Mayor Lambert and Councilman Sewell think that the former city attorney is so great.  Mayor Brent Lambert told Channel 3 the Council's reputation can also make the job a hard sale. We all know the money that our previous city attorney made for himself and his law firm.  When the Council hired Hal North, with no contract, he did and has done a great job, starting at ... (click for more)

The Hamilton County Sheriff's Department is very responsive and professional out in Apison, and I appreciate that.  We have some fine deputies serving Hamilton County.    I took a minute to call and tell them thank you, I hope my neighbors will also. Brian Wood Apison (click for more)

City Council Vice Chairman Chip Henderson said Tuesday he will lead an ad hoc committee that will look into possibly increasing the number of council districts from the current term. The panel will also look at staggering the terms of council members, who are currently all elected at the same time, he said. Vice Chairman Henderson said the committee will also look into moving ... (click for more)

Officials in the Sheriff's Department said a warrant was not obtained early Saturday morning to go inside a house where over 20 allegedly beer-drinking teens were partying because a magistrate said he was about to get off duty and wouldn't wait over. Sgt. Robert Starnes said he was standing by a deputy who called Magistrate Larry Ables at 4:30 a.m. seeking the warrant ... (click for more)

The Soddy Daisy softball team fell short on Monday in a bid for a Spring Fling berth, then learned after the game that Assistant Coach Lamar Lasley had died earlier in the day of a heart attack. Coach Wes Skiles told the team after a 4-1 loss to Smyrna. Both teams prayed around the pitcher’s circle after the Lady Trojans were informed. Lasley was the longtime assistant ... (click for more)

 Baylor sophomore Selena Popp won the Division II girls pentathlon Monday afternoon in Murfreesboro.  It is the first state championship of the 2013 Spring Fling.  Popp won the 100 meter hurdles and the high jump.  She edged out Evangelical Christian School's Kate Jamison by one point.   Teammate Victoria Wicks was third and Kate Kaufman was fifth.  ... (click for more)