Dickson County auctioneer Drew Williams won the Tennessee State Bid Calling competition recently at the state association’s Winter Convention.

For anyone who doubted it, Santa Claus is real.

New Dickson police dog Stella wasted no time going to work. She was on the prowl for drugs as the City Council was still formalizing the acquisition of the 14-month-old Belgian Malinois.

A fire Tuesday destroyed a house at 136 Blue Moon Rd. in Dickson, said Rob Fisher, director of the Dickson County Emergency Management Agency.

The “No Sewing Sewer’s Group” met at Moss and Embers in Burns for the second time this fall last month.

The cause of the fire that damaged the Burns Garden Center and destroyed a house and a large amount of landscaping supplies Nov. 17 is officially undetermined, Burns Fire Chief Nathan Stringer said.

More than 1,000 Thanksgiving turkeys were distributed by The Dickson County Help Center in the three days before the holiday last week.

The City of Dickson’s Christmas tree was purchased from the Burns Garden Center to aid in that business’ recovery from a fire last month, the city said in an announcement.

For Dickson County teacher Rhonda Madden, life is an everlasting call to encourage, challenge and inspire with healthy doses of humor, heart and healing.

Dickson County officials plan to put nearly a quarter-million dollars into the dump.

Jonathan Hughes Jr. was convicted of murder in connection with shootings in Charlotte in 2016 that left two men dead and another seriously wounded.

For Vivienne Akhdary, being general manager of the Humane Society of Dickson County is a labor of love.

A kerosene heater is blamed for a Dickson house fire that killed two men on the frigid night of Nov. 12.

Little Bite of Everything. A catchy name for a restaurant, but owners Jeff and Heather Manor can’t take all the credit for it.

A fire at Burns Garden Center on Sunday morning destroyed a house and a large supply of landscaping supplies and knocked out the electricity at the business.

A Charlotte man was shot and killed in the home where he lived with his father-in-law, the Dickson County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday afternoon.

Dickson resident Hyram Posey has been the recipient of several music awards recently.

The Dickson City Council has voted unanimously to improve health insurance benefits for city employees.

The council voted at its Nov. 4 meeting to stay with Cigna and switch from a two-tier plan to a four-tier plan that allows each staff member to choose employee-only, employee-and-spouse, employee-and-dependent or employee-and-family coverages. 

The new plan is expected to increase costs to the city but will hopefully help attract and retain employees, City Manager Rydell Wesson told the council.

The amount of the increased cost to taxpayers won’t be known until the city goes through open enrollment next month.

The new system, which takes effect in January 2020, involves city-paid supplements.

The council also unanimously approved on first reading an amendment to the municipal code regarding employees’ accrual for vacation and sick leave, and the city’s bereavement leave policy.

That amendment wouldn’t change the amounts of allowed leave, but it would simply update the code to accurately represent the duration of shifts.

It was a change in her major at Middle Tennessee State University that led first-year teacher Kensey Mazeall to her position as a first grade teacher at Stuart Burns Elementary School.

A White Bluff man was indicted and charged with smuggling prescription drugs into the Cheatham County jail where he worked as a correctional officer.

A recent drainage pipe failure on property owned by the Water Authority of Dickson County is the City of Dickson’s problem too because the pipe extends under city land, where there have been signs of erosion.

Dickson Mayor Don Weiss presented a proclamation and key to the city to 1st Lt. Larry “Hoss” Horn during a gathering of local veterans on Monday morning in observance of Veterans Day.

ERA Real Estate Professionals office coordinator Shari Fooshe and affiliate broker Debbie Spurlock have passed the broker’s exam, Managing Broker Judy W. Walters announced.

Dickson County’s bond rating has been upgraded by S&P Global Ratings, which cited a growing tax base, low unemployment and sound money management for the higher mark