Thompson's Station
Independence hires former Trevecca standout: The life of a college graduate is certainly a desirable one. Most college grads will loaf around for a few months, enjoying the bridge between college and the real world. With no classes to attend and no major job to report to, it sounds like a great life. Most are ambivalent about setting out on a career path and being forced to earn a living. Not Mariska Reed. She enjoyed exactly 48 days of the so-called “freedom” before being hired as the new Independence High girls’ basketball coach last week.

Williamson County
Father, son find bond in fitness, plan to hike 14,000-foot mountain: Few bonds in life are tighter than the one between a father and son. This could not be truer for a Williamson County duo that plans strengthen theirs even more.