EDITORIAL: Juneteenth represents over 900 days of denied freedom
Juneteenth reminds us that those in power sometimes willfully ignore the voices of the majority, and that “justice delayed is justice denied.”
Juneteenth reminds us that those in power sometimes willfully ignore the voices of the majority, and that “justice delayed is justice denied.”
SHOP LOCAL PROFILE: How a young mom turned a stroll through Lynchburg’s square into a thriving small-town sanctuary for mamas and their littles.
It’s less than a month from the Fourth of July but there were all the fireworks you need at tonight’s Metro Council meeting.
In a super conservative small town in a super majority Republican state, a dozen locals gathered on Saturday in a basement with blue cupcakes to name a new chairperson for the Moore County Democratic Party. They left empty handed.
To celebrate National Cat Adoption Month, The Times caught up with Friends of Animals Director Christy Oakes to talk about one success story, Mini Pearl.
FEATURES & INTERVIEWS | Two of former Moore County Sheriff Ron Cunningham's daughters recently returned to Lynchburg to serve as tours guides in their former home, the Moore County Jail Museum.
There’s no better taste of Southern summer than a ripe peach picked fresh from the orchard — and no better place to enjoy it than the annual Neal Creek Retreat Peach Festival.
Motlow launches a new Distilled Spirits Program this fall – training students in the art of whiskey-making, right where Tennessee whiskey was born.
Got a kiddo headed to Knoxville this fall? The UT system is proposing a tuition increase, but there’s still time to make a public comment for or against before July 1. Link in the article.
Circle Saturday, June 7 on your outdoor calendar as Tennessee’s Bobby Wilson Free Fishing Day returns to Tennessee.
LOCAL NEWS | Recent MCHS graduate Tripp Hammond is the lone Moore County recipient of UT’s Distinguished Tennessean Scholarships.
LOCAL NEWS | Locals appeared, again, at the Metro Planning Commission’s June meeting to request that local officials considered tightening up mobile home park rules.
LOCAL NEWS | The Metro Planning Commission recently referred a local property owner to the Board of Zoning Appeals over a zero-lot line non-conformity caused by a bathroom addition in the historic district.
LOCAL NEWS | An RV and Boat storage project may be in the works in the County Line community as one local sought guidance from the Metro Planning Commission on moving forward with commercial rezoning on Tuesday.
REGIONAL EVENTS | The famous Navy Blue Angels will give a free talk at MTSU on Friday, June 6 ahead of their headlining performances at the Great Tennessee Air Show.
LOCAL NEWS | Lynchburg movers and shakers gathered on Barbecue Hill recently to help the United Way raise money for the work they do in Moore, Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Lincoln, Rutherford, and Warren counties.