Briley

The state has decided against building a proposed toll-road project linking Nashville and Hendersonville.

There they sat - about 150 kindergarteners, first- and second-graders, all seated on the cafeteria floor at South Ward Elementary School, following Amy Axelrod's simple instruction.

Services for Peggy Penick, 60, Osceola, will be held Thursday, Aug. 28 at 10:30 a.m. at Kale Funeral Home in Osceola with interment in the Maple Hill Cemetery.

Road closings- On Thursday, Jess Neely Drive from Natchez Trace to 25th Avenue South will be closed for a Vanderbilt football game.

Rural Development Area Director Joe Woody recently announced federal investments totaling $771,000 for two projects to benefit 14 Upper Cumberland counties.