The Smith County Commission held a Special Called meeting on the evening of Monday, June 13, 2022. You can watch the full meeting below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wONFr1r2I2I

The Gordonsville City Council held its monthly meeting on Monday June 13, 2022.You can watch the full council meeting below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kyE0Iw3e3k

Check out the June 2022 edition of “An Ounce of Prevention”, the monthly newsletter from the Smith County Drug Prevention Coalition! Read this month’s newsletter to learn more about Mental Health Awareness Month For more information about the Smith County Drug...

Hot temperatures across the area are placing additional demands on the power system, and Upper Cumberland EMC and TVA team members are working hard to ensure you remain safe and cool. Until the temperature moderates, residents can help reduce their future power bills...

Upper Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation and Tennessee Valley Authority are requesting a voluntarily reduction in power use as part of an Emergency Load Curtailment Step 20 Alert. Extreme temperatures have caused TVA to issue the Emergency Alert. All member...

Smith County High School Owls and Lady Owls Soccer teams would like to say thank you to all the campers, parents, and everyone involved in putting on a productive and fun Soccer youth skills camp this year.  90 campers from grades K-8th met up for three days to...

I’ve seen several posts and discussions on social media recently about poison hemlock. For a lot of people, it seems this is the first year they have noticed this weed, but it has been around Smith County for several years. I know this because I wrote about it back in...

The Fair on the River is right around the corner. Any Smith County resident over the age of 18 or current member of a Family and Community Education (FCE) Club may enter items for the Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) exhibits. This year, the FCS exhibits will be...

By Steve Norris – Get ready for a heat wave in Smith County!  Most of the weekend we will enjoy sunshine and the temperature will start climbing   rapidly with 90 degrees by Sunday  and all of next week I am expecting 94 to 98 Degrees. Better...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Department of Transportation has awarded an emergency contract to Mid-State Construction Co., Inc. to assist in its accessing, evaluating, and repairing of a crack in the Cordell Hull bridge in Smith County. TDOT crews discovered...

Vacation Bible School will be hosted by Long Branch Community Church June 14th- 17th 2022 from 6 - 8 p.m. The church is located at 1820 Hickman Hwy, Hickman, TN. Each night a special food truck will be featured. Tuesday - Ice Cream Truck Wednesday - Snow Cone Truck...

tnAchieves is introducing a reimagined mentoring program in 2023 to combat a nine percentage point drop in the state’s college-going rate since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The mentoring program will combine proven, time-tested strategies with virtual tools to...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today during a routine inspection of the Cordell Hull Bridge in Smith County, Tennessee Department of Transportation crews discovered a crack in a steel member underneath. The bridge was built in 1934. The 24-inch-long crack is located in a...

Check out the June 2022 edition of the Smith County Chamber Corner Show! This month’s show features events going on at the 2022 Smith County Fair. If you would like to promote your event or local business on the Smith County Chamber Corner Show, contact the Smith...