THE VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE CLASS FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WILL HOST A BLACK OUT GAME ON FRIDAY TO BENEFIT SAINT JUDE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LADY CATS AND WILDCATS GAMES, THE LIGHTS WILL GO OUT AND EACH PLAYER WILL BE SPOTLIGHTED. GLOW STICKS WILL BE SOLD THROUGHOUT THE GAMES. ORDERS FOR BLACK [...]

THE GILES COUNTY MASTER GARDENER PROGRAM WILL GET UNDERWAY THIS WEEK. THE CLASSES WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY NIGHTS FROM 6 TO 9 AT THE EXTENSION CONFERENCE BUILDING BEGINNING THIS WEEK AND RUNNING THRU APRIL 19TH. THE COST IS 120 DOLLARS PER PERSON OR 150 FOR A COUPLE WITH A LIMITED NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. [...]

FORMER U-S SENATOR AND LAWRENCEBURG NATIVE FRED THOMPSON HAS ANNOUNCED HIS PICK FOR THIS YEAR’S PRESIDENTIAL RACE. ACCORDING TO MEDIA REPORTS, THOMPSON ENDORSED FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER NEWT GINGRICH DURING A MONDAY APPEARANCE ON FOX NEWS. THOMPSON, WHO HAD AN UNSUCCESSFUL WHITE HOUSE BID IN 2008, CITED GINGRICH’S LOW TAX APPROACH AND WASHINGTON EXPERIENCE AS THE [...]

THREE DOWN AND ONE TO GO IS THE LATEST FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON A SERIES OF UPGRADES AND IMPROVEMENTS TO WEATHER RADARS THAT COVER SOUTHERN TENNESSEE. NASHVILLE’S NEXRAD RADAR CAME BACK ONLINE LATE LAST WEEK AFTER RECEIVING A TWO WEEK DUAL POLARMETRIC UPGRADE. THE NEW TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS THE RADAR TO SCAN STORMS AT [...]

A MAURY COUNTY MAN IS IN CUSTODY AFTER A MONDAY NIGHT DOMESTIC ALTERCATION INVOLVING A GUN. ACCORDING TO COLUMBIA POLICE, OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE OF A SHOOTING AROUND 10:45 AT HALLMARK APARTMENTS ON HALLMARK DRIVE. INVESTIGATORS ALLEGE BRONSON COLEMAN AND EUVONKA WILSON-SMITH HAD BEEN ARGUING WHEN COLEMAN RETRIEVED A PISTOL FROM A BACK [...]