STATE NEWS — Each day patients across the U.S. need blood every two seconds. Much of a patients successful recovery depends on the steady supply of blood from healthy donors … and right now those supplies are low. Blood supplies across Tennessee, and much of the U.S., are at dangerously low levels due to recent...
STATE NEWS — Each day in Tennessee, at least three people die from an opioid-related overdose. That’s more Tennesseans than the number of daily traffic fatalities. Tennessee exists in the top 15 states in drug overdose deaths and according to the state website, “more opioid prescriptions are written than there are people living in Tennessee,...
Be prepared the next time severe weather heads toward Moore County with Metro Moore EMA weather alerts.
STATE NEWS — According to the latest numbers from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Tennessee ranks among the 12 states spiking with flu-like illness this month. The virus seems to be spreading more widely in southern states with Tennessee and Virginia among the top two. The Tennessee Department of Health latest numbers show a...
There are lots of made-in-Tennessee whiskeys sitting on liquor stores shelves with compelling stories but none enjoy the narrative of Nearest Green’s Distillery’s Uncle Nearest’s brands. For those who aren’t familiar, Nathan “Nearest” Green is the black, slave who taught Jack Daniel how to make whiskey. He’s credited with being the first Jack Daniel Distillery...
LOCAL NEWS — By a unanimous vote, the Metro Council elected to lower the posted speed limit on Williamson Hollow Road to 25 miles per hour. Prior to the Metro Council meeting, the Highway Advisory Board met to discuss the matter. According to Metro Sheriff Tyler Hatfield, the genesis of the request were two fold....
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 — A group of concerned local merchants, dedicated volunteers, Lynchburg Friends of Animals, Lynchburg Veterinary Hospital, and this newspaper have joined forces to attack the problem of unspayed and unneutered stray and abandoned animals in Lynchburg. They launched Moore County Operation Spay/Neuter on November 3. Feral cats have lived on the Lynchburg Square...
South Carolina, award-winning author Bren McClain will visit Lynchburg on November 22 to talk to the Moore County Public Library's Brown Bag Book Club.
LOCAL NEWS — Rural communities sometimes need help with some stinky business … removing dead animals. Thankfully the South Central Tennessee Development District’s (SCTDD) there to help with their County Dead Stock Removal program. Now, Metro Moore County has a new provider, according to Metro Mayor Bonnie Lewis. She appeared before the Metro Council last...