Category: Featured Story

PUBLIC MEETINGS | Tax increases get bad PR, but a .25 sales tax increase may make sense when it comes to keeping local property tax rates in check.

HUMANS OF LYNCHBURG | Meet Phyllis Brock. She’s the instructor of The Lynchburg’s Pool’s popular Wet Hens water aerobics class and stubbornly believes that age is only a number, not an activity.

PUBLIC MEETINGS | On Monday, the Moore County Board of Education voted unanimously to give an epoxy upgrade to the the LES bathrooms for some of our littlest students.

LOCAL NEWS | A prolific local author, Sheila Robertson, just released a new biography, "If... not for Grace," chronicling the life of woman recovering from a violent crime.

No exit polls. No cable news countdown. Just a receipt tape, a dry erase board, and a few hundred neighbors gathered around the gazebo. This is how Lynchburg does Election Night.

LOCAL NEWS | Moore County, 1,273 votes are in. Here's what our early turnout says about rural voices this election cycle. Plus, there's a sample ballot at the end of the article.

PUBLIC MEETINGS | Moore County's mayor doesn't do confrontation. So when he crossed the room Tuesday night to stand beside Gateway's attorney and tell the Planning Commission to take no action, it meant something. Hours earlier, he'd been served a civil summons.

LOCAL NEWS | Jack Daniel's loses more whiskey to the "angel share" than usual on purpose — and bottles what's left as Distillery Series #17. It's the latest in the global distillery's small-batch innovations.

STATE EDUCATION NEWS | Moore County incoming seniors with TN Tech at the top of their college list can apply for fall semester 2027 as early at August 3.

LOCAL NEWS | They've become a source of controversy across the country, and their reach isn't limited to big cities. But are there actually any Flock cameras in Moore County?