On Thursday, the Lincoln County Planning and Zoning Commission voted 4-1 to approve a site plan by Brown-Forman Corporation and Jack Daniels to allow them to continue to build and operate barrel houses.
Just two days earlier, a Lincoln County judge put a temporary halt to adding barrels of Jack Daniels whiskey to any of its warehouses until the commission made its decision.
Residents and business owners in both Lincoln and Moore counties have been battling the whiskey fungus that has emanated from the barrel houses. After complaints to the county commission, which included the filing of three lawsuits, the planning and zoning commission voted in favor of Brown-Forman.