Here's your local news at a glance for Friday, the 5th of June.
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🏘️ Community
The City of Hendersonville Parks Department will hold its next Hendersonville Hometown Jam called 'A Night For Live Love Nashville' on Friday, June 12 at Veterans Park (partnering with local nonprofit Live Love Nashville).
The Sumner Prevention Coalition hosts its 16th annual Wild West Team Rodeo fundraiser at Triple Creek Park in Gallatin on Friday and Saturday, June 6-7, featuring barrel racing, bull riding, calf roping and kid-friendly pony rides & multiple vendors.
Tickets are low cost with event gates opening at 6 p.m.
Members of the Primm Springs Family and Community Education (FCE) Club toured an English rose garden with vibrant blooms and winding pathways and enjoyed tea at Cecile Allen’s home, where spring flowers created a refined, timeless setting.
Newcomers & Community Members of Sumner County donated $8,100 to Grace Place, supporting safety, stability & lasting change for women and children.
The event featured a Summer Sizzle Fashion Show with Chicos of Hendersonville Fashions, a Purse for a Cause, and a luncheon at Bluegrass Country Club for 175 guests.
The NAACP Women’s Empowerment Luncheon “The Power of Us” will be held Saturday, June 27 from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in Hendersonville — tickets cost $50 and include a catered lunch, breakout sessions, and a panel discussion.
💼 Business
Sunburns and Slow Burns, a mobile bookstore run by Chelsi Vazquez, debuted at the Hendersonville Farmers & Artisans Market on May 24 and will visit local markets and coffee shops this summer.
The colorful trailer mostly features romance and other genres to share empowering stories with the community.
🎭 Culture
Grammy Award-winning country music star Steve Wariner is showcasing his largest solo exhibit at Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center in Hendersonville from June 21-July 26; the exhibit displays 60 paintings in oil, acrylic, watercolor, encaustic and mixed media + reflects his lifelong creative passion for both music and art.
🎓 Education
The Sumner County School Board approved its proposed 2026-27 general purpose budget of $423,966,443 on May 26, allocating $418,839,932 to operations and $5,126,511 to capital projects—pending County Commission approval on June 29 at 7 p.m.
Harper Jaggers, a Beech High graduate, has signed with the University of Kentucky Dance Team.
She will study Agriculture and Medical Biotechnology at UK and join UDA staff to teach summer dance clinics as she works toward a career as a Physician Assistant.
The General Jethro Sumner Chapter of DAR presented its Good Citizen Award to nine graduating seniors from Sumner County public high schools, including Autumn Lucy Gunter from Hendersonville High School.
The awards recognize dependability, service, leadership and patriotism.
Sumner County Schools are celebrating America’s 250th anniversary by giving every public school an official flag and all elementary and middle schools a framed Declaration of Independence — later this fall, each high school will receive a Liberty Tree to honor the milestone.
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