News Across Tennessee

Lebanon Mayor Rick Bell has announced Drinkard Development will be redeveloping the Western Plaza Shopping center that was formerly home to the Kmart Center. The new tenant lineup at the center includes Ross, Marshalls, Ulta, Five Below, and Buff City Soap. The Lebanon City Council recently approved...

The state of Tennessee has pledged a $20 million grant for the new Tennessee Wings of Liberty Museum, which will offer both educational opportunities surrounding the aerospace industry as well as the history of Fort Campbell. First proposed in the early 1990s, the museum anticipates some 350,000...

National Geographic has named Nashville as its top travel destination for the month of June. Music City’s role as host of CMA Fest on June 9, Musicians Corner, and Full Moon Pickin’ Parties, as well as its proximity to the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester have helped boost the city’s...

Five Star Food Service will expand its headquarters operations in Chattanooga, creating 25 new jobs as the company relocates to 412 E. 10th Street. The new downtown location will allow Five Star to expand its operations and hire more headquarters-related positions to support the company’s...

The town of Thompson’s Station was presented with an award for historic preservation by the Heritage Foundation of Williamson County at the fifth annual Preservation Symposium. The town was recognized for the 207-acre Preservation Park, which was purchased by the town in 2013 using a conservation...

Work will soon be underway at an 80-acre solar farm in Tusculum. Nashville-based company Silicon Ranch said the farm featuring 180 solar panels featuring 14,350 solar panels modules with the resulting electricity generated being sold to Greeneville Light and Power System, which powers much of Greene...

The city of Fayetteville has unveiled a new Community Art Wall featuring art created by Lincoln County High School advanced art students as part of a community art project. The student works were digitally adapted and placed on a wall on North Elk Avenue on the Fayetteville Liquidation Center. The...

Prisma Nashville, LLC officials announced today the company will invest $12 million to expand operations in Nashville and will create 109 new jobs over the next five years at its facility located at 2947 Brick Church Pike. Due to increased demand across the company’s locations in Tennessee and...

A herd of nearly 100 goats have returned to Cement Hill in Kingsport as part of efforts to clear the property for future development. Allowing the goats to clear the kudzu in the area is an environmentally friendly way of clearing Cement Hill without using chemicals or risking employee safety, as...

A new 15,000-square-foot aviation maintenance program building to be operated by TCAT’s Aviation Maintenance Technology program is nearing completion at the Winchester Municipal Airport. The facility only lacks approval from TCAT and the FFA before it can begin work education students. TCAT has...

A new Head Start facility in Manchester has been renamed after late Manchester Mayor and TML Board Member Lonnie Norman. The Lonnie Norman Coffee Early Head Start facility is a new multi-million dollar, 6,100-square-foot facility that Mayor Norman supported through his final days. The new Early Head...