Category: Featured Story

LOCAL NEWS | It's fabulous day on a picturesque, lakeside golf course and it's all for a fantastic cause in memory of a beloved Moore County educator.

WHISKEY INDUSTRY NEWS | Four months after Sazerac's $15 billion offer, the Brown family turned down a second approach — and said the answer isn't about the price.

LOCAL NEWS | Every local kiddo deserves the best possible start to a brand new school year. Fifty apples still sit on local trees unsponsored.

PUBLIC MEETINGS | New legal strategies, a dispute over official document versions, and a Robert’s Rule of Order snafu complicated the Gateway appeal heard before the BZA on Tuesday. The way forward remains uncertain.

PUBLIC MEETINGS | Five years of rising reserves, falling debt: what the county’s Trustee's Report and Comptroller's Annual Financial Reports say about the “spending problem” debate.

PUBLIC MEETINGS | The financing for the Moore County Jail renovation and the first reading of a rezoning for a subdivision along Tanyard Hill Road will be two of the major items discussed at Monday's Metro Council meeting.

LOCAL TOURISM NEWS | They've always been there — if you know, you know — but a new tourism-sponsored booking system looks to put camping in Lynchburg's Wiseman Park on the map of the RV community.

LOCAL EDUCATION NEWS | Moore County's Voluntary Pre-K class helps local kids bloom into school-ready students. However, the classroom needs seven more income-eligible four-year-olds — or crucial state dollars are at risk.

LOCAL NEWS | Main Street is full, according to Metro Moore Moore County Highway Superintendent Shannon Cauble in a July 7 letter to the Metro Planning Commission stating that no new developer drives can be added until the road is widening due to public safety concerns.

LOCAL NEWS | Tennessee Risk Management says it cannot confirm the qualifications of the engineer who assessed the bridge at the Main Street tiny home community — leaving potential residents without access to some emergency services.