Trousdale County News

A federal judge's ruling has cleared the way for defendants to sue over how bail is set in Trousdale County, one of a series of lawsuits claiming that Tennessee counties set the amounts arbitrarily.

"Over the river and through the woods, to grandmother's house we go..." We have all heard and, perhaps, sung those classic words.

The Bedford County Sheriff's Department has a message for those out there who drink and drive: We're coming for you.

GALLATIN - In boom times, Sumner Regional Health Systems went on a buying and building spree, snapping up properties, including land near its flagship hospital here, with plans to keep expanding.

Corinne Davenport said although her Confederate veteran father lived until she was 12 years old and she met some of his fellow veterans, she was too young at the time to care too much about his service.

The Riverdale High School Band and band boosters will present the 32nd Annual Division I State Marching Band Championship on November 7. Twenty-seven bands from across the state will compete for the a oeGovernors Cup,a presented annually to the best Division I marching band in the State of Tennessee.

With several reported cases of H1N1 flu - also called swine flu - in surrounding counties, it's comforting to know that Macon County officials have been preparing for both the prevention and treatment of the virus for months.

Good schools: Every community wants them, but paying for them in these tough times can be controversial.

"Skits and Bits" - Little Bits of News and History - Some you may remember, some you may have forgotten and some you may have never heard of before; but all of which took place somewhere, sometime, throughout the years.

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.