By Karen McNutt Special to the Tribune Performers in the Marshall County Community Theatre are on stage next week because of a Christmas show, obviously, but each has their own reason. Sometimes, it is the irresistible draw of something that just seems like a lot of fun. Other times, it takes some convincing to get people involved in local theatre... more

From Staff Reports Marshall County Community Theatre opens "When Christmas Comes To Town" late next week with shows on Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the old Dixie movie theatre. Show times for the theatre troupe's Christmas presentation are 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 7 and 8, with a Sunday matinee at 2 p.m., Dec. 9. Nancy George directs the program of choral music... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer A Marshall County man who has been in and out of trouble since he was 18 years old received a long sentence Wednesday for a series of burglaries he committed last year. A jury found Jason Fisher, 31, guilty of four aggravated burglaries, four felony thefts, and three misdemeanor vandalisms... more

From Staff Reports Two Christmas parades are scheduled for Saturday in Marshall County. The Lewisburg Rotary Club-sponsored parade starts at 2 p.m. at Westvue Church of Christ on Mooresville Road, and it goes all the way to the public square. The parade's theme is Christmas Melody... more

Arrested and charged with driving under the influence Andrea C. Parrish, 27, Milltown Road. Bond: $3,500; court date: Jan. 7. Additional charge: child neglect. Parrish's husband, Nolan F. Parrish, 28, Milltown Road, who was also in the car, was charged with public intoxication and child neglect. ... more

From Staff Reports Nearly 11 percent of Marshall County's 12,280 workforce was without a job during October, according to state figures released last week. The county's October 10.9 percent unemployment rate is two tenths of a percent higher than its 10.7 percent unemployment rate in September... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Table service at the Henry Horton State Park restaurant will include beer next year, according to the food and beverage director for Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. Beer and wine are already served at other Tennessee parks, and Marshall County's Beer Board on Monday authorized the state park at Chapel Hill to offer beer at its group lodge for conferences... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer Ground was broken with golden shovels Monday in the I-65 Commerce Park to mark the start of contruction of Lewisburg's newest industrial building. More than 50 people gathered at noon on the windswept hillside that will be transformed into a factory for Imperial Food Service and Red Cloud Food Service... more

Col. Jerry Cashion Memorial Service We lost a great friend on Nov. 2, 2012. His funeral was held in Pennsylvania, with his inurnment planned for Jan. 29 at Arlington Cemetery. Jerry attended elementary school in Lewisburg and graduated from Cornersville High School in 1981. He was in the US Army for 27 years, achieving the rank of Colonel... more

Funeral services for Charles Eugene Woodard will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012 from the chapel of London Funeral Home, with burial to follow in Lone Oak Cemetery. The family will be at London Funeral Home Friday, Nov. 23, from 4 until 8 p.m. and Saturday until the funeral hour for visitation... more

Arrested on a warrant for theft over $10,000 Kyle T. Fessel, 29, Forrest Run Drive. Bond: $7,500; court date: Dec. 18. According to the affidavit of complaint sworn by Special Agent Mitchell Thompson of CSX, Fessel, a railroad employee, stole $24,430-worth of wire from the CSX railroad yard in Lewisburg... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer Cornersville residents know they need improvements to their electrical service, but few were enthusiastic about having a 161-kV transmission line cross their property. Residents of the south end of Marshall County will see an improvement to their electrical service by November 2014, after a larger substation and new transmission line are built... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer BELFAST - A man who's known here for organizing fundraisers to benefit people in need lost his home Friday night when it was destroyed by fire. "I hate to lose what I lost, but I'm thankful for what I've got," Johnny Ray Cole said a day later when he and Vonda Cole were staying at a motel with help from the Marshall County Red Cross... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer The third and final defendant in a series of auto burglaries that shocked Lewisburg residents in December 2009 pleaded guilty last week and received a lengthy sentence. James E. Bragg Jr., 38, of Huntsville, was charged in five cases, and his sentences totaled nine years, of which he must serve 30 percent before being eligible for a parole board hearing. ... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer Volunteers are working six days a week at the Lewisburg Animal Shelter, and many goals for the Shelter have been accomplished. "Everything's great there," Tisha Poling told Lewisburg councilmen at their special called meeting last week... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Christmasville, the annual craft fair benefiting the American Red Cross, opens Saturday at Marshall County High School. "This is the sixth year," Red Cross Executive Director Joe Barocio said. "Most of the vendors we've had in the previous five years are coming back."... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Three shots were fired from a pickup truck at several people in front of a house on 7th Avenue near Franklin Road just before 6 p.m. Tuesday, police said Wednesday. Some of the boys at the house in the 600 block of 7th Avenue were in a fight Monday at Marshall County High School, Police Chief Chuck Forbis said. One of the boys was in the truck from which shots were fired... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer CHAPEL HILL - Aldermen decided this week to let the market decide how many liquor stores will be right for this north Marshall County town. Voters here supported a referendum 348 to 192 on Nov. 6 to permit state licensure of wine and spirits shops. Within a week, the town board made several adjustments to the ordinance on how permits would be issued... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer A Lewisburg man who pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated assault was sentenced to five years in prison last week. Billy Wayne Vestal, 65, of 5th Avenue North, admitted he pulled a knife on the victim on Jan. 22, according to the report by Lewisburg Police Officer Clyde Ragsdale... more

Arrested and charged with driving on a revoked license, speeding, evading arrest, and reckless endangerment *Wallace Greer III, 42, Nashville. Bond: $10,000; court date: Dec. 18. At 6:42 a.m. Nov. 9, a black Monte Carlo was clocked doing 68 mph in a 45 mph zone on Liberty Valley Road by Marshall County Sheriff's Deputy Layne Worsham. ... more