STATE NEWS | Last Tuesday, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Tip Tip Poultry from Rockmart, Georgia recalled several ready-to-eat poultry products in grocery stores across the U.S. including seven Tennessee retailers: United Grocery Outlet, ALDI, Dollar General, Food Lion, Kroger, Save-a-Lot, and Walmart. For a complete list, click here. According to...
LOCAL NEWS | It’s one of the great things about being America’s most famous small town. Each October 31, hundreds of ballerinas, witches, superheroes, and ghosts flock to the quaint, tree-lined streets of Lynchburg. With a Trunk or Treat happening at Lynchburg Elementary School from 4-6 p.m. that night and Halloween in the Hollow happening...
STATE NEWS — According to a new report by the U.S. Census Bureau, the state’s uninsured rate rose in 2018 to leave 46,000 more Tennesseans (mostly children and low income individuals) without coverage. This ties Tennessee with Alabama and Arizona for the third highest uninsured rates in the country. The top spot belongs to Idaho...
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....
REGIONAL NEWS | Bell Buckle — There a big problem in a neighboring small town. Over the last several weeks, locals have reported nearly 25 cats missing to local officials. The majority of the missing cats were reported in a one square mile area near historic, downtown Bell Buckle, according to local officials. It’s a...
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...
If you drive down Second Avenue North in Birmingham, you’ll see a long-faded sign painted on the side of a brick wall that says, “Headquarters for Motlow Corn and Jack Daniells’ No.7 Lincoln County Whiskies.” {Editor’s Note: The misspelling is theirs not ours.} It’s a little known fact that Birmingham served as the official home...
LOCAL NEWS — One of the interesting things about Metro Moore County beer laws was it’s insistence that a store or restaurant selling beer not be within 2,000 feet from a school or church and 300 feet from a residence. It’s a requirement that has traditionally kept many of the businesses around the historic Lynchburg...
LOCAL NEWS — Well Lynchburg, you can now have a frosty cold beer with that slice of wood fired pizza. On Tuesday, the Metro Moore Beer Board approved the application for off-site and on-site beer consumption for the Stave and Stone Pizzeria and Baking Company located at the Lynchburg Cigar Company. The business is located...
STATE NEWS — Applications for the TN Promise scholarship, which provides two years of tuition-free attendance at a community or technical college, opened on August 1. All high school seniors interested in the scholarship must register online before November 1 to be qualified. Tennessee Promise is both a scholarship and mentoring program focused on increasing...