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Moore County High School recently held its annual senior awards night. The class of 2012 received over $949,000 in total scholarship awards. The members of the class of 2012 received the following scholarships: Darla Adams: Hope Scholarship; Haley Adams: Hope Scholarship; Bryce Amos: Enlisted with the United States National Guard; Lauren Bellar: Hope Scholarship, Charles D. Manley Memorial Scholarship; Bryce Besherse: Hope Scholarship; Megan Brandon: Hope Scholarship; Josh Casey: Hope
Moore County’s unemployment dropped nearly a full percentage point last month. The latest rate – released by the Department of Labor and Workforce last week – show a 7.3 percent jobless rate in Lynchburg (down from 8 percent the previous month). County non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rates for March 2012 show the rate decreased in 89 counties, increased in five counties, and remained the same in one county. Regionally, Lincoln County
Sandy Thomas Lewis, a native of Moore County, has announced her candidacy for Assessor of Property. She is a 1998 graduate of Moore County High School, a 2001 graduate of Motlow College and a 2004 graduate of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville with a major in Finance. While working as an accountant for Calsonic Kansei North America, Inc., Lewis had a working relationship with the Bedford County and Marshall
Moore County is the fifth healthiest county in the state of Tennessee according to a recent County Health Ranking report released by the University of Wisconsin’s Population Health Institution and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Moore County received it’s high health rating in part due to low air pollution, access to recreational facilities, a low percentage of fast food restaurants, a low violent crime rate, and an above average high
The Moore County Raiderettes pushed past Collinwood Friday afternoon to earn a place in the TSSAA State Softball Tournament — otherwise known as the Spring Fling. Moore County beat the Region 6A runners up by a final of 6-2 in Lynchburg. Raiderette pitcher Kasey Harvey helped bag the win for Raiderettes. Harvey allowed one earned run, four hits and two walks while striking out four over seven and a third
The 2012 Moore County High School baseball season came to an end last Tuesday as the Raiders fell to Eagleville in the District 9A tournament. The Raiders and the Eagles – both sent to the losers’ bracket by Cascade – needed a win in order to remain alive in post-season play. The winner would have faced Cascade once again. The Raiders looked strong as they took a 1-0 lead in
The Raiderettes traveled to Cross Plains Tuesday night to take on the East Robertson Indians in the first round of the Region 5A Tournament. With help from a three-run home run blast by Sierra Bateman Moore County got to an early lead and never looked back. They won 7-1 and advance to the TSSAA Sectional Game, which takes place at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday night. They play Forrest at Forrest. Win
The Stone-Rives Farm, located in Moore County, has been designated as a Tennessee Century Farm, reports Caneta S. Hankins, director of the Century Farms Program at the Center for Historic Preservation at MTSU. The Century Farms Program recognizes the contributions of Tennessee residents who have owned and kept family land in continuous agricultural production for at least 100 years. In October of 1900, Moore County magistrate John Stone purchased a
Lawrenceburg, Tenn. – A team of eight senior athletes from the Moore County Senior Center as well as Center Director Kathy Jones traveled to Lawrenceburg last week to participate in the 2012 Tennessee Senior Olympic games. Area seniors ages 50 and older were invited to showcase their athletic abilities and share in some friendly competition at the South Central District Senior Olympics. Individuals competed within five-year age groups, starting at
First thing in the morning and last thing at night, Chuck Baker – the owner of Lynchburg’s newest restaurant, Barrelhouse BBQ –heads into a small smokehouse to the right of his restaurant to cook. In the evening, he throws on several Boston butts to be used in pulled pork for the next day. Each morning, he tosses on racks of pork ribs and whole chickens, so they will be ready
Thousands of eager shoppers are expected to join in on the celebration as Opry Mills reopens on Thursday, March 29 at 10 a.m., as the largest outlet, value retail, dining and entertainment destination in Tennessee. The Grand Re-Opening, which will kick off with an official ribbon cutting ceremony, will also feature a series of fashion, lifestyle, musical and family-friendly events running through early May. Throughout the weekend, shoppers will enjoy
The Bonnaroo Music Festival will return to it’s home on a 700-acre farm in Coffee County on June 7-10 and organizers recently announced the line up for this year’s event. Headliners will include Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Phish and The Beach Boys. Other well-known acts include Ludacris, The Avett Brothers, Foster the People, Alice Cooper and Ben Folds Five. It will also include recent Grammy winners Bon Iver, Skrillex
Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Cheatham Camp 72 plans their next meeting for Tuesday, February 28 at the Oak Restaurant in Manchester. Dinner begins at 6 p.m. and the program begins at 7 p.m. Dr. Michael Bradley will speak about his book, David C. Kelly, The Devil’s Parson. This is the latest of many books on the Civil War by Dr. Bradley. Meetings are open to the general public and all
The Stone-Rives Farm, located in Moore County, has been designated as a
Lawrenceburg, Tenn. – A team of eight senior athletes from the Moore