By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer An Alabama contractor anticipates completion next summer of a 52-unit apartment complex with buildings valued at $5 million on New Columbia Highway. "We're looking for growth and to help the community and make affordable housing available," said Jay Belew, project manager for Greer Construction LLC of Rogersville, Ala... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Marshall County's school maintenance crew should repair the roofs they can with resources they've got now and look to county commissioners for more money in next year's budget. That's the recommendation from the school board's maintenance committee. The panel met Tuesday at the central office where discussion showed roofs over Westhills Elementary and Lewisburg Middle School would be repaired first... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer A Lewisburg councilman opposes changing an ordinance regulating where establishments serving liquor by the drink may be located, even though this may prevent a quality restaurant from coming to the downtown area. At a special-called meeting earlier this month, City Manager Tommy Engram proposed changes to the municipal code, reducing the required distance from 500 feet to 50 feet between a restaurant serving alcohol and a church... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Descriptions of rain water leaking through school roofs on Monday may have seemed overly dramatic Monday night during the Marshall County school board meeting. However, stained walls bore silent testimony Tuesday as students, teachers and a principal pointed to where water was dripping through the ceiling and threatening electronic equipment... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Marshall County planning commissioners on Tuesday unanimously voted against rezoning Waste Management property so the company might expand Cedar Ridge Landfill. The planners' recommendation is to be considered by county commissioners Monday in the Courthouse Annex on Lewisburg's public square. Some close observers predict approval of the company's request to expand the landfill... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer A Marshall County jury deliberated for less than an hour Thursday afternoon before returning a guilty verdict in the case of Jason Fisher, 31. Fisher was found guilty of four aggravated burglaries, two felony thefts, two misdemeanors thefts, and two counts of vandalism... more

Arrested on bench warrants for auto burglary, theft, vandalism, and fraudulent use of a credit card Thefts and vandalism reported Arrested and charged with theft of property and resisting stop-halt-frisk-arrest Served with three summons for passing worthless checks... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Tennessee's Criminal Appeals Court has dismissed charges against a Lewisburg man incarcerated on a contempt charge in connection with his failure to pay child support. "It's time I can't get back," said Adrian Bennielle Hill, who spent nearly six months in jail. "It's not a win for me. It's a win for anybody who might find themselves in this situation... more

From staff reports The secretary of the Marshall County Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People objects to reassignment of a black administrator in the school system to a teaching job. Schools Director Jackie Abernathy's statements on "redistribution of minorities paint a pretty picture, but do not tell the real truth of what the director has done to the morale and integrity of minorities ... employed by the system," branch secretary Rochelle Alexander says... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer A two-story red brick building that stood for decades on First Avenue North was taken down within four hours Thursday. Overgrown with kudzu, the red house had been a school and a dwelling, but had been a target of Lewisburg codes enforcement officers since fall 2009, or earlier... more

Area property owners should be on the lookout for a mail solicitation that encourages them to obtain a copy of their deed in exchange for a rather large processing fee. "This has been happening all across the state," said Marshall County Register of Deeds Dorris Wayne Weaver. "We charge 15 cents per page for uncertified copies and $1 per page for certified copies," he continues... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer Closing arguments were being heard in a local burglary case Thursday. Jason Fisher, 31, formerly of Woodbridge Drive, denies responsibility for the four cases of aggravated burglary he is charged with. The victims were homeowners on Woodbridge Drive, and the thefts happened almost a year ago, between Sept. 26 and Oct. 2... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Nearly 500 people on Tuesday remembered the 9/11 terrorist attacks as area residents gathered in Rock Creek Park, where a recording of "Have You Forgotten?" was played before speakers addressed the audience. "We can never forget what happened 11 years ago today," said Wayne Coomes, a retired Marine colonel and former police chief here. A 21-gun salute was fired and taps were played for "our dearly departed," he said... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer A non-profit organization that trains and lands jobs for wounded military veterans will open a location in second floor offices at Marshall Medical Center, according to announcements Tuesday in Lewisburg. "A contract is not signed with the medical center, but we are in agreement to move forward," said Skip Rogers, a retired Army colonel serving as executive director of Able Forces, the non-profit group represented in Rock Creek Park during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony.. ... more

A Marshall County jury deliberated for less than an hour Thursday afternoon before returning a guilty verdict in the case of Jason Fisher, 31. Fisher was found guilty of four aggravated burglaries, two felony thefts, two misdemeanors thefts, and two counts of vandalism. He will be sentenced in November... more

Mrs. Pallen Jordan, 88, of the Berlin Community, died Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, in Maury Regional Hospital. Mrs. Jordan was a native of Marshall County and a daughter of the late John I. and Janie Lee Truelove Carpenter. She was a homemaker and member of the Hickory Heights Church of Christ. She worked for several years in the Trustee's office in the Courthouse. She was a volunteer at Marshall Medical Center, and a member of the Farm Bureau Women... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Marshall County sales tax collections will be $300,000 more than what was collected last year, according to projections by the executive director of the Joint Economic and Community Development Board. It will be the third year in a row for sales growth, JECDB Executive Director Mike Wiles said Friday when reviewing state statistics. "We've shown that steady growth and it shows in month-to-month figures."... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Lewisburg has lost a quiet and thoughtful statesman. Robert O. "Bob" Binkley died Sunday at home in his easy chair. He was 80. "It is impossible to overstate the impact he had ... over 30 years, especially in the area of industrial development," former Mayor Bob Phillips said... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Marshall County residents continue to manage and win at the Tennessee State Fair as the annual celebration of agriculture and American pastimes continues through next weekend in Nashville. Samantha Reese, 15, daughter of Marty and John Reese of Reese Cattle on the Marshall County side of Petersburg, has been to the state fair every year since she was two years old because of the family business and 4-H... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer Lewisburg's industrial development director may be out of the country, but the work of promoting the city to manufacturers continues without him. "They sure are getting interested in Lewisburg," said City Manager Tommy Engram, explaining in Greg Lowe's absence he will be making a presentation in Atlanta... more