Category: Regional News

THINGS TO DO | Just days after the death of Tim Curry seems like the perfect time to tell you about the screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show this October at The Caverns.

STATE OUTDOOR NEWS | State wants bass anglers' input on management plan, but the nearest meeting is 70 miles away. Local anglers can still contribute online until September 4.

REGIONAL NEWS | O-negative supply down to days as Blood Assurance — Moore County's primary blood source — pleads for summer donors. Local blood drives and opportunities to give can be found at the end of the article.

STATE SPORTS NEWS | Moore County Lady Vols fans should mark your calendars. Tennessee will face Belmont at the 2027 Midstate Classic on April 13, 2027, giving Middle Tennessee softball fans a nationally ranked program just up the road at Ridley Sports Complex.

LOCAL NEW | From 386 members to 87,000: Duck River Electric's 90th anniversary meeting brings breakfast, door prizes and a truck giveaway to Harris Middle School.

THINGS TO DO | If you're heading to Belvidere on Saturday for the Swiss Pantry's Donut Saturday, why not make it a day and stop by the Peach Festival at the Neal Creek Retreat?

REGIONAL NEWS | Court records show developer Chip Hayes signed a five-year exclusive rental contract with his own company weeks after the state dissolved his development LLC — then sold that company’s future income to a New York funding firm.

REGIONAL NEWS | New court filing says former Nearest Green CFO admitted falsifying reports and forging Fawn Weaver's signature. The court-appointed receiver running Uncle Nearest is now suing the lender that asked the court to put him in charge.

STATE NEWS | TDEC's second round of Volkswagen settlement funding targets highway stretches the federal buildout left uncovered — including routes Moore County drivers use daily.

REGIONAL NEWS | Dolly's new Tennessean Travel Stop is now open in nearby Cornersville and the 40-foot mural that greets you has local roots.