FEATURES & INTERVIEWS | The Times caught up with country music star and unofficial local Blake Redferrin to chat about Jiffy Mart sausage biscuits, the ketchup packet incident, and his Friday performance at the third annual Jack Daniel's Barbecue Bash.
PUBLIC MEETINGS | Some members felt strongly that growth should not come at the expense of existing taxpayers. Others argued Moore County faces a housing shortage and that growth is what funds infrastructure. Either way, a one-year moratorium on new residential subdivisions of four or more lots, requested by the Metro Council, is headed back to that body for a vote.
FEATURES & INTERVIEWS | There's the official Jack Daniel's Barbecue schedule of events and then there's the happenings only locals know about. The Northcutt's annual Jack Daniel's Yard Sale is one of them.
LOCAL NEWS | Snail mail, a flower fund and memories of class trip shenanigans: How Moore County High’s class of 1976 has held together for 50 years
FEATURES & INTERVIEWS | For more than 50 years, Lynchburg church women have been frying pies from the same handed-down recipes. This weekend, they will sell about 500 of them at the church and the Whiskey Runners Cruisin the Hollow event in Wiseman Park. Get there early. They usually sell out by noon.
LOCAL NEWS | Lynchburg boasts not one but two bloodhounds who help recover missing persons in Southern Middle Tennessee. They worked to find a pair of Lincoln County runaways last week.
OUTDOOR NEWS | It's a journey their parents and grandparents began, and this week Monarch Butterflies migrate back to Mexico for the winter. They'll reach their peak this week in Lynchburg.
PERSONAL ESSAY | If you found a tiny resin butterfly around Southern Middle Tennessee today, that was me. I call it a Dolly wink and it's my way of celebrating her official day.
LOCAL AG NEWS | Local farmers looking for a little help with investment and improvements on Moore County farms should mark their calendar for October 1 when TAEP applications open.
LOCAL NEWS | By a large majority, the Metro Council voted on Monday night to move forward and defend the county against a lawsuit from townhome developer Gateway Corporation.