Several Lawrence County boards and committees are scheduled to meet in the coming days. The Regional Solid Waste Board will meet Thursday, March 5, at 5 PM to review Lawrence County’s 2025 solid waste report. The Budget Committee will meet Monday, March 9, at 6 PM to consider budget amendments to be presented at the Commission’s March 24 regular session. On Thursday, March 12, at 5 PM, the Resolution Committee […]

Deputies with the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office responded Sunday, March 1, 2026, to a report of a suicidal individual at 215 International Drive in Lawrenceburg. While deputies were on scene, the individual — identified as Steve Allen Bevis — returned to the residence in a Chevrolet pickup. Authorities say the truck accelerated in the driveway and struck two sheriff’s vehicles. Bevis exited the vehicle with a pistol to his head […]

Maury County firefighters responded to a structure fire on Lisa Lane Tuesday, March 3, at 8:20 PM. The fire was initially reported as a possible back deck blaze from a nearby street, but the homeowner soon confirmed that the fire had spread to the house. Units on scene included Engines 21, 27, 30, 32; Tankers 21, 23, 28, 30, 32; Truck 21; Brush 32; District 30; Safety 20; Ops 20; […]

The Lawrenceburg-Lawrence County Airport was named Airport of the Year at the Tennessee Aviation Association conference on February 24, an honor selected annually from the state’s 76 public airports by members of the Tennessee Aviation Commission and TDOT’s Aeronautics Division. The recognition comes as the airport prepares to open a new 100-by-120-foot hangar, funded in part by a $1 million loan approved by the Lawrence County Commission in October 2024. […]

State Rep. Kip Capley of Summertown announced that $648,333 in grant funding has been awarded to agricultural businesses in Maury and Wayne counties. The grants are administered by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture through the Agriculture Enterprise Fund (AEF), a cost-share program that supports economic development and job creation for agricultural, food, and forestry businesses. Recipients include: $16,199 to Old Stone Creamery in Maury County $499,000 to meat processor Hayden […]