Marshall County is among 35 Tennessee counties which the Federal Emergency Management Agency has declared eligible for federal disaster assistance as a result of the ice storms and flooding in mid-February. ''This is great news for those counties hit hard by the recent winter storms. If some of the costs can be recovered, it certainly will help," said Marshall County Mayor Joe Boyd Liggett... more

by Ivory Riner Staff Writer The well-known Dont'a Hightower is to have the road off of 1st Avenue North, at the entrance of Rock Creek Park, to be designated in his honor if a proposal to that effect passes through the City Council during next week's meeting... more

By Ivory Riner Staff Writer Hale Hawkins, the owner of Lewisburg Printing and Hawk Converting, has announced plans to expand Lewisburg Printing Company to the site of the old Wiles Ford dealership. The vacant building, located on the corner of East Commerce Street and Legion Avenue, was in the process of being demolished after catching fire and burning to the ground in September... more

By Ivory Riner Staff Writer The Marshall County Board of Education and a former Oak Grove Elementary School teacher have been accused of negligence and abuse in a federal lawsuit seeking more than a half-million dollars in damages. The suit, filed March 20 by Thomas Spiller, alleges that Oak Grove Elementary School teacher Amy Thompson Morris abused Spiller's disabled son. ... more

By Ivory Riner Staff Writer Widening the turn radius at the intersection of West Commerce Street and Heil Quaker Road, updating the Housing Code and reconstructing the bridge on East Commerce Street are a few of the things to be done around Lewisburg, making it cleaner, prettier and safer... more

By Ivory Riner Staff Writer A citizen's visit to the Lewisburg Police Department, the concern of a teenager and proactive police work. Those are some of the key elements in a scenario that landed a Lewisburg couple in jail facing multiple child abuse charges last week... more

By Ivory Riner Staff Writer Marshall County High School graduate Jessica Beard Morrison is the recipient of the Excellence in Journalism Award for her article, "How Engineers Use Ground Freezing to Build Bigger, Safer and Deeper," which appeared in NOVA Next on Oct. 30, 2013... more

By Ivory Riner Staff Writer Gage Blackwell had something to brag about when he attended school on Monday. He sang with one of the most well-known country singers in history - Dolly Parton. Gage, 12, has Down Syndrome, but mother Lynnae Blackwell doesn't like for people to feel sorry for him... more

By Ivory Riner Staff Writer With prom approaching, School Resource Officer at Cornersville High School, Michael Galyon of the Marshall County Sheriff's Department, staged a mock disaster Wednesday. A mock disaster mimics a scenario to demonstrate how it would be if it were real... more

By Ivory Riner Staff Writer Maybe running and lifting weights isn't your thing and you need to shed a few pounds before summer hits. Have you ever thought about bicycling? On April 11 a competitive "Hell of the South" bicycle race is to be held in memory of Dr. Laray Rector... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer Lewisburg's mayor, Jim Bingham, has been appointed to the Tennessee Duck River Development Agency. His term runs until Dec. 31, 2016. "In the thorough, aggressive search for candidates, your individual characteristics and professional qualifications were exceptional among the number of nominees who expressed interest," wrote Gov. Bill Haslam when he confirmed the appointment in a letter dated March 18... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer Members of the county's 911 Board heard about problems old and new at their monthly meeting Wednesday. The only municipality which has not signed the interlocal agreement to participate in Marshall County's consolidated 911 dispatch service, and paid for their share of it, is Cornersville... more

By Ivory Riner Staff Writer The Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) association held a luncheon Friday at First United Methodist Church's McKnight Center. The CASA association's goal is to support and promote court-appointed volunteer advocacy so that every abused and neglected child can be safe, establish permanence and have the opportunity to thrive... more

By Ivory Riner Staff Writer The Marshall County Chiropractic Center held its sixth annual Easter egg hunt Saturday morning. Due to upcoming construction, the Easter egg hunt was held at the Lewisburg Recreation Center instead of Rock Creek Park, where it had been held for the past five years... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer Further legal advice will be needed to clarify the city's position on post-employment benefits for long-serving Lewisburg employees who retire. This was Treasurer Donna Park's conclusion the morning after an 80-minute council work session Monday night... more

Thefts and vandalism reported In January a Honda dirt bike worth $750, two saddles worth $2,400 and four flags worth a total of $160 were stolen from a property on Coosie Branch Road, Cornersville. A Lewisburg man reported to police someone used his Social Security number to buy five iPhone Six for a total of $2,500 from a Verizon store in Brooklyn, N.Y... more

By Ivory Riner Staff Writer Frances Cutler-Hahn, a courageous woman who escaped the Holocaust in the 1940s, spoke to Marshall County High School students Tuesday. Hahn was born in 1938 in Paris, France, a period where anti-semitism, a prejudice against, hatred of, or discrimination against Jews, was rampant... more

By Ivory Riner Staff Writer The school board approved plans for renovations to the Forrest School gymnasium at a specially called meeting Monday night. "The old gym is in shambles. You can stand in the middle of it and see outside all of the way around where the roof and walls meet," Director of Schools Jackie Abernathy said... more

From Staff Reports Over the past several months, information related to illegal drug activity in Marshall County has been obtained from from law enforcement officers of all agencies in the county, as well as from concerned citizens of our communities... more

By Erik Schelzig and Lucas L. Johnson II Associated Press NASHVILLE (AP) -- Tennessee House committees are increasingly gathering in cramped, tucked-away conference rooms in the legislative office complex to hold secret "pre-meetings" to discuss pending legislation. The public isn't informed or invited... more