LOCAL NEWS — The Metro Moore County School Board unanimously approved the proposed 2020-21 Moore County School systems academic calendar at Monday night’s regular session meeting. To view the approved calendar, click here. In 2020, the first full day of class will take place on Wednesday, August 5 and the last full day will take...
LOCAL NEWS — Due to scheduling conflicts for both the chairman and chairman pro-temp, the Metro Council will meet on the fourth Monday of November this month. Normally, regular session meetings are held on the third Monday of each month. The meeting will be held on Monday, November 25 at 6:30 p.m. at the Lynchburg...
EVENTS | Outdoors — It’s a ten foot wide by 100 feet deep crack in a sandstone cliff located in Savage Gulf State Natural Area. It’s looks like a giant door left ajar and historically it was used by Tennessee Native Americans as a passage way. Below is an old-growth forest filled with oaks, hickories,...
LOCAL NEWS — Rockefeller Center in New York City has their 70 foot high decorated Norway spruce and Lynchburg has their Holiday Barrel Tree. It’s been a Lynchburg tradition since 2011, and it’s one of southern, middle Tennessee’s favorite holiday photo ops. This year, the folks at Jack Daniel’s Distillery will spread the “spirit” of...
LOCAL NEWS — Lynchburg’s angel tree program, Moore County Christmas Stockings, recently opened applications for the 2019 holiday season. Applicants must be Moore County residents, must be the legal guardian of the children enrolled, and must meet the income guidelines. Documentation will be required. Applications are available at the Moore County Resource Center located inside...
For those who love intellectual deep dives on southern culture, Reckon Radio’s become a staple podcast. Produced by the AL.com and hosted by Amy Yurkanin and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist John Archibald, the podcast launched in 2018, with a closer look at the Greek life at the University of Alabama. The inaugural podcasts explored “The...
LOCAL NEWS |Education — The Metro Moore County School Board will meet on Monday, November 11 at 6 p.m. in the Central Office located behind Lynchburg Elementary School. Members of the public will appear before the board to address three items: the BITZ program, the senior trip, and the baseball bull pen/fence. Director of School...
LES Student Council asking for community's help in supporting veterans this November.
Up and down legal battle between Fayetteville City and TSSAA ends with Tigers outside the playoffs looking in.
LOCAL NEWS — The federal government established Veteran’s Day (originally know as Armistice Day) on November 11, 1919. It commemorates the formal ending of World War I on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 when Armistice with Germany went into effect. It is distinct from Memorial Day because...