Area News

Article by Steve Corlew The Lexington Board of Education moved forward with repairs to Caywood Elementary School during a special called meeting on Thursday, May 28th. The age, along with damage to the roof from Winter Storm Fern, prompted the board to accept a $551,091 quote from Insulated Roofing Systems. The board approved the expenditure…

NOTE:  In the print edition of this issue, the headline of this story was sized wrong, therefore Wood’s last name was cut off.  We apologize for this error.   Article by Steve Corlew Former Lexington City Recorder, Cody Wood, has filed a lawsuit for wrongful termination against the city of Lexington in federal court. According…

Article by Steve Corlew The Lexington City Board wrestled with issues that it cannot seem to escape, speed bumps, employee benefits, and the city budgets when they met on Tuesday, May 26th. The bottom line, those pesky speed bumps were going back down in Eastern Shores subdivision in July, and some of the city’s budgets…

Article by Steve Corlew The Henderson County Commission’s Budget Committee has started work on the county’s 2026-27 budgets reviewing department requests and projected revenue on Tuesday, May 19th, with hopes of not raising property taxes. The committee, made up of half of the regular county commission members (7), will meet again on Tuesday, June 9th,…

Article by Steve Corlew Last week Lexington Progress brought you the story about first responders being awarded a “Star of Life” for their quick action in saving a life in 2025 here in Lexington, however there is more to that story. Here is as Paul Harvey would say, “The Rest of the story.” A sixteen-year-old…

Article by Steve Corlew The Tennessee Comptroller of Treasury has given Henderson County a clean audit, a goal which Henderson County Finance Director has been working toward since taking office. Last year, her office had only one finding and the year before there was only one finding, that’s two findings in three years. Vineyard was…

Lexington Progress will be closed Monday, May 25th in observance of Memorial Day. Please note the deadline for next week’s edition, May 27th, will be this Friday, May 22nd at 4 p.m. Have a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend.

Article by Steve Corlew A granddaughter’s quick action and the emergency response of Henderson County First Responders resulted in the saving of a life and the awarding of a “Star of Life” recently. Last year, a Henderson County man had a “sinkable episode” which turned into a cardiac arrest. Luckily his teenage granddaughter was there,…

Article by Steve Corlew The Lexington Industrial Development Board (IDB) discussed the possible sell of property in the Timberlake Industrial Park, the development of the board’s website, and an equipment lease during its meeting on Thursday, May 14th, at noon. The Industrial Development Board meets only when it has business and was established… For complete…

Article by Steve Corlew The Henderson County Board of Education executive session with attorney Jack Hinson on Thursday, May 14th did not have anything to do with the Scotts Hill graduation issues as reported in the May 20th edition.  The session covered another legal matter.  We apologize for this error.