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3 weeks ago | 
mainstreetmediatn.com | Ivan Aronin |Janet Carole Scott
This under-construction house in the Nexus subdivision was destroyed by an explosion Thursday morning. A man was badly burned in the explosion. JANET SCOTTA house under construction exploded on Mackinac Drive near Linn Cove Court in the Nexus subdivision on Thursday morning, demolishing the house and injuring one man. According to Gallatin Fire Chief Jeff Beaman, a badly burned man was exiting the house as the fire department arrived.
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3 weeks ago | 
mainstreetmediatn.com | Ivan Aronin |Janet Carole Scott
The City of Gallatin has completed a traffic survey conducted with area residents over the last few months and released the results, with around 900 people responding to three questions.
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3 weeks ago | 
mainstreetmediatn.com | Ivan Aronin |Janet Carole Scott
Librarian Sarah Stout accepts the META grant enabling the Gallatin Public Library to open a chapter of Girls Who Code. SUBMITTEDThe 2025 Meta Data Center Community Action Grants were awarded on May 22 in a ceremony at the facility’s headquarters in Gallatin’s Industrial Park. The presentation was attended by community partners, Meta team members, local leaders, and this year’s recipients. The Meta Community Action Grants program provides funding worldwide for nonprofits and public schools.
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3 weeks ago | 
mainstreetmediatn.com | Ivan Aronin |Janet Carole Scott
Brenda Dotson walks through Clearview Park, where the opening trail ride for the expanded Juneteenth Festival will begin.
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3 weeks ago | 
mainstreetmediatn.com | Ivan Aronin |Janet Carole Scott
JANET SCOTTThe Gallatin NewsGallatin Police confirmed a black bear that had been roaming the area was struck by a vehicle and killed on June 1. The black bear seen roaming Gallatin and the surrounding area for the past week was killed on June 1 after being struck by a vehicle on Highway 386 near exit 14, Gallatin Police Chief Don Bandy confirmed. There was no information about the vehicle that hit the bear.
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Feb 10, 2025 | 
mainstreetmediatn.com | Ivan Aronin |Janet Carole Scott
Gallatin’s Special Census isscheduled to end Saturday, Feb. 22 and help is needed from the city’s residents to finish strong, said Special Census Consulting Manager Gracie Perez, who was hired by the City of Gallatin last July to supervise the project. The reason for a city to hold a Special Census is financial, according to experts. The State of Tennessee collects taxes from its residents, and a portion of those funds is returned to cities based on the size of their population.
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Feb 4, 2025 | 
mainstreetmediatn.com | Ivan Aronin |Janet Carole Scott
JANET SCOTTThe Gallatin NewsThe banner for Brenda Gilmore that is displayed near the Square in Gallatin during Black History Month. JANET SCOTTThe City of Gallatin is celebrating Black History Month by displaying 12 banners on light poles along and around the Square. The banners honor ten individuals and two locations deemed significant in Gallatin’s history. Each banner displays a photograph and biographical information of the person or place.
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Feb 4, 2025 | 
mainstreetmediatn.com | Ivan Aronin |Janet Carole Scott
Gallatin Public Works Superintendent David Kellogg speaks to the Gallatin City Council about bids for the regional water project. The North Sumner Regional Water Project started in January as the Gallatin Public Works Department lined up bid ordinances to present to the city council, leading with a $13 million proposal for Line A.
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Feb 4, 2025 | 
mainstreetmediatn.com | Ivan Aronin |Janet Carole Scott
JANET SCOTTThe Gallatin News Gallatin Girls Cotillion Service Club board president Misty Ann Donoho (left) cheers on the team that collected nearly $6,000 worth of food for Crestwood Towers residents. The Gallatin Girls Cotillion Service Club hosted a food distribution service project for Crestwood Towers, a senior living community located at 212 Boyers Ave., on Jan. 25-26 and distributed nearly $6,000 worth of food.
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Jan 30, 2025 | 
mainstreetmediatn.com | Chris Yow |Janet Carole Scott
Blake Parks helped Gallatin CARES thrive since 2016. SUBMITTED PHOTOBlake Parks, the Executive Director of Gallatin CARES, describes himself as a “recovering banker” and goes on to tell the compelling story of his journey from the high echelons of banking to becoming the director of Gallatin CARES. Parks had what he calls a deathbed experience in 2008. “The doctors said it was due to either heavy smoking or stress. Well, I didn’t smoke at all, so that left stress,” he said.
