Current Headlines
Council Debates Another Cell Tower Location
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff WriterAt the Jan. 13 meeting, the Sewanee Community Council and residents debated yet another possible cell tower location in addition to the Lake Cheston site and Read more...
Council Considers Concerns about Fiber Optic Cost
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff WriterAt the Jan. 13 meeting, the Sewanee Community Council revisited a discussion about how to apportion the expense of installing fiber optic infrastructure on Read more...
Response to Lake Cheston Cell Tower Site
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff WriterDuring the community discussion about the proposed Lake Cheston cell tower site, two points of general agreement surfaced: one, the need for improved cell Read more...
Ward to Present ‘Stiff’ at the Tennessee Williams Center
by Bailey Basham, Messenger Staff WriterIn 2015, Sherry Ward sat in a neurologist’s office, the third one in the past few months, hopeful that she would finally have some answers. She’d been Read more...
‘Mine 21’ to Broadcast on PBS
“Mine 21” is a short documentary about the fatal coal mine explosion in Marion County. A 15-minute version of the film was screened in the communities affected by the Mine 21 disaster in 2018. Read more...
Get Financially Fit
by Bailey Basham, Messenger Staff WriterWhat made it to your list of New Year’s resolutions this year? In January 2019, Inc., a magazine aimed at helping small businesses grow, reported saving Read more...
SUD Commissioner Election: Meet the Candidates
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff WriterThree area residents are vying for a seat on the board of commissioners of the Sewanee Utility District of Franklin and Marion Counties: Beeler Brush, Doug Read more...
University’s Winter Convocation, Jan. 17
Three distinguished University alumni will receive honorary degrees during the Winter Convocation to be held at 4:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 17, to mark the opening of the spring semester. Honorary degrees Read more...
Free Apps: the New Currency is Data
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer“The currency of the time is data,” said David Shipps, laying the groundwork for his talk on “Business Ethics Questions and the Apps on Your Phone.” Read more...
University of the South Cell Tower Planning Update
ReminderThe drone demonstration and related community gathering are rescheduled for January 8 with a second demonstration on January 13. The demonstrations will be at 3 p.m., specifically from 3:-3:20 Read more...