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MAURY COUNTY - They determine where your children go to school and how they dress. They hire the person in charge of shaping Maury County’s educational priorities. And they are responsible for managing a multimillion-dollar budget that dwarfs the spending plans of most private businesses in the county.
But in recent elections, there has been a [...]
COLUMBIA - A Columbia woman suffered head injuries when she lost control of her car on Pickens Lane during a morning commute.
Authorities said Amy Sharpton was driving east on Pickens Lane near Lawrence Street Friday morning when she lost control of her car, swerved into a ditch, struck a rocky embankment and collided with another [...]
SPRING HILL — A landmark historical home in the city took center stage in a reality TV show this month.
Oaklawn was first made popular by General John Bell Hood during the Civil War in 1864 when a Union Army campaign was launched as he slept in the antebellum home.
Read more at Columbia Daily Herald Online
COLUMBIA - At some point in every child’s life, they dream of owning something most families couldn’t afford, but each year the Sheriff’s Rodeo grants one child their wish in the form of a new pony.
During intermission each night at the annual rodeo, one young steed is given away to a lucky contestant through a [...]
MAURY COUNTY - Maury County citizens might have to pay more to file lawsuits or settle criminal charges soon.
The Maury County Commission is considering increasing the litigation tax from $10 to $50 to help pay for the building of a new criminal justice center.
Read more at Columbia Daily Herald Online
COLUMBIA - Columbia police responded to more than 50 calls to investigate fireworks disturbances over Fourth of July weekend, one of which left a Columbia officer severely burned.
City Manager Paul Boyer said very little can be done about the violations because the city laws governing fireworks are virtually unenforceable and fireworks are readily available.
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SPRING HILL - Captain Chris Atkins has returned from Iraq with a Bronze Star Medal and a deep understanding and respect for the Iraqi people.
Bronze Stars are earned based upon a number of qualifications, including the amount of responsibility a soldier holds while deployed in a war zone. Earning the respect and support of the [...]
COLUMBIA - Trent McFarland of Montgomery, Ala., is a rodeo clown with an interesting perspective on his job.
McFarland was in Columbia this weekend to help entertain the thousands of people who turned out for the 5th annual Sheriff’s Rodeo. When asked what the life of a rodeo clown was like he said, “It beats prison. [...]
NASHVILLE — Immigration agents, who with the Maury County Sheriff’s Department arrested 14-suspected illegal immigrants, will not be entitled to immunity from a lawsuit filed against them.
The order was issued Friday by U.S. District Judge Robert Echols in a motion for summary judgment made by ICE agents represented by the U.S. Attorney for Middle Tenn.
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SPRING HILL — A state audit of the city conducted after the discovery of fund mismanagement could arrive this month, a state comptroller official said Thursday.
The public will be able to view the results of the audit on the state’s website two weeks after city officials review it. That could mean it will be available [...]
COLUMBIA - At 3 a.m. Friday morning Kevin Slaughter of Columbia was already camped out in the parking lot a James Campbell Boulevard storefront.
At 3:30 a.m. Keith Toporzycki had joined him, soon followed by Billy Drumright of Columbia. By 6 a.m., the line of people eager to be the first to own the latest incarnation [...]
MT. PLEASANT — The city’s director of administration has been allowed to keep the bonus she was receiving while acting as interim city manager.
Debbie McMullin, who was named the city’s director of administration in May, is receiving $46,000 per year, City Manager Richard Goode said. Previously she was appointed by commissioners to serve as interim [...]
NASHVILLE — As summer advances, the Tennessee Securities Division warns that scammers are using every trick under the sun to separate unsuspecting investors from their hard-earned dollars.
Criminals watch and read the news and tend to follow the headlines in an effort to lend their schemes a cloak of legitimacy.
Read more at Columbia Daily Herald Online
COLUMBIA - Mark Dillon has been accepted into this year’s touring exhibition sponsored by the Cumberland Furniture Guild with his work titled “Scalloped Bench.”
The jurors selected 33 pieces which will be on display at the Tennessee State Museum beginning today and continuing through the end of August. From there, the exhibition will travel to a [...]
COLUMBIA - Jone (pronounced Joan-ee) Lewis started working on the restoration of Pop Geers Park, Columbia’s first city park, in 2001.
More than seven years later and just in time for the city’s 200th birthday, Lewis has completed the task. The park is marked by an obelisk erected in 1926 that resembles a miniature Washington Monument. [...]
COLUMBIA - He’s just 25, but 2001 Spring Hill High School graduate James Hatton has already bought and sold more houses than most people own in a lifetime.
In June, with partner Raj Sethi, Hatton purchased the Carver House Apartments on Columbia’s east side. Hatton and Sethi bought the historic building from its previous owner, Robert [...]
PULASKI — Despite a new school board policy barring the filming of meetings without prior authorization, one resident recorded Thursday’s board proceedings without reprimand.
The policy allows the press and individuals to film the meetings only with the consent of the board. But at Thursday’s Giles County School Board meeting, resident Allen Barrett kept his camera [...]
A Maury County magistrate could be out of a job because of a reason that has not been divulged by officials.
The Maury County Commission Administration Committee voted unanimously Thursday not to reappoint David Potts as judicial commissioner. That vote was taken after a panel of three judges recommended not reappointing Potts.
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COLUMBIA - A Columbia man suspected in the shooting deaths of two people will attend a trial from a prison cell two weeks after his 21st birthday, a judge decided Thursday.
Robert Guerrero, 20, charged with first-degree murder with his brother, Eric Guerrero, 19, Javoris Sparkman, 22, and Charles Everit Lowe Kelley, 16, was charged with [...]
A candidate running for school board would not be able to serve if elected because he has moved out of state, Maury County’s administrator of elections said Thursday.
Dwayne Eugene Kelley, who is running for the District 6s chool board seat, moved to Michigan, according to a mail forwarding label and a woman who answered his [...]