Trousdale County News

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A prisoner who escaped from from a Sumner County transport van was recaptured Tuesday morning.

An inmate who escaped custody Monday while he was being transferred from the Sumner County jail is back behind bars.

A proposal that would make more students eligible for charter schools stalled in the House Education Committee after the panel adjourned without taking up the measure.

A man accused in a beating at a Green Hills mall parking garage was captured Tuesday morning in Trousdale County after escaping from police on Monday.

Archie Dennis King went to be with the Lord on May 12, 2009. He is proceeded in death by his father William Benton King, mother Dora Ann Johnson King Richardson and sister Ann Lois King Rouse.

A full-scale search was being performed Thursday evening on the waters of Old Hickory Lake for a fisherman missing since Wednesday.

Lebanon Mayor Philip Craighead was elected Vice-President of the Greater Nashville Regional Council at their monthly meeting.

Staff Photo by John Rawlston Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield addresses the audience gathered at the Tivoli Theatre on Monday morning following swearing-in ceremonies for himself and members of the Chattanooga City Council, seated behind him.

Television and other media have been reporting the death of a Macon County woman this past Sunday in a Sumner County motor vehicle accident.

Reader Linda L. Hyland submitted this poem that she wrote following the fatal tornadoes that struck Macon and Sumner counties in February 2008.

Linda Lee Mason, age 58, of Gallatin, was born Jan. 30, 1951, and passed away April 5, 2009.

Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris says he's concerned about growing debt in the governor's budget.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said they are looking into allegations that the chairman of the Trousdale County Board of Education had inappropriate relations with a 17-year-old boy.

The second public hearing on funding an additional source of water for the City of Lafayette was held on Monday evening to provide information and answer questions.

The Correction Corporation of America announced it would suspend the construction of a 2000 bed prison in Trousdale County.

A regional development group is working on a new loan program that could put government money in the hands of low-income residents who want to add storm shelters to their homes.

A 26-year-old employee at a Trousdale County daycare is behind bars amid allegations she had an ongoing, sexual relationship with a young boy.

Kyson Stowell, 11 months, is held by his grandmother, Kay Stowell, at a hospital in Nashville, Tenn., in this Feb.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 941 PM CST WED FEB 4 2009 ...ONE YEAR LATER... ON FEBRUARY 5, 2008, MIDDLE TENNESSEE SUFFERED ONE OF THE WORST TORNADO OUTBREAKS IN ITS ...