Sydney Gardner

The Williamson County Commission approved $2.1 million Monday night to kickoff the initial design and construction phase of a new middle school in Brentwood off of Split Log Road.

The nomination faced a gauntlet of naysayers and familiar outbursts from angry parents, but the Williamson County Commission voted overwhelmingly Monday night to fill the vacant District 4 Board of Education seat with Josh Brown, a lifelong Franklin resident and fourth-generation Williamson …

William Parodi

Gov. Bill Lee and Tennessee education commissioner Penny Schwinn announced Friday morning a new plan regarding the state’s education funding formula.

Williamson County commissioners from District 4 have named their nominee to fill the Board of Education seat left vacant after Brad Fiscus had stepped down last month and later moved out of state with his family.

The mask mandate for students, staff and volunteers for Williamson County Schools and the Franklin Special School District has been extended by a ruling from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.

The Franklin Band, seven-time state marching band champion and 2014 recipient of the prestigious Sudler Shield Award, will host its Sonic Boom! marching band competition in partnership with The Home Depot on Saturday at Howard Gamble Stadium at Franklin High School.  

A Summit High engineering teacher is returning from an out-of-this-world mission.

Ravenwood Junior Wrestling is now Brentwood Junior Wrestling.

In what may have been the most orderly meeting of the Williamson County Board of Education in months, members voted 8-4 Monday night to extend the mask mandate that was implemented in August for all grade levels of Williamson County Schools.

Williamson County Schools Superintendent Jason Golden said Thursday he anticipates he’ll ask that the mask mandate implemented in August be renewed.

Five new members have been added to Battle Ground Academy’s board of trustees, according to a press release from the school.

Williamson County Schools announced Wednesday that it has hit an all-time high in the number of National Merit semifinalists, tallying nearly 20 more students than its previous high of 53.

Williamson County Schools reported Wednesday that some students from the district have vandalized and destroyed school property as part of a nationwide social media trend.

In a sense, Ravenwood High School junior Sharada Ghantasala is bringing space down to Earth.

As the Vanderbilt football team watched Joseph Bulovas’ 38-yard field goal attempt slowly start to drift toward the left upright, the Commodores couldn’t help but feel the weight of an 11-game, 657-day losing streak.

Arizona Cardinals linebacker Chandler Jones was living rent free in Taylor Lewan’s head on Sunday.

The Tennessee Titans were adamant about one thing following their 38-13 season opening loss to the Arizona Cardinals Sunday at Nissan Stadium: They aren't going to make excuses.

Nearly one-third of families with children enrolled in Williamson County Schools have sought to opt out of the mask mandate the district implemented in August and is set to expire Sept. 21 at 11:59 p.m.

On a resolution put forth near the tail end of a special-called meeting of the Williamson County Board of Education Thursday night, members voted 8-4 to extend the current mask mandate of elementary schools in the Williamson County Schools district to also include middle and high schools.

The Williamson County Board of Education will have a special-called meeting Thursday, its second such meeting this month to address concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.

For decades, the 4-H program through the University of Tennessee’s Extension Office system has introduced thousands of school-aged children to educational opportunities in traditional subjects such as agriculture and home economics. 

Fairview Middle School will be closed Friday as 187 of the 560 students and 23 of the 77 faculty and other staff from the school are out due to illness.