Maury County News

SPRING HILL - After months of study and scrutiny, the final vote on the city's budget came from a board of mostly freshmen to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen.

A central Tennessee political activist says the secretary of state is trying to intimidate him because of his support of election reform and he's considering filing criminal charges against him.

Maury County is requesting federal funds to deal with an influx of unemployed workers from the soon-to-be idled General Motor assembly plant in Spring Hill.

SPRING HILL - In what was expected to be a close call, city leaders approved the 2009-2010 budget last night with no property tax increase.

The unemployment rate in Greater Nashville rose to 9.3 percent for the month of May, according to state figures released Thursday.

SPRING HILL - Some of city's bigger critics welcomed an invitation to tell planners what they think should happen in Spring Hill's future - and, more specifically, where it should happen.

Maury County always had a rigid attendance policy, but it softened the policy by allowing kids to make up unexcused absences.

FRANKLIN- Three Williamson County residents were recently elected to positions with the Columbia State Community College Foundation.

This ain't your grandmother's poetry reading, notes a light-hearted warning for "Firecracker Red," a fundraiser Saturday for Rippavilla Plantation.

Editor's note: Mark Kennedy will sign copies of his book, "Life Stories: A Collection of Columns," 3-5 p.m. Saturday at Barnes and Noble in Hamilton Place mall.

Lighten your garbage load by recycling at the new Spring Hill recycling center, which opens Monday, and is behind the Food Lion on Stephen P. Yokich Parkway.

General Motors announced plans Monday morning to idle production later this year at the U.S. automaker's assembly plant in Spring Hill.

Community leaders in Spring Hill are preparing for the next decision made by General Motors.

Leaders said they were preparing for the worst in the wake of General Motors' bankruptcy filing.

The General Motors assembly plant is one of three GM plants nationwide to be put on idle later this year.

Workers at the General Motors assembly plant in Spring Hill are waiting on pins and needles.

General Motors will idle the Spring Hill assembly plant and its 2,500 workers later this year, but United Auto Workers officials said the facility is also in the running to build the next generation small car for the U.S. automaker.

The idling of the Spring Hill General Motors facility will have far-reaching effects besides job losses.

SPRING HILL - Taylor Golden isn't ready to drop plans for Hood's Retreat subdivision despite a recent court dismissal and two votes by city leaders against those plans.

A Maury County man is accused of using the Internet to try to get a date with a teenager.