AREA HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAMS WILL BE ON THE COURT THIS WEEK. LORETTO HIGH SCHOOL WILL PLAY AT HOME MONAY AGAINST COLUMBIA, ON THE ROAD TUESDAY AT FRANK HUGHES, ON THURSDAY HOSTING ROGERS AND FRIDAY AT PERRY COUNTY. LAWRENCE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL HAS A PAIR OF HOME GAMES THIS WEEK. ON TUESDAY, THE CATS WILL [...]

COLUMBIA FIREFIGHTER AND FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE TY COBB HAS ANNOUNCED HIS CANDIDACY FOR THE NEW STATE SENATE SEAT THAT INCLUDES LAWRENCE, LEWIS, MAURY, GILES, WAYNE AND PERRY COUNTIES. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THE TENNESSEE GENERAL ASSEMBLY CREATED A NEW DISTRICT 28 SENATE SEAT AFTER CENSUS DATA COMPELLED THE STATE TO REDRAW NEW LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS. [...]

INVESTIGATORS WITH THE LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT ARE LOOKING INTO A RECENT BURGLARY AT A GRANDVIEW DRIVE PROPERTY. REPORTS INDICATE THE RESIDENT DISCOVERED FRIDAY THAT SOMEONE HAD BROKEN INTO HER GARAGE. SEVERAL CRAFTSMAN TOOLS AND A COMPUTER MONITOR WERE TAKEN. LOSS WAS ESTIMATED AT 5000 DOLLARS. Read more at WLX

THREE LOCAL TEENS WERE CAUGHT BURGLARIZING AN ADMIRAL CIRCLE HOME ON FRIDAY. ACCORDING TO REPORTS FROM THE LAWRENCEBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT, AUTHORITIES WERE CALLED TO THE RESIDENCE JUST BEFORE 4 P-M FOR A BURGLARY IN PROGRESS. OFFICERS FOUND THREE JUVENILES IN THE HOME – 16 AND 17 YEAR-OLD MALES FROM LAWRENCEBURG AND A 16 YEAR-OLD MALE [...]

THIS YEAR’S TENNESSEE GOVERNOR’S ONE SHOT TURKEY HUNT WILL HAVE A NEW HOME. ACCORDING TO EVENT COORDINATORS, THE 10TH ANNUAL HUNT AND ASSOCIATED CELEBRATION WILL MOVE FROM GILES COUNTY TO NASHVILLE ON APRIL 7TH. THIS YEAR’S ACTIVITIES WILL BE BASED FROM THE LOVELESS CAFE WITH PARTICIPANTS OPEN TO HUNT IN SEVERAL MID-STATE COUNTIES. LOCAL OFFICIALS [...]