Lisa Hobbs

After more than six decades on ice, Florida is on the verge of bringing naturopathic doctors back into the state's official medical lineup.

This job is not an easy one. If you’ve never been in newspaper journalism, specifically in the capacity of covering the news, you likely have no idea just how difficult it can be.

Grundy County Rotary’s Community Baby Shower returns for the third year. The public effort strives to ensure that the newest members of our community have what they need in their

Two Tennessee men are behind bars following a joint investigation by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Crime Unit (ACU) and the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office into the theft of more than $114,000 worth of cattle. A Franklin County Grand Jury indicted Carl Dwayne Lynn, of Franklin County, and Nicholas Carl King, of Grundy County, […]

Middle Tennessee State University spring Dean’s List contained five Grundy County residents. To qualify for the distinction, a student must maintain a current semester GPA of 3.5 or above and have earned a minimum of 12 semester hours. Making the list were Carlee Cash and Wyatt Melton, of Tracy City; Garrett Henderson, of Pelham; Lucas […]

After a successful school year of competitive varsity climbing, St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School will begin the 2026-27 winter athletic season in November offering climbing again as a coed, varsity athletic team. The school also added a climbing camp to its summer programming in 2026, which filled quickly. “We’ve always had the natural resources on our campus to […]

Representatives from Tennessee Farm Bureau, Tennessee Farmers Cooperative, and Farm Credit Mid-America/Rural 1st recently presented a combined donation of $3,000 to the Grundy County Food Bank to help provide meals for children and families facing food insecurity in Grundy County. The funds were raised through the annual Shooting Hunger Sporting Clays Shoots, a statewide initiative […]

Sixteen outstanding citizens of Grundy County completed an important milestone as they graduated from Leadership Grundy on May 22. The graduation ceremony was held at the Grundy County Armory Building in Monteagle and began at 6 p.m. The program included a wonderful catered meal, guest speaker, presentation of plaques, and an introduction of the […]

A sigh of relief went round the Mountain with the news that retiring owner Joan Thomas has found buyers for Mooney’s Market & Emporium, and the Monteagle icon will remain open. The buyers are Mallory Grimm and Trapp Tubbs, who own LUNCH in Sewanee. “Mallory and Trapp bring the perfect values and skill set to […]

More Adventures in Customer Service I believe in the importance of customer service. A while back, I dropped my cable/internet provider after spending half my time battling their so-called customer service reps. I had many indecipherable conversations with guys in India who called themselves “Rick” or “Sam.” I finally switched to another provider. I should […]