Cottontown News

The National Weather Service has confirmed an EF-1 tornado, with maximum wind speeds around 100 miles-per-hour, touched down in northwest Sumner County Friday afternoon.

The National Weather Service has confirmed a severe storm that damaged four homes and downed numerous trees and power lines in northwest Sumner County last Friday as an EF1 tornado.

A strong storm cell moving through northwest Sumner County Friday damaged four homes, ripping the roofs off two of them along Creekmore Road.

Billy Clayton Dorris, age 73, of Cottontown, passed away Jan. 22, 2009, at his home.

High-speed Internet access is becoming more common in Tennessee, but a digital divide still exists even in some of the state's fastest-growing and wealthiest counties.

Police said burglars in Sumner County have found a new way to target homes. These thieves are knocking on doors and if no one answers, they're breaking in.