Hohenwald News

LARRY SANDERS, age 57, of Smyrna, died Wednesday, September 30, 2009. He was a native of Hohenwald, TN and the son of the late James Edward and Betsy Jane Fortner Sanders.

A handful of South Dakotans headed to Tennessee this month to attend an event 200 years in the making - a funeral for explorer Meriwether Lewis.

In just over a decade, William Gay has gone from being an unpublished drywall hanger to one of Tennessee's most acclaimed living writers.

A Summertown man was killed in a single vehicle traffic accident Friday afternoon in Lewis county neare Hohenwald. According to the Highway Patrol 43 year old Albert Lee Moore of 100 Freedom Road in Summertown was traveling east on Highway 20 when he ran off the road and struck a tree and overturned. Trooper Dustin Jones said Mr. Moore was not wearing a seat belt. The accident happened shortly before six p.m. Friday afternoon.

Lewis County Mayor Kenneth Turnbow has passed away. Turnbow died Tuesday night after a battle with cancer.

Meet Tarra and Bella, an elephant and a dog who are best friends. They live at The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tennessee, a haven for elephants with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder .

After watching an episode of a oeOpraha , Curtis Blair, who was five-years-old at the time, decided then and there what he wanted to do for his next birthday, that was to raise money to feed the elephants.

Services for Roger Washington Bouldin, 92, of Hohenwald were scheduled at 11 a.m. Sept.

Howell Bowen , a great-great-great-great-nephew of explorer Meriwether Lewis, talks Wednesday with Bud Clark, a great-great-great-grandson of fellow pathfinder William Clark, at the grave of Lewis in Hohenwald, Tenn.

Though she hadn't seen her grandson in more than a year, Jean Steele was calm Tuesday morning.

The Tennessee National Guard says about 200 soldiers will be getting home from Iraq a little earlier than expected.

The Tennessee National Guard says about 200 soldiers will be getting home from Iraq a little earlier than expected.

NASHVILLE - Tennessee National Guard members from units based in four cities are scheduled to return from a yearlong deployment in Iraq this week.

NASHVILLE - Tennessee National Guard members from units based in four cities are scheduled to return from a yearlong deployment in Iraq this week.

The Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation and the Tennessee Meriwether Lewis chapter, along with descendants of both Lewis and Clark as well as the town of Hohenwald will commemorate the 200th Anniversary of Lewis' death at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Oct.7. The event will be held at The Meriwether Lewis grave and monument, Milepost 385.9 on the Natchez ...

Approximately 200 Tennessee Army National Guard soldiers from Centerville, Hohenwald, Elizabethton and Mountain City will return home to Tennessee by bus Tuesday, Oct.

The Tennessee National Guard says about 200 soldiers will be getting home from Iraq a little earlier than expected.

Amid the backdrop of fall foliage in the Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee is celebrating the season with crafts, food and music.

Two men will face charges in Rutherford County General Sessions Court after a Rutherford County Sheriff's deputy cited them into court for drag racing.

Tennessee Army National Guard units from Centerville, Hohenwald, Elizabethton and Mountain City are scheduled to return to Tennessee Tuesday, Oct.