Rutherford News

Sheriff Robert Arnold is asking the Rutherford County government to absorb the salaries of three narcotics detectives, but a review of public records has revealed that thousands of dollars from the drug control fund has been spent on tool sets, iTunes gift cards, high-definition televisions and dozens of other items.

The Rutherford County Education Association filed a complaint against the Rutherford County Board of Education in regards to the Professional Educators Collaborative Conferencing Act .

Chris Dorsey has spent the 18 months since Red Bank summarily fired him in Oct. 2011 fighting a determined battle to find a job that would allow him to remain in Hamilton County and raise his family here.

Like handguns? Well, apparently 5.5 percent of the residents in Rutherford County like handguns.

The Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce Conventions and Visitors Bureau has partnered with Rutherford and Cannon County Chambers of Commerce in late-2012 to draw out-of-towners with a Backroads, Grits and Moonshine Tour.

The turkey harvest heading into the final weekend of the spring hunting season is 30,901. The season began with a statewide weekend youth hunt on March 23.

On a sunny Saturday at Hillcrest United Methodist Church, smiling volunteers greet a teenage boy.

Three finalists for city manager will be interviewed Friday, and City Council may make a job offer that afternoon, Mayor Troy Beets said.

Chris Dorsey, former city manager for Red Bank, is a finalist for open city manager posts at both East Ridge and Signal Mountain.

The National Weather Service has issued a significant weather advisory for Hickman, Maury, Rutherford and Williamson counties until 6:30 p.m. Sunday.

After taking part in an area-wide penny drive, Wilson Bank & Trust recently presented Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee with a contribution of just over $8,000. The total bank donation included money from jars displayed at bank branches; change collected by employees and customers on their own; and a $2,500 donation match offered by ... (more)

This year got off to a sour start for U.S. workers: Their pay, already gasping to keep pace with inflation, was suddenly shrunk by a Social Security tax increase.

A recent survey says Middle Tennessee consumers are becoming more optimistic about the local economy and are increasingly upbeat about the future.

Following a confidence dip at the end of last year, Midstate consumers have become even more optimistic about the future of the economy as we head deeper into 2013.

Thompson's Station had hoped to bring an additional 500 acres of land into its borders this year, but it is expected to delay the plan because of a looming statewide moratorium on annexation.

Why did the chicken cross the road? I'm not sure, but it apparently happens pretty often out here in Fosterville.

The market today is still primarily European, by way of China. The first documented expedition of British colonials into what became Middle Tennessee was in 1766-67. They were the longhunters in search of fur, and they were impressed by the abundance of game and the quality of the pelts.