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In 2017, the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) launched a one-time court security grant program in efforts to improve courtroom security and to provide safe and secure facilities to conduct day-to-day business. Governor Bill Haslam included $2 million in his... Dec 26, 2017 | Obituaries
Mr. Robert A. “ Bobby” Nichols, age 84, formerly of the Sykes community, passed away Sunday, December 24, 2017. Mr. Nichols was born October 12, 1933in Nolensville, Tn. a son of the late Douglas and Lena McFarland Nichols. Mr. Nichols graduated from Franklin High... Dec 26, 2017 | Obituaries
Mrs. Hazel Hall, age 88, of Plunketts Creek, died Monday morning, December 25, at St. Thomas Rutherford in Murfreesboro. She is survived by: 2 daughters, Gale Burns and husband Martin of Plunketts Creek, Denise Summar and husband Larry of Plunketts Creek; 6... Dec 23, 2017 | Home Page Featured, News
More than 150 children will have a special Christmas this year thanks to the Smith County Sheriff’s Office’s “Santa’s Shoppers” program. Dozens of police cars rolled into the parking lot of Walmart Thursday evening, December 21, with their lights and sirens on, but to... Dec 23, 2017 | Home Page Featured, News
Lawsuit Seeks to Recover Taxpayer Monies Spent Combating the Opioid Epidemic Ravaging the Smith County Community; Believed to be the First Tennessee County to File Opioids Lawsuit in Federal Court. As Business Wire reported: Mark P. Chalos of the national plaintiffs’... Dec 22, 2017 | Home Page Featured, News
(Smith County Insider Press) Gordonsville, Tenn. — On Monday night, December 18, the Smith County Board of Education held a work session to discuss potential locations for school facilities in the Gordonsville area. In the meeting, school board attorneys... Dec 22, 2017 | Home Page Featured, News
The Zinc mine is re-open for business, and it’s a plan that has been in the works for a while. According to Kelly Strong, VP of North American mining operations, “What’s happened now is late last fall we made a decision to reopen the mine. The price of zinc was back... Dec 21, 2017 | Home Page Featured, News
As of Thursday afternoon, December 21, Highway 25 (Dixon Springs Highway) is open at the rockfall mitigation site in Carthage. Rockfall mitigation work is scheduled to continue until May 2018. Temporary road closures my been in effect during the duration of the...