The Rutherford County Library System has loaded up its bright new teal bookmobile and is headed to outlying areas across the county. Although the premiere stop for the bookmobile occurred on Wednesday, July 10 in Green Hill, the full schedule for all stops will be released the first of August. After a 30-year hiatus when the bookmobile came off the road (1990s) the new bookmobile has people across Rutherford County quite excited to see these wheels rolling again.

Katie Krueger, 22, the area director for YouthWorks in Rutherford County, has been coordinating mission projects here with dozens of volunteers and adult leaders since June. The final YouthWorks team leaves the first week of August and their impact on Rutherford County has been amazing, said those who have worked with the youth.

A photography student at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois, and a member of the Illinois Army National Guard, is spending her summer of 2024 in Forest City, photographing the Coastal Plain League's Forest City Owls.

The week of July 6th marks the 10th anniversary of the first horse show ever hosted at Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC) in Mill Spring. The occasion will be marked at Saturday Night Lights with special fanfare surrounding the $120,000 Camp Electric Co. Grand Prix CSI 3*.