More than a century and a half later, the remains of Tennessee militia members killed in the Mexican-American War may be coming home. The remains of several American troops who died in the war will be returned to the United…
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Red Hot Gallatin Gets More Good Jobs News
State officials say clothing retailer Gap Inc. plans to add 100 jobs at its Sumner County distribution center as part of a $3.1 million investment into the facility over the next five years. Officials said most of the investment into…
Read MoreHoax Bomb in Gallatin Likely ‘Probing’ of First Responder Methods
Gallatin’s Chick-fil-A was forced to close Tuesday afternoon following a bomb threat at the business. Officer Janell Willson, spokeswoman for the Gallatin Police Department, said Walmart received a bomb threat by phone around 2:30 p.m. and that the restaurant and…
Read MoreGallatin Cop Kills Mentally Ill Woman During Eviction
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting that took place while authorities said they were serving eviction papers outside a Gallatin home Wednesday morning. Laronda Sweatt, 40, was shot and killed by a Gallatin Police Department…
Read MoreImmigration Irony: Sumner County’s First Baby of 2016 is Latino
Sumner County’s first baby of the new year, Anthony Balderas Vasquez, was born at 10:22 p.m. on Jan. 1, 2016, at TriStar Hendersonville Medical Center in Hendersonville. Anthony is a healthy baby boy weighing 7 lbs. and 7 oz. He…
Read MoreTiny Suburb Resists Big City Push Towards Historical Cleansing
While other areas of the state and country are focused on the removal of flags, statues and other depictions of the Confederacy, the controversy hasn’t been much of an issue locally. The graves of 206 soldiers buried in Confederate Circle…
Read MoreBooming Economy Means Lower Crime for Gallatin
The overall crime rate in Gallatin dropped 17 percent in 2014 from 2013, according to statistics released by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) on Tuesday. It is a larger decrease than the 2.2 percent reduction in the crime rate…
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