Just before the New Year, Alan and Kendra Cameron, and Land Trust for Tennessee Board Member Greg Vital joined together to protect 114 acres of farmland in the Harrison Community of Hamilton County. The Land Trust has now worked to protect more than 50,000 acres in the southeast in its first 20 years, including 2,300 acres in Hamilton County. This is the second property Mr. ... (click for more)

The Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission will hold its first meeting of 2020 at the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency’s Ray Bell Region II Building. The two-day meeting is set for Jan. 23-24 (Thursday-Friday). Committee meetings will start at 1 p.m. on Thursday. The regular commission meeting begins at 9 a.m., Friday. The latest chronic wasting disease (CWD) developments ... (click for more)

One person was killed and another seriously injured in a head-on crash on Highway 58 on Wednesday afternoon. At approximately 1:50 p.m., Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Investigators were dispatched to a crash near the 12400 block of Highway 58. Upon arrival it was found that one person was deceased and the other seriously injured. One person was transported to a ... (click for more)

Attorneys for Wayne Wilkerson, who is alleged by the federal government to be the ring leader of a "cream scheme," said he should be found not guilty of all charges. A 40-page legal brief from attorney Mark Thomas of Gainesville, Fla., says there was no proof shown during the lengthy trial that Wilkerson violated any law. Prosecutors said Wilkerson made over $14 million and ... (click for more)

The behavior of our local radical left women was abusive and uncalled for. The next Woman’s Rally and March should be lessons in common decency and civility towards other women. Interrupting an invited female speaker with displays of yelling and holding up disparaging signs is wrong. The women before me that broke the barriers in male-dominated professions would be embarrassed ... (click for more)

With all of the hoopla over transgendered athletes, you need to know there is a woman out there who is eager to be a ‘trans-species.’ She wants to be a bear. Not only that, but one night a mysterious Marine showed up in a hospital to stand final watch. And, as if that is not enough, a dog just answered a question that we human beings cannot. Almost every day I enjoy my Morning Readings, ... (click for more)