With very little discussion Monday night, the county’s Budget and Budget Advisory committees unanimously moved a proposed county budget on to its next session in June. Mayor Bob Rial’s proposals for the county general, highways and bridges, economic and community development, debt service, solid...

Dickson County Administrator of Elections Linda Medley said she knew last year that her budget would not be enough to cover the needs for a part-time employee after her original request was reduced. But county commissioners told Medley it is her responsibility to stay within the budget she is given and...

County and school officials hope to complete the one missing piece to the 2013-14 budget plan when the school board meets in a work session tonight. Director of Schools Dr. Danny Weeks presented an initial draft of the schools budget last month that was $3.4 million out of balance. Weeks said there was still...

A Dickson County High School teacher will not be in the classroom when the school year finishes this week after marijuana was allegedly found in her car. English teacher Molly Graham was placed on administrative leave pending an internal investigation after a routine drug sweep discovered marijuana inside...

The third and final defendant in a 2011 fatal shooting in Dickson has once again rejected a plea bargain offer from the state and appears headed to trial next month. Defense attorney Michael Flanagan told Judge Larry Wallace in Dickson County Circuit Court Friday that 26-year-old James Denver Case has...