REGIONAL NEWS | Shelbyville — Nearest Green Distillery, which will soon celebrate it’s grand opening at its new home just outside Shelbyville, has introduced a new whiskey honoring Green’s living descendants. Uncle Nearest 1884 is a small batch whiskey made by a “creative committee” chaired by a Green family member. The first iteration was co-created...
LOCAL NEWS — On Thursday, September 5, the Nearest Green Distillery celebrated with a sneak peek at it’s new facility on a 270 acre, walking horse farm in Shelbville just off Highway 231. On that same day, Jack Daniel’s Distillery took out a full page ad in The Moore County News, to “raise a glass”...
LOCAL NEWS — In the days following Labor Day, Moore County Public Library officials arrived to find one of the chairs outside their back entrance destroyed. “We were very disappointed to find that one of the chairs provided for our patrons to enjoy has been destroyed. No note of apology, no phone message asking how...
LOCAL NEWS | Sports — The Moore County Middle School Raiders ended their regular season with a bang Thursday’s night with a 64-0 blow out win over the Flintville Bobcats at Doug Price Field. First Half The game started with an uncharacteristic misstep when the Raiders fumbled on the kick off and Flintville recovered the...
STATE NEWS — It usually happens in bigger cities like Nashville before it trickles down into rural communities. Regardless, southern middle Tennessee safety officials warn that heroin pills produced to look identical to the drug Oxycodone have been seized in Madison — just 95 miles north of Lynchburg. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) along with...
LOCAL NEWS — On Thursday, Hurricane Dorian swirled in the Atlantic Ocean gathering strength as it continued to make land fall along the eastern coast. At the same time, members of Moore County EMS said goodbye to their friends and family to head to North Carolina as part of the South Central Ambulance Strike Team....
{Editor’s Note: We’re happy to introduce a new Lynchburg Times feature, Heirloom Eating, where we combine information about what’s in season at local farmer’s markets and buy-local retailers with a recipe from one of our readers.} Fresh-off-the-tree apples are a rite of fall in South. Small local communities across the state devote entire festivals to...
LOCAL NEWS — With over 200 car riders this year at Lynchburg Elementary School (LES), some afternoons at around 2:45 p.m. are organized chaos around Mechanic Street. It can be frustrating for parents, law enforcement, and school officials. Over the past year, Moore County school officials and Metro Moore County Sheriff’s Department Student Resource Officer...
EVENTS (Franklin County) — They say it runs in the family and with Lynchburg gal Laken (Ward) Hipps it’s certainly true. Before he died in 2009, her father, David Ward, could often be seen on local stages and the bar circuit either strumming solo or with a band. It’s in her father’s spirit, that she...
LOCAL NEWS — Change is hard and alcohol laws are complicated. That’s the take away from Monday afternoon’s Metro Beer Board meeting. In it, two more local businesses, Barrel House BBQ and Lynchburg Winery, were granted on and off site beer sales permits. A third permit for TJ Harris was postponed. Both passes by a...