Entire Burns police force wearing vests, church helped

By Josh Arntz The Dickson Herald Published May 9, 2012 Burns police officers are wearing new, custom-fit bullet-resistant vests courtesy of a local church and grant funding. The Covenant Church Assembly of God congregation donated a GH Armor Systems vest...

Crouch: No more civil forfeiture

Editor's note: This is the second story in a two-part series By Josh Arntz The Dickson Herald Published Nov. 28, 2014 If you've ever carried cash in an old coffee can on the way to buy a used car you...

Crouch, Beasley respond to Hankins’ report

Editor's note: This is the first story in a two-part series By Josh Arntz The Dickson Herald Published Nov. 26, 2014 The local district attorney general and drug task force director defended their agents' and drug canine's actions during a...

Son kills mother at local nursing home

Shooter turned gun on himself By Josh Arntz The Dickson Herald Published Nov. 9, 2011 A man shot and killed his mother, then turned the gun on himself Monday afternoon at a local nursing home. Dickson Police Detective Chad Fussell...

SWAT school sets standard for district

By Josh Arntz The Dickson Herald Published Oct. 15, 2011 The Dickson police and county sheriff's office Special Weapons and Tactics teams merged in 2000. Eleven years later their combined efforts have resulted in one of the most extensive SWAT...

Bartlett convicted for Dickson woman’s death

By Josh Arntz The Dickson Herald Published Jan. 2, 2015 A Gainsboro man was convicted last month for the death of a Dickson woman in summer 2013. Dustin Dwayne Bartlett, 27, pleaded guilty Dec. 16 to criminal negligent homicide in...

Survey: Lax attitude to alcohol

Schools and drug coalition polled students in April By Josh Arntz The Dickson Herald Published June 1, 2012 A little over 64 percent of Dickson County students surveyed in April said they have never smoked a cigarette. About 54 percent...