Loretto Police Department

09/11/2025

Never Forget.

09/04/2025

On September 3rd Robert Timothy Lance was arrested for Aggravated Assault. A contractor pressure washing at Weather's Park reported that Lance approached him around 10am and began harassing him by impeding his work and videoing him with a cellphone. During the incident Lance retrieved a firearm from his vehicle and threatened the contractor. The contractor left and called police.
While being arrested and booked, Lance made several statements threatening the Mayor, City Manager, Aldermen, and Police Chief. Lance was also charged with making Terrorist Threats as a result of these statements. A search warrant was obtained and executed at Lance’s residence where the firearm used in the assault and others were seized.
Lance was booked into the Lawrence County Jail and has a $110,000 bond with a first appearance in General Sessions set for October. Officers were assisted by the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department, St. Joseph Police Department, Constables Randy Tucker and Tony Lancaster.

Lance is innocent until proven guilty.

07/29/2025

All you “I’d rather be hot than cold” folks better enjoy the next 2 days! Make sure any animals that are outside have shade and water. If you have neighbors without air conditioning, please check on them.

07/07/2025

Is this your puppy? Message us for the pickup location. Found on East Main Street (Hwy 101).

07/04/2025

For the one in the red box, if you could have two ziplock bags ready for us. One with ice and one without, we’re sure the person who lost said hand would appreciate it.

06/16/2025

Loretto Lions Club
First Responders Wing Cookoff
July 19th, 2025
Weathers Park 200 W. Commerce St. Loretto, TN

Judged Awards
Grand Prize $2000
2nd $1000
3rd $500
People’s Choice Award $1000

Teams will supply any item needed to cook.
20lbs of wings will be provided to teams.
Registration fee $50 per team.
Early Bird discount - Pre-register by 6-30-25 for only $40 per team.
Registration from 9-11am on the day of event at the Loretto Senior Citizens building.
Setup begins at 8:00 am.
Teams will need to be ready for inspection by 11:30 am.
Gates will open to the public at 2:00pm.

Rules:
Any EMS, Fire, Rescue Squad, Law Enforcement, Air Evac and 911 Operators may enter a team. Each Department can have as many teams as they want but each team can consist of no more than 4 members.
Each team will be provided with a 10’ x 10’ cooking area
No vehicles are to remain in the cooking area. Once the setup is completed, unloaded vehicles must be moved to the parking area.
Each team competing shall supply all their cooking ingredients, individual cooking devices, utensils, preparation tables, etc. Teams may use any type of cooker desired. Power will not be supplied.
Each team must have one garbage can. Trash bags will be provided.
Each team should provide their own bucket of sand for cigarette butt disposal within their individual team area.
Water stations will be nearby.
Each team must have one larger cooler to store wings with ice.
Cooking can start any time after inspection.
Teams will receive a turn in plate at inspection.
Each team will turn in 7 wings for the blind judging.
Teams will cook all 20lbs of wings. Wings will be sampled by individuals with tickets for the People’s Choice Award.
The team’s captain will be held responsible for the conduct of his team and his guests. Under NO circumstances wings are to be distributed without tickets, beverages (including alcohol) to be distributed (given away or sold) to the general public by the teams or their contestants. The Loretto Lions Club requests and requires that good taste be used with team conduct during the contest.
Pit Master meeting at 11:45am at the Senior Citizens building. The team captain must attend for rules and Q/A.
No animals in the team area.
Turn in time for Judged Wings is 4:00-4:30pm at the Senior Citizens building side door. Teams must be in line at 4:30 or wings will not be accepted.
Restrooms are available in the park
Teams can load out after the Awards Ceremony. It is the responsibility of each team to see that the cooking area is cleaned, and all equipment removed from the site following the contest.
People’s Choice:
Judging will take place from 3:00pm to 5:00pm by the spectators.
Votes must be turned in by 5:00pm to be tallied.


The Awards Ceremony will be at the Pavilion at 6:00pm.

05/20/2025

This storm will enter our area if it holds together. Remember the NOAA radios are offline so if you know someone who depends on those please contact them and have them monitor Tennessee Valley Weather for the latest.

05/20/2025

NOAA Weather Radios for our area will be down tomorrow. Make sure you have a reliable source for weather information.

To clarify the information about the NOAA Weather Radio outage, it is ONLY the counties serviced by the Nashville and Birmingham NWS offices that are affected today, Tuesday, and Wednesday. The counties serviced by the Huntsville office are ***NOT*** affected by this. This also ONLY affects the NOAA weather radios. This does ***NOT*** affect smart phone apps, sirens, TV and FM/AM radio stations relaying warnings, or any other methods of sending out watches and warnings.

Another note, this outage was scheduled at the national HQ level, and the local NWS offices have ZERO control or power to change it or reschedule it. While this is impactful and not a good thing, and you have the legitimate right to be upset if you are affected by this outage, this is NOT the fault of the local offices at Nashville and Birmingham. Please do not blame them. This is beyond their control.

04/25/2025

Heavy rain is causing flooding is several areas of town and the county. Please use caution and turn around…don’t drown!

03/22/2025

Your 2025 Boys State Basketball Champions, THE 35-0 LORETTO MUSTANGS will be coming through town to the new Barn at 7pm.

Join us there to celebrate their historic perfect season!

03/13/2025

Could get rough weather wise starting tomorrow. Please have a reliable source of weather information for the weekend.

01/29/2025

Use caution while traveling this morning!

Heavy fog and just below freezing temps are causing some patches of ice on roads. Especially in low lying areas and where the road is sheltered by trees. Conditions should improve once temps rise.