s governing documents by more than the required 67 percent supermajority,…...
Jack Daniel’s parent company CEO to retire
1+ week, 3+ day ago (677+ words) LYNCHBURG, Tenn. — The chief executive of the company that owns Jack Daniel’s is stepping down. Brown-Forman Corporation announced Monday that President and CEO Lawson Whiting will retire once the company’s board of directors names a successor. Whiting, a nearly 30-year…...