THIEVES TARGETED A LAWRENCE COUNTY CHURCH LAST WEEK. REPORTS FROM THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT INDICATE PEA RIDGE CHURCH OF CHRIST ON WATERLOO ROAD WAS BROKEN INTO WITH ENTRY MADE BY BREAKING A WINDOW AND PRYING OPEN A DOOR. A VACUUM AND AN ELECTRIC LEAF BLOWER WAS STOLEN. LOSS AND DAMAGES TOTALED 335 DOLLARS. Read more at [...]

INVESTIGATORS WITH THE GILES COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT ARE SEEKING INFORMATION ON A SUNDAY ROBBERY AT A LYNNVILLE STORE. A PRESS RELEASE INDICATES DEPUTIES WERE DISPATCHED TO THE DOLLAR GENERAL STORE ON HIGHWAY 31 NORTH AROUND 8:30 P-M FOR A ROBBERY. NO DETAILS ON THE CRIME HAVE BEEN RELEASED AT THIS TIME. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IN [...]

THE STATE COMPTROLLER HAS RELEASED A REPORT DETAILING ISSUES THAT LED TO THE INDICTMENT OF A FORMER CITY OF COLLINWOOD EMPLOYEE. LAST MONTH, LONGTIME CITY RECORDER SHERRY GALLIEN WAS ARRESTED ON THEFT CHARGES STEMMING FROM AN INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED BY THE COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE AND THE TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION. GALLIEN, 50, OF COLLINWOOD IS ACCUSED OF [...]

A GILES COUNTY MAN ACCUSED IN A BRUTAL 2009 TRIPLE MURDER AND ARSON CASE HAS FILED A PETITION ASKING THAT HIS SENTENCE BE OVERTURNED. THE DAILY HERALD REPORTS WILLIAM ANGEL JUNIOR IS SEEKING TO HAVE HIS SENTENCE OF LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE OVERTURNED AND BE GRANTED A NEW TRIAL. ANGEL AND MATTHEW JAMES WOOD, [...]

THE LAWRENCE COUNTY VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE PROGRAM IS TAKING ORDERS FOR VALENTINE CUPCAKE GRAMS. VANILLA, CHOCOLATE OR STRAWBERRY CUPCAKES WILL BE WRAPPED WITH VALENTINE RIBBONS AND HAVE A PERSONALIZED CARD ATTACHED FOR 3 DOLLARS EACH. DELIVERIES CAN BE MADE TO SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES OR HOMES IN LAWRENCE COUNTY. ORDERS MUST BE MADE BY NEXT FRIDAY. TO PLACE [...]