Lawrenceburg News

As a new homeowner and new "Lawrenceburger," Staff Columnist Shannon Brock provides a few tips for surviving the home-buying process.

Severe storms hit areas of southwest middle Tennessee on Monday evening, including the counties of Wayne, Lawrence and Decatur.

Residents of Lawrence County said a cemetery was desecrated during a project that was meant to improve the grounds.

Blount County authorities arrested a 19-year-old Lawrence County fugitive who turned up at local residence Thursday and found himself held at gunpoint until officers arrived.

Except for reportedly leaving police a map to where he was going and seeking refuge at a home where there was a protective mother with a 9 mm gun, Brian Keith Rummage has this fugitive thing figured out.

LAWRENCEBURG, Tennessee - A World War II veteran who earned medals for bravery has forged a unique connection between a French village and his small hometown in Tennessee.

Two Lawrence County men were arrested on Friday after police said they recently stole 85,000 prescription pills from an Alabama factory.

Five Tennessee airports have received a total of $346,000 in grants. They are Everett-Stewart Regional Airport, $35,000; Lawrenceburg-Lawrence County Airport, $12,000; Maury County Regional Airport, $40,000; Nashville International Airport, $210,000; and Springfield-Robertson County Airport, $49,000. The grants, announced Friday by Gov.

The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a tornado warning until 3:15 p.m. for parts of Maury, Lewis Giles and Lawrence counties in Middle Tennessee.

LAWRENCEBURG, Tenn. -- Authorities are looking for a Lawrence County jail inmate who has escaped.

As law enforcement officers for the Giles County Sheriff and Pulaski Police departments continue their battle against crime, a number of felony offenders have been recently arrested.

A Lawrenceburg man is accused of crashing into a horse and buggy and then just driving off.

All persons involved in the accident on Highway 64 West near Choates Creek refuse medical treatment by the Giles County Ambulance Service after this two-vehicle accident Tuesday.

Dwight and Janet Staggs announce the engagement of their daughter Brittnye Staggs to Thomas Tranberg, son of Jim and Sally Tranberg all of Clarksville, TN.

LORETTO, TN - Flora Mae Rice, age 87, of Loretto, Tennessee, formerly of the Richwood area, died Thursday evening, April 2, 2009 at the Maury Regional Hospital in Columbia, TN.

Local Christian rock mainstays Jars of Clay will head out this spring on a full U.S. tour in support of upcoming album The Long Fall Back To Earth, due out April 21.

Actor and former United States senator Fred Thompson will speak May 1 at Ashland University as the keynote speaker for the 24th annual John M. Ashbrook Memorial Dinner.

The Tennessee Fuel and Convenience Store Association has named its 2009 Board of Directors.

A company in southern middle Tennessee is creating 150 new jobs. Bertolini Inc.'s Lawrenceburg plant created much-needed jobs for people like Chuck Davis, who has been laid off since October.

A Nashville company was awarded $2.5 million in federal transit grant funding Wednesday by Gov.