Pegram News

Local soldiers with the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment will depart Sunday for Camp Shelby, Miss., on the first leg of their second deployment to Iraq.

Sharon and Randy Ingram of Kingston Springs had been looking to expand their business on Highway 70 in Pegram.

Tim Webb, Tennessee's commissioner of education, was selected Friday night as the new Cheatham County director of schools.

A mean, green menace has struck Cheatham County, and he's got sticky fingers. The infamous holiday thief known as the Grinch is taking advantage of the generosity of Cheatham County business owners.

Cheatham County students overall earned B's and C's on the 2009 state report card, which was released last week by the Tennessee Department of Education.

Tim Webb, Tennessee's commissioner of education, was selected Friday night as the new Cheatham County director of schools.

A Kingston Springs woman who was rescued from her burning home on CC Road in September has died.

One of the two finalists for Cheatham County director of schools is among the applicants for the same position with Murfreesboro City Schools.

The Cheatham County School Board has moved up the date when it plans to select a new director of schools.

PEGRAM - Lt. Michael Fennell and Engineer Nathan Stanley received three standing ovations Thursday as they were honored in a special ceremony during the monthly Pegram Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting.

The Pegram Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted Thursday to amend the city's agreement with the South Cheatham Little League for use of Pegram Park.

Cheatham County leaders are at odds over whether to shut down the Animal Control shelter there.

Cheatham County Mayor Bill Orange says he doesn't recommend closing the animal control center as suggested by some county commissioners last week.

KINGSTON SPRINGS - The Kingston Springs City Commission decided Monday not to pursue a proposed plan that would have addressed traffic improvements on Luyben Hills Road from Interstate 40 to Kingston Springs Road.

Female business leaders in Cheatham County are invited to attend the Chamber of Commerce's Women in Business Council luncheon on Friday, Oct.

PEGRAM - When Vice Mayor Carol Crook moved to Pegram in 1993, she was greeted by a ferocious ice storm that wiped out power for weeks in many parts of Middle Tennessee.

KINGSTON SPRINGS - A Kingston Springs woman is recovering after two Pegram firefighters rescued her last week from her burning home on CC Road.

PEGRAM - Pegram Alderman Rick Roark announced his resignation as vice mayor at Thursday's monthly board meeting.

Cheatham County residents will have to wait a few more days to find out whether a fire tax will be implemented in four rural fire districts across the county.

Courtland Dixon and Jasmine Rucker of Nashville had a baby boy. Ja'mahad Marquez Dixon was born at The Women's Hospital at Centennial on Wednesday, July 29, 2009.