Thompson's Station News

The town has officially scrapped its plans to bring nearly 500 additional acres into the town limits because of a temporary statewide moratorium on city-initiated annexations.

Did you see those worrisome clouds in our skies last Tuesday? I'm thankful that if there was rotation up there, that it did not decide to drop in for a visit.

As a statewide moratorium on annexations continues, two Williamson County cities are taking small steps to expand.

The property has access to Ridgetop Lake. The home features hardwoods, a stone fireplace and a spacious master suite.

Town officials' intent to purchase 104 acres of farmland in the heart of Thompson's Station for public green space could be the nexus for eventually creating a 400-plus-acre passive park surrounding the town center.

The house has volume ceilings, a sunroom with French doors, an island and a pantry in the kitchen and a dining area with a triple window.

Local Boy Scout Finis Stribling was recently honored for a community service project in which he and other Scouts built and installed benches along Alexander Trail in Thompson's Station Park.

Town officials tonight will consider purchasing 104 acres of farmland in the heart of Thompson's Station for public, open green space.

Plans are being revived for Whistle Stop, a retirement community put on hold after being proposed more than three years ago in Thompson's Station.

On March 21, 2011, a severe pain suddenly sent Barry Weinstein of Spring Hill to a hospital emergency room, where he eventually was diagnosed with stage 4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Hey, have you seen the title for this Sept. 28 fall festival? The Dog and Pony Show is the given name for the event this fall.

"The Summer Market," an open-air, vintage marketplace hosted by Spring Hill-based Tinsel & Twine, will be Thursday-Saturday on the historic Homestead Manor Plantation's front lawn in Thompson's Station.

Another great day is ahead at the Thompson's Station Farmers Market, on Highway 31 just north of the BP gas station.

A commercial building that could house retail stores and restaurants is proposed within Tollgate Village's long stagnant commercial area.

Local Civil War historians have long known how and where Confederate Capt. Samuel L. Freeman died at the hands of his Northern captors, but what happened to his body after that has long been a mystery.

The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Kim Ezell Owens and Mr. Robert Farrell Owens of Nashville, and the groom is the son of Mr.

Thompson's Station officials last week approved the first of two readings of the town's new budget and property tax rate.

This is the last week of school. Kids want to get outdoors and play -- and so do adults.

Columbia State Community College recently held its 47th annual honors convocation ceremony.

THOMPSON'S STATION The LACs, a country "hick hop" group from Georgia, is filming a music video this evening in Thompson's Station, where the band will be looking for local extras to appear in the shoot.