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Early Morning Fire Destroys Camper, Spreads to Abandoned Home—Puppy Rescued Safely

Issue #453

May 31, 2025

In this What’s Up Columbia issue…

🌤️ Columbia’s Weather - Mostly sunny w/ high of 82 & low of 61

📰 Early Morning Fire Destroys Camper, Spreads to Abandoned Home—Puppy Rescued Safely

📰 Spring Hill GM Plant Adds Two New Electric Cadillacs to Production Line

📌 June 14: 7th Annual Blueberry Festival

🗓 List of Upcoming Events (LOTS of Yard Sales!)

🎵 This Week’s Live Music

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Early Morning Fire Destroys Camper, Spreads to Abandoned Home—Puppy Rescued Safely

From Maury County Fire Department’s post…

At 4:17am this [Friday] morning units were dispatched to a reported structure fire on Terrapin Branch Rd. Rescue 21 was clearing a motor vehicle accident in the Hampshire Community when the call was dispatched. An immediate mutual aid request for Mount Pleasant FD was made due to multiple calls going on at the same time. 

Responding units: Engine 25, Tanker 21, Brush 22, Deputy 20 and a Mount Pleasant FD Engine Company. Units arrived to find a camper fully involved that had caught a dilapidated home on fire as well. A search of the apparent abandoned structure did show signs of someone living in it and units located a puppy inside and removed it. No occupants were located. The fire was quickly contained but due to multiple roof lines overhaul was extensive. 

Special thanks to Mount Pleasant Fire for their response.

Spring Hill GM Plant Adds Two New Electric Cadillacs to Production Line

The General Motors plant in Spring Hill celebrated a milestone on Thursday, marking the launch of two new electric Cadillacs being built at the facility. The plant will now produce the Cadillac Vistiq and the high-performance Lyriq V Series — recognized as the fastest Cadillac ever manufactured. The Lyriq has also earned international acclaim, recently being named German Luxury Car of the Year.

The event highlighted the plant’s continued evolution and flexibility in meeting modern customer demands while expanding its role in GM’s electric vehicle future.

Adding to the celebration, country music artist Johnny Dailey took the stage with a live performance of his latest song, “Factory Man,” paying tribute to the hardworking spirit behind the vehicles built in Spring Hill.

June 14: 7th Annual Blueberry Festival

It’s the 7th annual Highland Realm Blueberry Bash! Join us Saturday, June 14, 2025 from 3pm-8pm for a day of family fun!!

We will have blueberry pickin, live music featuring Yonder Grove, tons of craft vendors, yummy food trucks, a margarita and beer truck, horseback riding, a giant water slide, creek wading, face painting, cornhole, and a huge kid zone, and a whole lot more!

Entry is $5 each. Kids 5 under are free.

Come enjoy Hampshire Tennessee’s biggest festival of the year and the sweetest, 100% herbicide and pesticide-free blueberries around. For questions or vendor inquiries, email [email protected].

See you on the farm!

4443 Hampshire Pike, Hampshire, TN

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🎵 This Week’s Live Music

Saturday, May 31st

Martin Lane, Amber Falls Winery, 3:00 - 7:00 PM
TBA, Buck & Board, 5:00 - 8:00 PM
Los San Petricios, McCreary’s Irish Pun 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Vinyl 4, Rebel Bar & Grill, 7:30 PM
Troy Castelland, Puckett’s, 7:30 - 9:00 PM
BlueAshes, Embers, 8:00 PM
Broke By Monday, Fozzy’s Bar & Grill, 8:00 - 11:00 PM
Zone Status, The Boondox, 8:00 - 11:00 PM

Sunday, May 25th

Steven Cade, Amber Falls Winery, 1:00-5:00 PM
Reba’s Hairdo, Fozzy’s Bar & Grill, 4:00-7:00 PM
Jay Hoppus, Puckett’s, 6:00-7:30 PM

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