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The International Dogwood Festival will be held on May 4-5-6 in downtown Winchester. This event features three fantastic days of music and family entertainment, including two exciting headlining acts that have just been announced. Headlining Friday, May 4 will be The WannaBeatles and on Saturday, May 5, The JaneDear Girls will entertain. The WannaBeatles is a high energy musical tribute band featuring four professional and award winning musicians with a passion
Due to a two-year speculation on state road money, the City of Winchester has been holding its resurfacing monies in check, necessary for a 20 percent match of the $600,000 State Transportation Project (STP). According to Public Works Director Steve Goodwin, it’s anticipated the state will provide funds for its projects, allowing the city to turn its reserves on two projects, with others being let after the municipalities’ fiscal year
Members of the Franklin County Commission’s Law Enforcement Committee met Monday afternoon, Jan. 23 at the Franklin County Sheriff Office’s Conference Room, and the number of calls coming into the county’s dispatch was discussed. During the sheriff’s report, Franklin County Sheriff Tim Fuller stated that calls to Franklin County dispatch have increased by approximately 11,000 since this time last year. Fuller said this recent increase is due to several different
A Franklin County man and his parents have been charged with allegedly writing over $25,000 in bad checks to a Decherd grocery store. According to Sheriff’s Sgt. Chris Guess, Donald Patrick Henley, Jr., 34; Donald Patrick Henley, 58; and Brenda Sue Henley, 59, were arrested on 92 warrants Friday, with Henley Jr. being charged on 85 of those counts. Henley, Sr. was charged with five counts and Brenda Henley
The Franklin County Rebels came away from their Tuesday night, Jan. 31 win over the Grundy County Yellow Jackets, looking confident, ready and able to take on the rest of district 8AAA in the remainder of the 2011-12 basketball season. In a game where the game officials took control at the opening tip, both teams quickly concluded that there wouldn’t be too much rough stuff and if there was, the
Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 31, the Franklin County Rebelettes knew their 6 p.m. appointment with the Grundy County Lady Yellow Jackets in the Lady Jacket’s back yard would not be easy, but when the non-district basketball game was put in the books, it showed the Rebelettes came out on top 57-48. Evidently, game officials also had heard about how physical the Lady Yellow Jackets can be and the referees set the
Friday night, Jan. 27, the Huntland Lady Hornets avenged an earlier loss (Jan. 3) to the Eagleville Eagles by giving the Lady Eagles a pretty good 56-47 thumping at HHS to even their district record to 6-6 for the 2011-12 basketball season. The Lady Hornets were able to keep the Lady Eagles to single digits in the first two quarters, 15-9, 16-7, but in second half action the Lady Eagles
Jessica Fell, owner of “Soul Flowers,” located on the town square in Winchester, was among five outstanding young florists chosen to feature in the floral magazine, “Florist’s Review,” Jan. 2012 issue. The feature was called “5 under 35” and to quote the magazine, it spotlights, “Five of our industry’s up-and-coming leaders who are ushering in a new generation…each brings something fresh and new to the design table as well as
Winchester resident Anna McClure, a sophomore at The Webb School, took advantage of “A Novel Idea,” a writing program in Nashville, to write and publish her first novel. She was presented with a published copy of her novel in a December ceremony in Nashville. Novelist Kristen House, a former adjunct instructor of English at Belmont University and Tennessee State University, established “A Novel Idea” to provide instruction, structure and feedback
Little Lila Mantooth, will be turning seven-years-old in February. At that early age, most kids probably look forward to the presents they will get to open rather than the festivities involved at their party, but not this considerate little girl. Mom, Katie Mantooth said, “She and I were talking about what kind of party she would like to have, the list of friends, cake vs. cupcakes, etc. when Lila said to me, ‘Mom,
The Good Shepherd Community will be presenting its 2012 Mardi Gras Celebration on Saturday, Feb. 4, at Monterey Station in Cowan. From 6 to 11:30 p.m., attendees will be able to enjoy a gourmet a la carte buffet featuring traditional and nontraditional Cajun cuisine and decadent desserts to delight every appetite. Dinner will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. In addition to a delicious Cajun dinner, there will
The Community Playhouse, Inc. in Tullahoma is pleased to announce its next production of its 2011-12 Season: “Showtime at First Baptist.” The play, written by Ron Osborne, is a sequel to the popular “First Baptist of Ivy Gap” which closed the playhouse season last year. Gary Mitchell is returning to direct “Showtime…” this year. He will by assisted by his co-director from “Ivy Gap,” Debbie Zimmerman. The cast of six
Servers, servants, waiters and waitresses have been around for thousands of years. The act of one doing for another is a timeless task that’s recognized in the Bible, Quran and other historical works that contain everyday life. Traditionally done by slaves, waiting on guests has never been a “money-making” venture to say the least. However, sometimes servers in Franklin County may feel like they’re making “slave wages” at the end
Due to a two-year speculation on state road money, the City of
Members of the Franklin County Commission’s Law Enforcement Committee met Monday afternoon,
The Franklin County Rebels came away from their Tuesday night, Jan. 31
Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 31, the Franklin County Rebelettes knew their 6 p.m.
Jessica Fell, owner of “Soul Flowers,” located on the town square in
Winchester resident Anna McClure, a sophomore at The Webb School, took advantage