Last February, I was asked by the Williamson Herald to write about Black History Month, and I’m glad to say that editorial piece was well received. It sparked further discussion about future projects. 

Franklin’s nationally recognized Dickens of a Christmas, sponsored this year by Nissan, will recall the spirit of Christmases past when the Heritage Foundation throws its annual holiday celebration. Set for Dec. 10-11, the Heritage Foundation will bring the historic town to life with the joy…

Michael Damico is an artist, consultant, and the owner of Damico Frame & Art Gallery in Franklin. More importantly, he is my younger brother. When it comes to self-assessments, he is modest but reasonable. So as Michael celebrates his 10th year in business during December, I asked him if…

Karen Semeraro went to Western Kentucky on an ROTC scholarship and was commissioned into the Army as a 2nd Lieutenant where she began her 30-year career. While at WKU she became a “pioneer in airborne” when she was one of the first 50 women accepted into the air assault program at Fort Benni…

In September 1966, Wayne Conner received his draft notice in the mail and was off to nearby Fort Campbell for basic training. He had just graduated from high school that May. 

Alvis Hillhouse was 20-years-old when he received his draft notice in 1942, just months after the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor led to the U.S. officially entering World War II.

James Bennett Conway graduated from Franklin High School in 1946 and went right into the Marine Corps. By then, World War II was over, and the war effort was concentrated on bringing 16 million troops home and sending German, Italian and Japanese POWs held in the United States back home.

Robin Brown joined the Army in 1980 to get a college education, but what she learned during her five-year enlistment provided her so much more than she ever imagined.

SP4 Willie Gentry was drafted into the Army in September 1970 as the war in Vietnam was winding down. After boot camp and further training, Gentry got the orders telling him he was headed to Vietnam. He was just 19.

Williamson County Veterans Treatment Court recently celebrated its first graduation with a special ceremony and guest speaker Montgomery County General Sessions Judge Kenneth Goble Jr. 

The 15th annual Veterans Day Parade will step off from the Williamson County Archives and Museum at Five Points after the bells from the Presbyterian Church ring on Friday, Veterans Day, Nov. 11 at 11 a.m.

This year, local restauranteur Andy Marshall of A. Marshall Family Foods will have three of his restaurants — Puckett’s Grocery (with locations in Franklin and Nashville), Puckett’s Boathouse and The Harvest at Homestead Manor — represented at the 16th Annual Wine Down Main Street, benefitti…

As a former police officer and now a retired Franklin police chief, Jackie Moore knows firsthand what happens to youth in a community who are left to run the streets without adult guidance. Moore was first exposed to the Boys & Girls Club and its programs to help youth in the mid-1960s a…

Last March, Jazsmin Robertson was named Middle Tennessee’s 2016 Youth of the Year. She is now a freshman at the University of Memphis majoring in psychology. A May 2016 graduate of Franklin High School, Jazsmin was a member of the National Honor Society and a member of the Franklin Boys &…

Once again The Red House on Third Avenue will be the lounge where VIP and Premium ticket holders of the Nov. 4 Wine Down Main Street will enjoy fine food by The Daily Dish and Catering & Events by Suzette, a wine bar with “higher end” wine, a beer bar and two spirit bars and the return o…

Sheri Gramer, the owner of Yarrow Acres, is the last of the six merchants who founded an event, Wine Down Main benefitting the Boys and Girls Club of Middle Tennessee, which became a Main Street tradition. 

Foodies will have plenty of delectable delights to pair with fine wines and spirits during Saturday’s much-awaited annual epicurean event. Sweet and savory bites will overrun Main Street at Wine Down Main.

Kids at the Fairview and Franklin Boys & Girls Club were asked what they liked best about the Boys & Girls Club.

Lipman Brothers, official wine sponsor for Wine Down Main Street 2016, has been a strong partner to the Boys & Girls Club of Middle Tennessee (BGCMT) dating back to the event's inaugural tasting.

The 16th annual Wine Down Main Street benefitting the Boys & Girls Club of Franklin/Williamson County will be on Saturday, Nov. 5 from 7 – 10 p.m. The event opens an hour earlier at 6 p.m. for VIP and Premium ticket holders.

Serious runners and leisurely walkers are all welcome to the 38th annual Franklin Classic on Monday, Sept. 5 beginning at 7 a.m. The race through Historic Downtown Franklin benefits Mercy Community Healthcare and presents an opportunity for families to do something fun together while helping…

On Labor Day Sept. 5, about 3,000 people will fill the streets of downtown Franklin to run in the 38th Annual Franklin Classic, benefitting Franklin’s nonprofit Mercy Community Healthcare and the 30,000 people it serves each year. 

Identifying the biggest game of every week in an eleven-round season can be really easy early, but with so many variables, late season games can be hard to get to right.  Over the past five years, we’ve hit about 60%.  

Young.

Winning a state championship at one Williamson County school wasn’t enough for Will Hester.

After winning the school’s first football championship in a decade, Brentwood Academy coach Cody White knows there is no rest in one of the most competitive leagues in the state, but the Eagles will be ready.

Listening to Rusty Smith talk about how he hopes his Grace Christian football team is impacted by the Lions’ baseball squad, it feels like a scene from the classic movie “The Natural”.

This time last year, Chris Hughes was very optimistic about his football team. 

For fifth-year Page coach Charles Rathbone, it’s time for the Patriots to move past ‘can’ and get to ‘will’.

Managing expectations, internally and externally, is one of Brian Coleman’s most important tasks right now.

Year two of Ron Crawford’s second campaign at Brentwood will be focused on one thing: toughness.

In most seasons, last year’s Centennial team would have brought a golden ball home.  

If last year was a “perfect storm” for Independence, veteran coach Scott Blade hopes his Eagles can catch lightning in a bottle for a second straight year.

The more things change on Wilson Pike, the more they stay the same.

With a slew of upperclassmen and a ton of experience, Franklin has the potential to be one of the top 6A teams in Middle Tennessee, but head coach Donnie Webb is fully aware reaching that point is a long way away.

Typically speaking, if there’s one position that football coaches don’t like uncertainty at, it’s quarterback.

Each year my sports staff challenges me to write something clever about the upcoming football season. Last year I used this page to brag on the best sports staff in the county. This year, I was planning on doing the same thing so let’s just call this Part II and see if they can keep up the p…

The Herald's annual high school football special section is full of analysis and predictions for the upcoming season. Take a look at the pages below or read the stories. 

Early Voting Information T.C.A § 2-6-102 (a) (1) and 2-6-103 (a)

With the Aug. 4 election just around the corner, the Williamson Herald is pleased to profile the candidates for the Williamson County Board of Education who are running for a four-year term of office from seven of the 12 districts (1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9 and 11 – District 4 represents an unexpired term.)

The entire campus is heated and cooled by 163 water source heat pumps connected to three geothermal fields – one for each building. Each field has 48 individual 500-foot deep interconnected strings of wells located under the east and west parking lots and the central mall. 

A new hyper local workforce could be born as Columbia State Community College takes the helm in higher education in Williamson County at its new campus.

During the Columbia State Community College - Williamson Campus Grand Opening celebration CSCC President Dr. Janet Smith will dedicate the Humanities Building to state Rep. Charles Sargent (R-Franklin) and name it the Charles M. Sargent Humanities Building for his unyielding commitment to ma…

Since 1971 Columbia State Community College Williamson has strived to provide quality education for its students in what became an increasingly less than optimal environment. In the beginning classes were held anywhere in the county in which space could be found - often in one of the then fo…

College students know too well how valuable accessible, delicious food options are to a successful college career.