Dickson News

A portion of Highway 70 from North Charlotte Street to Dykeman Road in Dickson was dedicated Friday in memory of fallen United States Marine Lance Cpl.

A Dickson County kindergarten teacher with three DUIs and a theft conviction remains in the classroom, even after an additional shoplifting charge.

Virginia Clark, TVA's Nashville Customer Service Center representative, coordinated with the Dickson Electric System to recently make a $500 donation to the Dickson Elementary School's library.

Registration for the third annual Isaac Dickson Hot Chocolate 10K & Kids Hill Climb on Jan.

The new state's school report cards place Dickson County's K-8 schools among the best in the state, and some took the number one slot.

The Dickson City Council approved a rezoning request for Councilman Scott England's property from low-density residential to commercial, the purchase of nearly $250,000 in new public works equipment, revised its sanitation fee schedule and approved beer permits at two restaurants in the city.

"Creative License," a new television special, will premiere Sunday on East Tennessee Public Television.

Popular Dickson County High School teacher John Lett was found dead Friday afternoon of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to Dickson Police Chief Rick Chandler.

Thursday Celebrate! Healthy Holiday Entertaining Good food, fun, door prizes and knowledge will be spread at the "Season Greetings Holiday Affair," which takes place from 6 to 8 p.m. at Natchez Imaging Center .

"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.

The Dickson-based Tennessee National Guard 267th Military Police Company is returning to the Dickson armory Sunday after a yearlong deployment in Iraq, according to local National Guard officials.

A smiling and animated audience, yellow and blue school colors amongst them, saw for the first time Saturday morning the culmination of a year's worth of hard work - and decades of education and perseverance.

Rep. Joe Carr , R-Lascassas, did not claim payment for a work day after coming under fire in the first week in August for nearly doubling his legislative per diem payments.

A rash of burglaries along Highway 46 between Thursday and Friday struck several area restaurants, an elementary school, and the Tennessee Technology Center.

A power outage that affected over 13,000 customers throughout Dickson, Burns, White Bluff and Cheatham County was caused when TVA equipment failed, creating a fault in the transmission line servicing five electrical substations, according to Dickson Electric System General Manager Darrell Gillespie.

Dickson County may have narrowly escaped having to shut down its school system in recent weeks because of financial shortfalls, but the county continues to wrack up costs defending itself in lawsuits over a landfill that leaked toxic substances into nearby wells.

Civil War soldiers, railroad workers and others from Dickson County's early days will be at the Clement Railroad Hotel Museum in downtown Dickson for the A Night at the Museum event Nov.

Editor's note: This is the second in a two-part series on the Dickson County Schools more than $60-million, eight-year building plan.

CHARLOTTE - Residents in Dickson County were excited to hear the school budget was finalized earlier this week, but now the state has rejected the budget.

Physical Therapy of Dickson recently held a ribbon cutting for their new location.