By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Customers of adult cabarets, including two on the west side of the Interstate 65 interchange at Cornersville, would have to pay a $10 state tax used to help victims of sex assault and domestic violence if pending legislation becomes law... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer A Columbia woman and a Kirkland businessman want land rezoned north of Chapel Hill so a restaurant may be opened. Last week, they cleared the first hurdle at Marshall County's Courthouse Annex. Sandra Buttrey and Joe Kelly Scales won a unanimous vote from planning commissioners on Feb. 19. County commissioners will consider the request March 25 to rezone 7.62 acres from an agricultural classification to a commercial zone... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer Thanks to the 2009 movie "Julie and Julia," starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams, a new generation is acquainted with Julia Child, and some, perhaps, have bought "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" and started using it. Two contemporaries of Child's are worth getting to know because they also profoundly influenced the way people cook and eat today... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Nearly three weeks after Lewisburg's May 7 election, Councilman Hershel Davis will celebrate his 80th birthday. His decision against running for a third term on the council became evident with his down home explanation: "I've got too much age on me."... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer State audit findings related to payments to football coaches at Marshall County High School were released last week. The Comptroller of the Treasury's office summarized the audit findings in a letter addressed to the director of schools and members of the board of education. The letter concludes with the statement, "The director and members of the school board should take immediate action to resolve these issues."... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer New jobs are coming to Lewisburg with the sale of a building constructed by the city to help attract employers, according to discussion at Marshall County commissioners' meeting Monday. A Japanese automotive supply company would employ 25 people in its first year and up to 100 in five years, County Mayor Joe Boyd Liggett said, adding, "We feel like that's being conservative" on the jobs projection... more

Thefts and vandalism reported Between Feb. 7 and 18, someone cut the lock from the side door of Reed Landscaping's enclosed construction trailer parked at the National Guard Armory in Lewisburg and took a number of items. They included a Stihl chop saw, a red twin-tank air compressor, and a Northern hydraulic cutter, worth a total of $2,030, and supplies, including aluminum pipe, pipe sleeves, and pipe stands, worth $4,112.50. ... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer CHAPEL HILL - After 30 years of service as police chief, Jackie King is retiring. "I'm in good health and while I am, I want to do stuff, so I'm going to do it," King said. He'll have more time with grandchildren, and spend two weeks in the mountains at a rustic cabin owned by a friend. His wife, Kay, wants to see a Broadway show, so they're going to New York this summer. His last day as chief is April 24... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer The Humane Society is "lobbying heavily" to increase punishment for cockfighting, but state Rep. Billy Spivey of Lewisburg is against that, he said Wednesday. "They're asking that the second offense be a felony and the first offense have a greater fine," Spivey said. "Gambling charges are available to the district attorney when a cockfight is busted."... more

Dylan P. Riddle, 21, of Sparta, was served with three warrants at Marshall County Jail. He is charged with vandalism over $500, reckless endangerment, and filing a false report. These charges arise from an incident on Feb. 11 when Riddle allegedly broke a sprinkler head off the fire suppression system in the jail, causing a flood in H pod. Bond: $8,500; court date: Feb. 26... more

A proposed law to protect student athletes who suffer concussions from risking further medical complications or death overcame its first hurdle this week with passage in Tennessee's Senate Education Committee. State Sen. Jim Tracy (R-Shelbyville) is sponsoring Senate Bill 882 to be sure guidelines are in place to help coaches, youth athletic instructors and parents recognize a concussion and its symptoms in order to keep an injured player from risking their health by returning to competition too soon.. ... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer The life-size statue of Midnight Sun, the most famous Walking Horse stallion ever, left Lewisburg on Valentine's Day to return to its original home at Dixie Plantation, Greenville, Fla. The statue was on loan to Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' and Exhibitors' Association, and stood in the Commemorative Garden in front of its building on North Ellington Parkway for almost 10 years... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer Four men and one woman have applied to replace retiring Judge Robert Crigler on the Circuit Court bench in the 17th Judicial District. They include three lawyers in private practice, and two who are employed by the state as assistant district attorneys... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Marshall County's election commission chairman and the elections administrator have concluded that Michael Farrar is a Lewisburg resident and qualified to run for mayor. While the decision rests with the election commission, Elections Administrator Tristan Arnold has documents from Farrar to support his residency claim. Commissioners meet at 9 a.m. Friday in the Hardison Office Annex to set the city's May 7 ballot... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer The director of schools is anxious to correct a bad impression given by an article in Friday's Tribune. "The coaching supplements have not increased," said Jackie Abernathy in a telephone interview Friday. "There's no more money being spent."... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer A Lewisburg woman who pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and received a split sentence is back in jail after violating the terms of her community corrections. Symetra Brown, 37, of Woodlawn Avenue, and her sister Tabitha Brown, 35, attacked and injured a 16-year-old girl from Nashville at Walmart in Lewisburg on June 19, 2011. The teenager allegedly told one of the sisters to pull up her pants because her thong was showing... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer A third Lewisburg man has tossed his hat in the ring to be a candidate in the May 7 race for mayor. Bill Williams of Creekside Drive filed his petition on Feb. 7 to be named on the city election ballot as a candidate for mayor... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Renovation of Marshall County's Courthouse is to be complete in about a month and, this evening, several county commissioners are to decide on the design of guardrails for the elevated sidewalk leading to a new front door for the building... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer A new program will allow local employers to try employees before they hire them. Connect2Work was explained by Sheryl Jordan of the South Central Tennessee Workforce Alliance at a Breakfast Brainstorm meeting held at Columbia State Community College Wednesday... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Marshall County's Emergency Medical Services director has what amounts to a new ambulance in service at a cost that's a fifth to a third less than what he might expect to have paid. "To get one like that, brand new, it would be closer to about $125,000," EMS Director Bill Reuter said of the ambulance a few steps from his office on South Ellington Parkway. "You can get a smaller unit for right at $100,000."... more