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Rescue personnel recovered the body of a Bedford County man from the waters of Tims Ford Lake Friday afternoon. According to officials, Brian Dearing, 28, was with a boating group at the lake Thursday afternoon. They had gone to Holiday Marina and then headed back out on the lake. A family friend stated that as they traveled along the waterway, Dearing’s stepmother slid down a slide on the boat and
Winchester Utilities crews have replaced the single phase transformer with a three phase transformer at the utility’s district substation.\ Power Superintendent Chris Zimmerman reported at the Winchester Board of Public Utilities that the cost of this upgrade, which is covered in the utility’s present fiscal year budget, was $750,000. “The single phase transformers that were replaced were installed in 1952,” Zimmerman said. Winchester Utilities Manager Roger Caldwell added the
Editors Note: The following information was obtained from the Franklin Co. Sheriff’s Department. On Thursday June the 14th at approximately 4:40pm Franklin County Sheriff’s Office personnel and Franklin County Rescue Squad members responded to the area of Tims Ford Lake between Holiday Marina and Awalt Bridge in reference to a male subject exiting a boat to assist a struggling swimmer and submerging and not returning to the surface. According to
Three Arrested On Felony Drug Charges On The Way To Festival Three individuals from New York, on their way to the Bonnaroo Music Festival, were arrested on felony drug charges in Huntland on Wednesday. On June 12, Huntland police officers stopped a vehicle for speeding on Main St. While speaking to the occupants officers could smell a strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. After a search of the
NASCAR announced the 13 young drivers selected to be part of the 2013 NASCAR Next class (formerly Next9), which highlights the next wave of young talent set to make an impact on the national series scene. The NASCAR Next class includes rising stars Jeb Burton, Gray Gaulding, Ryan Gifford, Ben Kennedy, Brett Moffitt, Ryan Preece, Ben Rhodes, Kenzie Ruston and Michael Self alongside returning members Chase Elliott, Cameron Hayley,
The 23rd Annual Jonathan Acklen Catch-A-Fish Rodeo came to another exciting conclusion Sunday afternoon, June 9, when hundreds of this year’s participants were on hand to watch ten-year-old Kyleigh Paige Wells of Decherd win the Jonathan Acklen Catch-A-Fish Rodeo Grand Prize of $10,000. After the official shut-down of 2 p.m., returning director of what is known as “America’s Largest Fishing Tournament,” Burt Brown, starting awarding prizes to approximately 200 lucky
High School summer baseball has finally arrived, along with some baseball-like warm temperatures and the 2013 Post 44 15U baseball team is starting to come together and play some pretty impressive baseball. When Rebel high school head baseball coach Greg Brewer resigned, the summer program was more or less taken over by Woody Watson, Justin Rose and fill-in coach Tony Patton. All three coaches are doing what they can with
Dinner Held In Honor Of Ed Jones and His 50 Years As Volunteer Members of the Decherd Fire Department recently had a dinner in recognition of one of its longest serving members, Edward Jones. Jones has been with the Decherd Fire Department as a firefighter for 50 years and is the department’s oldest member. Though his health no longer allows him to jump on a fire truck and head
Jonah Bradley was one of the three young men from Huntland killed in a tragic two-vehicle accident last November in Hazel Green, Ala. Sunday, June 2 would have been Jonah’s 20th birthday. On that day, family and friends gathered at Moore Cemetery in Huntland to celebrate Jonah’s life. “We wrote messages on balloons and sky lanterns that were released at dusk,” Kelly Golden, Jonah’s sister, said. “It was a beautiful
Young Arheala Taylor of Franklin County sang the National Anthem on Tuesday, June 4, in Chattanooga at the Chattanooga Lookouts game before a crowd of approximately 2,500 fans. Arheala sang without music and did an amazing job. The Lookouts players gave her encouragement before she sang, and following her performance, the players were yelling and cheering for her from the dugout. And, as she walked back to her seat in
Rock royalty held court in Manchester Friday night when Paul McCartney took to the main stage at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. McCartney played to an adoring crowd numbering in the tens of thousands, many of who weren’t alive when The Beatles changed the history of popular music. Not that that made any difference. Whether they inherited their love of Mc-Cartney and The Beatles from their parents or discovered
Sewanee Herbarium offers the following Summer Calendar of Events for the public to enjoy. Nature Journaling Thursdays with Mary Priestley from 9-11 a.m. Experienced in but not an “authority” on nature journaling, Mary has been practicing it for more than ten years. This is not a workshop. Rather, it is an invitation to set aside any or all Thursday mornings for nature journaling. Meet at Stirling’s on the Sewanee
The ninth annual Wartrace MusicFest, to be held Saturday June 8th,will feature exceptional musicianship from a multigenerational roster of talent that includes an award winning seven piece teenage blues band, a rising twenty-something rock and roll trio, and a veteran boomer ensemble playing Santana inspired Latin rock. Wartrace mayor and MusicFest committee chairman Ron Stacy is enthusiastic about the diversity of music presented this year. “We’ve booked excellent musicians playing
NASCAR announced the 13 young drivers selected to be part of
The 23rd Annual Jonathan Acklen Catch-A-Fish Rodeo came to another exciting conclusion
Dinner Held In Honor Of Ed Jones and His 50 Years
Jonah Bradley was one of the three young men from Huntland killed