Columbia News

An man accused of child molestation hanged himself from his bunk in the Lawrence County Jail on the same day he was taken off suicide watch, authorities said Wednesday.

Pellissippi State Community College is reaching out to community members in East Knox County through its newly opened Strawberry Plains Campus and will host summer registration days for prospective college students at Carter High School from 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m. July 10 and July 24. Registration Day is an opportunity for students interested in ... (more)

SPRING HILL The Maury County Job Fair sponsored by the Tennessee Career Center at Columbia and State Rep Sheila Butt will be held Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Workforce Development and Conference Center at Northfield located at 100 Saturn Pkwy., Spring Hill.

A local judge will have to follow a contract trail to determine if Columbia owes a Springfield construction company nearly half a million dollars for work the city didn't directly hire it to do.

Chief Mark Gandee has put in 33 years of volunteer work with the Maury County Fire Department and will retire from his post at the end of the month.

Local radio legend Bob McKay was recognized in Washington Thursday for his recent induction in the Tennessee Radio Hall of Fame.

Designs for a new Columbia State Community College campus in Williamson County were approved by state officials Thursday, leaving only one major roadblock to getting the project under way - funding.

Three judges, one magistrate and 21 attorneys have applied to fill anticipated 2014 vacancies on the Tennessee Court of Appeals and Court of Criminal Appeals.

A Hohenwald man with a criminal rap sheet going back at least 13 years was arrested and charged with criminal homicide in the shooting death of neighbor Donald "Spark Plug" Runions Sr. Joshua Nathaniel Nash, 31, of 944 Centerville Highway, was taken into custody when he walked into the Lewis County Sheriff's Department Monday to be questioned in ... (more)

Children and Maury County Animal Services volunteers man a tent outside First Farmers Bank's Hatcher Lane branch Friday where several dogs were available for adoption.

"When you're more in love with your ideology than with your neighbor, you can trust that ideology is not from God."

The public meeting in Manchester, Tenn., about 70 miles from Nashville, was supposed to address and tamp down discrimination toward Muslims there.

From left, Katherine Quinn, 9, and Cassie Kennedy, 10, both of Columbia, practice the 19th century art of weaving Monday during Polk Academy on the grounds of the James K. Polk Home site.

COLUMBIA, Tenn. - The Maury County sheriff says a new policy has led to a reduction in the amount of contraband items found at the jail.

The most interesting vehicle brought out to Crusin' the Square had no chrome or tricked out rims but did have machine guns and rocket launchers.

COLUMBIA, Tenn. Buildings at the Northfield Workforce and Conference Center were evacuated after 40 people at Ibex Global became sick Friday.

There is a wonderful new report [link] released by Smart Growth America that everyone should read.

Chapman briefly told her tale Thursday when she stopped by the Center of Hope shelter and counseling organization for domestic abuse victims in Columbia.

Officials say an extra 4-cent property tax increase - on top of the 9 cents already proposed - will allow Columbia officials to pay 83 employees higher starting salary rates.

Sheriff Enoch George said it was in part a communication failure that led to his determination not to support an application to start a Family Safety Center in Columbia.