Today's News

 From staff reports

 Proposed changes to the Anderson County School District’s search and seizure policy, which would subject students to random searches with metal detector wands this school year, will be up for discussion and consideration at the next school board meeting July 9.  

 After two seasons of intensive tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) pressure, some diagnoses of this disease have already been made this year.

 The frustration expressed by Senate Majority Leader Damon Thayer following Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd’s decision to strike down a pension-reform law cobbled together originally as Senate Bill 1 and then watered down and pushed through during this year’s General Assembly session as a substitute for Senate Bill 151 (SB 151) – originally wastewater-treatment legislation – is understandable.