Andrew Pearson

The Tennessee Local Development Authority (TLDA) voted June 22 to defer a $75 million state loan application from Columbia Power & Water Systems, delaying

The Maury County Commission approved a $307.7 million budget for the coming fiscal year, with more than half those funds going to county schools.

The Maury County Commission approved a $307.7 million budget for the coming fiscal year, with more than half those funds going to county schools. The school district has been directly endowed with $170 million, and Maury County Public Schools will receive another $11.3 million for school food service, $1.78 million of the capital-projects appropriations, and $23.5 million of the $32.46 […]

The Franklin branch of Quilts of Valor recently presented quilts to several members of the Marine League Detachment 1286 in Maury County.

The Franklin branch of Quilts of Valor recently presented quilts to several members of the Marine League Detachment 1286 in Maury County. Quilts of Valor was founded in 2003 by Catherine Roberts, the mother of an active veteran, to honor servicemen and servicewomen. The Franklin chapter has made and given away about 150 quilts in each of the last three […]

Last week. the two candidates for Maury County mayor appealed to the public face-to-face in a forum hosted and streamed by Maury Alliance.

Last week. the two candidates for Maury County mayor appealed to the public face-to-face in a forum hosted and streamed by Maury Alliance. Maury County Mayor Sheila Butt and District 8 County Commissioner Gabe each made their case to the audience, with Butt defending her tenure, and Howard arguing the county needs new leadership with a clearer vision. Butt stood […]

NAACP Chapter 5584 and the local Think Tank Foundation held a forum June 30 for candidates seeking a county office. Dr. Christa Martin, formerly the vice-mayor of the city of Columbia and a library board member, posed policy questions to the 12 candidates, one of them running for the Board of Education and the rest for the County Commission. The […]

Emergency calls to the Maury County Fire Department have almost tripled since 2020 — and the all-volunteer department is struggling to keep up, Deputy Chief Richie Schatz told Main Street Maury. The department covers 560 square miles of Maury County, over 90 percent of its total area. They received 878 emergency calls in 2020, and after steadily climbing over the […]

Local leaders, staff and onlookers braved 95-degree heat on June 30 to break ground on a new Mount Pleasant Public Library building at Howard Field. The library is funded by $6.16 million appropriated by the Maury County Commission last fall. The new facility will offer significantly more space than the current building on Main Street, which requires more real estate […]