Johnson County News

Trade, Tennessee is the oldest community in the State of Tennessee. In the 1700's 'The Trade Gap' was established to allow Native Americans and those pioneers and fur traders heading west an opportunity to purchase and sell their goods.

The Murfreesboro Board of Zoning Appeals will meet at 1 p.m. today in Council Chambers on the first floor of City Hall at 111 W. Vine St.

In my quest to find historical information about Tennessee, Johnson County or Mountain City, I often am surprised by the generosity of the folks I encounter as I search.

After 42 years of serving Johnson County citizens in public office, County Mayor Dick Grayson caught some by surprise this week by announcing he will not seek re-election next summer when the county general election rolls around.

In a surprise announcement at the monthly commissioners meeting, Mayor Dick Grayson has decided not to run for another four-year term of office as the mayor of Johnson County, Tennessee.

Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, R-Blountville, will keynote the Murfreesboro Breakfast Rotary Club meeting at 7 a.m. Thursday.

A few days ago I was pleased to be able to arrange a meeting between two men who had never met but who discovered they had something in common genealogically.

The Johnson County Chamber of Commerce celebrated the 27th annual dinner and awards ceremony last Friday at the Talons Restaurant on RedTail Golf Course.

A sinkhole has re-emerged on Highway 421 in Johnson County - after being covered over with asphalt.

The June monthly meeting of the Town of Mountain City, held in the City Council Room, was called to order by Mayor Kevin Parsons at approximately 6:30 pm on Tuesday, June 2, 2009.

A large crowd had gathered in the courtroom and spilled into the hallway at the Johnson County Courthouse on Friday, May 22, 2009.

Acting upon a tip, agents with the First Judicial Drug Task Force, United States Forestry Service, Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms division and the Johnson County Sheriff's Department executed a search warrant on a local residence, which led to the discovery of approximately 800 marijuana plants growing on Fall Branch Road.

Do we as Johnson County citizens often take for granted our unique county? That is a question each of us could think about.

In hindsight, I'm glad I didn't live during certain periods of time and certain places.

There is a sense of excitement in the halls of the schools in Johnson County. The end of the school year is quickly approaching.

I am often amazed at how far this column reaches. I get notes, letters, e-mails, and phone calls from folks who live in cities and towns far removed from Johnson County and Mountain City.

On a beautiful and warm spring Saturday morning, Randy McKinney and a large group of fellow farmers gathered together on the 16 acres on Slimp Branch Road that Randy rents to grow grass and corn for his five horses.

If you were traveling on U.S. Hwy. 421 in Mountain City Saturday morning, you saw several Johnson Countans clad in yellow shirts and armed with garbage bags and gopher tools scouting the banks of Roan Creek.

With the recent closing of Johnson County Health and Fitness Center in Mountain City, gym members were left wondering how they were going to maintain the level of exercise that they had become accustomed to.

Johnson County, Tenn. sits in the far northeastern corner of the Volunteer State.