County Commission apprised of possible legislation impacts (MSM) At its January meeting, the Maury County Commission received a legislative update from its state-level lobbyist, James Dunn, about the coming session of the Tennessee General Assembly. The 2026 General Assembly began Jan. 6 and accepted bills Jan. 31. Several thousand bills get introduced in each two-year cycle of the General Assembly, and in an even-numbered “Year Two” like 2026, last year’s bills are also going through the...

Columbia developer’s site tracks drink-spiking incidents in Nashville (MSM) After a close family member got his drink spiked and woke up to find his cell phone stolen and his accounts bleeding money, Erika Gorman decided to create “Spiked in Nash,” a registry where people can log the location and nature of drink-drugging incidents. The web address is spikedinnash.com . Gorman, a mom of two and nonprofit head who lives in Columbia, hopes to raise awareness that drink-spiking can happen to...

Welcome in to this Wednesday edition of Southern Middle Tennessee Today. I’m Chris Yow filling in for Tom Price. We’re excited to be broadcasting from the Debbie Matthews Realty newsroom in downtown Columbia on Front Porch Radio. We’ve got your local and state headlines coming your way, and today we’ll start with news from the governor’s state of the state address from Monday night. Governor Bill Lee proposes $57.9B budget in his final State of the State Address Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee...