Brown-Forman family says no to Sazerac a second time
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.
August 16, 2026
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50 local students still need sponsors before next week’s back-to-school giveaway
LOCAL NEWS | Every local kiddo deserves the best possible start to a brand new school year. Fifty apples still sit on local trees unsponsored.
“QUAGMIRE”: Tuesday’s BZA meeting creates more questions than it answers
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.
Outgoing budget chair pushes back on spending-problem claims with trustee report in hand
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.
Jail renovation debt, Tanyard Hill subdivision rezoning among items before Metro Council Monday night
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.
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LOOK UP: There’s lots happening in the Lynchburg sky on Wednesday
LOCAL NEWS | The darkness of a new moon will set up perfect viewing for the Perseids meteor shower over Moore County Wednesday night — while the “big eclipse” everyone’s talking about happens 4,000 miles away.
School system considers major security upgrade
PUBLIC MEETINGS | Moore County Schools would like to do a nearly half a million dollar security upgrade at both campuses and thanks to a pending federal grant, the projects can be funded with just a 25 percent match from the local system.
Annual UT field day offers Middle Tennessee producers free access to beef and produce research
STATE AG NEWS | Local producers, get access to 15 experts discussing the latest agriculture research from the New World screwworm to soil health at UT’s annual Steak and Potatoes Field Day.
Tims Ford and Woods Reservoir anglers can still weigh in on state’s new bass plan
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.
Every gobbler, jake and hen counts: state turkey survey enters final month
STATE OUTDOORS NEWS | The TWRA’s goal is 30 observations from all 95 Tennessee counties. Let’s help them out. A link to the survey is in the article.
Lynchburg Chamber seeks vendors for Jack Daniel’s BBQ
LOCAL NEWS | The Jack Daniel’s Barbecue is just a few short months away and the Lynchburg Chamber has a limited number of local vendor spots. If you’d like to join us, click the vendor application link in the article.
Library book club’s August pick is set amid Prohibition
LOCAL NEWS | The Brown Bag Book Club’s August pick is set amid Prohibition — a subject Lynchburg knows firsthand.
Area blood providers face critical shortages
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.
Sound Bathing in Lynchburg, Tennessee
LOCAL NEWS | Seventeen locals and I floated blindfolded for an hour in the Lynchburg Swimming Pool. Here’s an inside look at Lynchburg’s first-ever floating sound bath and the research behind it.
Tennessee volunteers to store the nation’s nuclear waste
STATE NEWS | Yes, Governor Lee just signed an agreement that could bring nuclear waste to Tennessee but the target is Oak Ridge not Lynchburg.
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