Eddie Mccrary News Today

View Comments Rutherford County operated its own landfill for many years but eventually decided to turn the legwork over to a company that had credentials to do so. Plans to convert 410 acres into a landfill off East Jefferson Pike in the late 1980s went uncontested by the public. By 1995, county officials realized they were in over their heads. At least five elected officials serving at the time still hold public office. "I think what was going through most of the minds of the commissioners ba...