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1 month ago | 
herald-citizen.com | Brian Wilmoth
State Senator Paul Bailey (front center) presented the Upperman High School boys basketball team with a state proclamation passed by the Tennessee Legislature honoring the team for winning its first TSSAA Class 3A championship this past season. The Bees defeated Tullahoma High School 65-55 in the finals of the tournament March 22.
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1 month ago | 
southernstandard.com | Brian Wilmoth
Bobby Ray Memorial Elementary School has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Tennessee Valley Authority to help with energy and classrooms upgrades. The grant was part of $2.3 million in funding announced by the TVA this week through its School Uplift program. According to the utility, the program will assist the 98 school recipients to save an estimated 5.5 GWh of energy.
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1 month ago | 
southernstandard.com | Brian Wilmoth
Warren County’s unemployment rate ticked up one-tenth of a% in March, one of only eight Tennessee counties that saw an increase last month. According to employment data released by the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Warren County’s unemployment rate was 3.6%, up from 3.5% in February. However, the rate was down one-tenth of a percent from the same month last year. Surrounding counties saw similar movements in their unemployment rates, according to the data.
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2 months ago | 
southernstandard.com | Brian Wilmoth
The Warren County Commission will consider two resolutions regarding rock quarries when it meets next week. The commission’s agenda for its Monday night meeting includes a County Powers Act resolution and a resolution setting up regulations for operating a rock quarry in unincorporated areas of Warren County.
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2 months ago | 
southernstandard.com | Brian Wilmoth
The Tennessee Department of Transportation is halting all interstate construction over the Easter holiday weekend. According to TDOT, all work crews and contractors will stop all road construction that requires lane closures between 6 p.m. Thursday and 6 a.m. Monday. “This will provide maximum roadway capacity to motorists expected to travel across the state this upcoming holiday weekend,” TDOT said in a press release.
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2 months ago | 
herald-citizen.com | Brian Wilmoth |Brian Wilmoth Herald-Citizen
The Algood City Council voted Tuesday to approve its budget for the coming fiscal year. Mayor Lisa Chapman-Fowler said the new budget will maintain the city's current tax rate of $0.3623 per $100, which has been the same for almost a dozen years. She said although the budget includes a deficit, the town's general fund can cover the difference. "We have a healthy general fund," she said.
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2 months ago | 
herald-citizen.com | Brian Wilmoth |Brian Wilmoth Herald-Citizen
More details have been released on two arrests last week, one of an Ohio man charged with inappropriate contact with a minor, and one involving a student bringing a firearm onto Monterey High School's campus. Christopher Curtis Noe, 29, of Carlisle, Ohio, was arrested April 4 on charges of solicitation of a minor by an authority figure and attempted solicitation of a minor by an authority figure. He is free on a $225,000 bond.
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2 months ago | 
herald-citizen.com | Brian Wilmoth |Brian Wilmoth Herald-Citizen
A bill working its way through the Tennessee General Assembly would authorize the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency to issue hunting licenses allowing deer baiting on private property. House Bill 0938 was introduced by State Representative Kip Capley (R-Summertown) in February. During a House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee meeting March 25, he said baiting on private property was already happening, but the new bill would allow the state to better control the practice.
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2 months ago | 
herald-citizen.com | Brian Wilmoth |Brian Wilmoth Herald-Citizen
A recent Tennessee Supreme Court ruling upheld an employer’s right to terminate an employee who violates its policies, acknowledging limitations on an individual’s rights to petition a company’s policies to the state government. The case, Heather Smith v. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, arose when the company terminated Smith’s employment after they claimed she violated social media policies by contacting Tennessee legislators.
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2 months ago | 
herald-citizen.com | Brian Wilmoth |Brian Wilmoth Herald-Citizen
Tennessee Tech University is considering the elimination of two foreign language programs, French and German. "Each year, Tennessee Tech University considers small changes to academic course offerings in order to best steward resources and meet student demand," Tennessee Tech News and Public Relations Director Jonathan Frank said. "Following its annual process, the university has proposed eliminating its French and German concentrations effective fall 2025.
