RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TENN. – State Rep. Bryan Terry, MD, R-Murfreesboro, is encouraging residents to take advantage of Tennessee’s current and upcoming sales tax holidays. The state’s annual back-to-school tax-free weekend will take place Friday, Jul 29 through Sunday, July 31. Eligible purchases include clothing valued at $100 or less, school or art supplies costing $100 …
The little fox terrier Titina would accompany Captain Nobile on his every mission. This time she resisted, with everything a little dog could muster. Maybe it was a premonition, and maybe not. For the first time Nobile ignored the little dog’s behavior and picked her up, to bring her on board. The semi-rigid airship Italia …
Hiring New Teachers and Retaining Great Educators in Rutherford County is a Tough Battle in the Current Job Market JUL 25, 2022 AT 03:53 PM BY WGNS As the job market grows more competitive, businesses are finding it tougher and tougher to hire and retain staff. The issue impacts not only companies, but also school …
By Bill Carey • For the Herald * Originally posted in the Williamson Herald Feb 19, 2020 Tennessee’s northern border shifts up and down many times on its long path from the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River. Near Land Between the Lakes, the border jumps north by a couple of miles, then shifts south, creating …
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Publisher’s Note: Reading George Orwell’s 1984 during my 10th grade year at Smyrna High School really didn’t interest me — nor did high school in general. George Orwell is one of the most influential writers of modern literature and his classic novel, “1984” and “Animal Farm” were staples of high school reading lists. Orwell’s 1984 turned 73 …
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ByPatricia Claus February 11, 2022 Whether or not there is life after death has been debated by scientists and theologians for many centuries. Credit: Jordan Condon/CC BY 3.0 Whether or not there is life after death has been widely debated for many centuries. Many people who have been declared clinically dead have been jolted back …
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By Jack Dutton The Georgia Guidestones, a 19-foot mysterious granite monument in the Peach State, was demolished on Thursday for safety reasons, after being damaged in a blast. An explosion at around 4 a.m. on Thursday reduced one of the stones in Elbert County to rubble. CCTV showed a silver sedan leaving the scene after …
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Daniel Boone and the Yahoo By Daryl Skaggs The following article from the Appalachian History *Originally posted in Be Safe and Keep Your Powder Dry Yeahoh, Yahoo or Bigfoot The legend of the Hillbilly Beast This Bigfoot-like creature resides in the foothills of eastern Kentucky, is huge and hairy, smells horrid, glides when it …
Originally printed in the Tennessee Magazine By Trish Milburn July 2022 If you stand in front of stately home Cragfont in Castalian Springs today, it’s almost hard to imagine that the first structure brothers James and George Winchester built on this land in the 1780s was a frontier fort. Fort Tuckahoe became home to …
The same pace — about two closures per week — was occurring before the pandemic. The pandemic has been bad for the country’s local newspapers. But maybe not as bad as some people have feared. Over 360 newspapers in the United States have gone out of business since just before the start of the pandemic, …
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