Williamson County News

The Rutherford County Commission's Budget, Finance & Investment Committee voted Thursday night to recommend Nissan's request to issue up to $2.5 billion in bonds to build electric cars and batteries in Smyrna.

More than 1,000 people stood in line Saturday at Centennial High School, waiting for the opportunity to get the H1N1 vaccine.

FRANKLIN - An inmate at the Williamson County jail died today from self-inflicted wounds.

Win tickets to the Holiday Craft Bazaar and Kris Kringle's Kar Klassic THIS WEEKEND! The 19th Annual Holiday Craft Bazaar and 6th Annual Kris Kringle Kar Klassic is this Saturday 9am-4pm and Sunday 12pm-4pm at the Williamson County Ag Expo in Franklin... 150 booths of handmade items and over 70 classic and modified cars! Santa will be there too! ...

COLUMBIA, Tenn. - The chairs created by a Williamson County slave are believed to have enabled him to buy his freedom prior to the Civil War and were so well constructed they have lasted 150-160 years.

Friends of the Williamson County Public Library is reaching out to the community to ask for donations of gently used books for the main branch of the library in Franklin for the next sale, set for Nov.

A Williamson County judge last week warned Franklin detectives that the next time they pull a suspect out of bed, put him in a patrol car and keep him at the police station for several hours, they "should get an arrest warrant." ...

Monday is the deadline for any public, private or home-school seniors to submit an application for the Nashville/Franklin Elks Lodge No.

Nissan will get at least a 20-year property tax break of $62 million for creating at least 1,300 company or contractor jobs by late 2012 to build electric cars and batteries, county officials recommended Wednesday.

John Thomas, pastor of Fish Hoek Baptist Church and founder of Living Hope Community Center in Cape Town, South Africa, will speak during Sunday services at 9:15 and 11 a.m. at Brentwood Baptist Church, 7777 Concord Road.

As the Williamson County school system prepares for more growth, education officials said they are seeing dozens of students leaving.

Williamson County farmers could be eligible for a livestock forage program through the Farm Service Agency.

Brighter economic news and unemployment rates that have leveled off may be signs the country is in recovery, but it sure doesn't seem that way to some job hunters in Nashville.

The Spring Hill Chamber of Commerce will have its inaugural masquerade ball on Nov.

Thomas Anderson Jr., 52 of Franklin, and the lone suspect in the early Sunday morning break-in at the Williamson County Library is in police custody, according to Franklin Police Public Information Officer Charles Warner.

Drivers said two different speed limits on the same road in Franklin is confusing and causing them to get tickets.

Deadline for registration is today for the first in a year-long series of Red Cross CPR certification classes subsidized by First Tennessee Bank.

Williamson County Community Development Director Joe Horne and the newly organized Complete Count Committee of nearly 30 people have convened to ensure that every county resident is tallied in the 2010 Census.

The Williamson County Library in Franklin has reopened after being closed for three days while crews cleaned up the mess a burglar made.

It has been celebrity sighting time this past week, and I don't just mean Franklin's Unknown Soldier, who was buried Oct.