Arrested and charged with criminal trespass and theft under $500 Just before midnight June 30, Lewisburg Police Officer Jennifer McDonald saw a young woman staggering around in the front yard of a house on Fayetteville Highway, screaming profanity. A man came out of the house and said he was giving a party, and the young woman was a guest. As a result of this incident, the following arrests were made... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer A 39-year-old Limestone, Tenn., man was arrested Wednesday and booked into the Marshall County Jail on charges related to the manufacture of methamphetamine. Alexander Carr Smith was arrested by Lewisburg Police Officer Larry Hardin in conjunction with police action by the 17th Judicial District Drug Task Force, according to booking records at the jail... more

From staff reports Lewisburg's Fourth of July Parade Committee consists of one person and he's pressed his office secretary into service as parade entries are being registered before Wednesday morning. As a result, Parade Chairman Jamie Bone needs volunteers, according to an announcement issued by Ritaanne Weaver, executive director of the Marshall County Chamber of Commerce... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer A young Lewisburg man was indicted by the grand jury Wednesday, charged with the theft of metal from a builder's storage site. The indictment came on the same day as one of the others accused of the theft pleaded guilty. James Anthony Robison Jr., 19, of Collins Hollow Road was charged with 10 counts of theft of concrete forms from a Brown Builders Construction Inc. ... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Back yard cook-outs are just part of the fun during holidays, but they are an American tradition on Independence Day and other occasions, and so it was at Henry Horton State Park last weekend. Marshall County dairy farmer Tony White brought his big propane grill to the picnic tables near the Duck River where County Mayor Joe Boyd Liggett worked side-by-side with other volunteers to remove trash from the scenic river... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer A Virginia man was arrested Monday and charged with initiating the process of cooking methamphetamine in a Lewisburg motel where three crews cleaned several rooms Tuesday. Jackie Wayne Miller Jr., 38, of Sugar Grove, Va., was arrested by the 17th Judicial District Drug Task Force and booked into the Marshall County Jail at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday on a charge of "initiation of process," a recently enacted state law... more

Funeral services for Daisy Honey Rozell Wells, 98, of Petersburg, who passed away Thursday, June 28, 2012, at the Donalson Care Center, will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 1, at the Petersburg Cumberland Presbyterian Church with Troy Green and Doy Holman officiating. Gallant-Riverview Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Burial will follow in Head Springs Cemetery... more

Funeral services for Micheal Edward Blackwell will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 30, at Bills-McGaugh Funeral Home with Bro. Mike Giles officiating. Burial will be at Short Cemetery in the Spring Place Community. The family will receive visitors on from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, June 29, at the funeral home and after 10 a.m. on Saturday... more

Fireworks and open burning are banned until further notice in Lewisburg, Cornersville and Petersburg, managers in those municipalities have announced. Meanwhile there's a ban against open burning but not against shooting fireworks in Chapel Hill, and Marshall, Maury, Giles, Cheatham, Dickson, Gibson, and Sumner counties. more

Special to the Tribune NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Marshall County was among the 87 Tennessee counties that suffered an increase in unemployment when April and May figures were compared last week by the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The increase was three-tenths of 1 percent. ... more

Thefts and vandalism reported Arrested and charged with driving under the influence Arrested and charged with driving on a revoked license Arrested and charged with domestic assault Arrested and charged with public intoxication Arrested on a warrant for theft by deception over $1,000... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Marshall County's property tax rate should increase 13 cents to $3.22 from $3.09 because of the property reappraisal taking effect this year, according to the Tennessee Board of Equalization. County commissioners on the Budget Committee faced that fact of life on Thursday evening as they received a report from County Budget Director Freda Terry who was relaying information from Assessor of Property Linda Haislip and the state... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Nearly 100 youngsters, parents, grandparents and other library patrons enjoyed an hour-long puppet show last week in Lewisburg where the summer reading program comes to a close Thursday. "If you can read, you can do anything," according to Ed and Robin May, the proprietors and performers of Runaway Puppet Theater who told the story of Rip Van Winkle in Marshall County's Memorial Library on the north side of Rock Creek Park... more

By Anthony Puca Staff Writer It was nearly two weeks ago that former Marshall County High School football coach Tom Turchetta was released from his employment by Marshall County Schools Director Jackie Abernathy and what followed was silence, rumors, innuendos, anger, and uncertainty... more

Mary Ann Hickman, 68, of Lynnville, died Saturday, June 23, 2012, in Vanderbilt Hospital. Mrs. Hickman was a native of Giles County, and daughter of the late George W. and Harriette Hoge Stallings. She was retired from the Marshall County Board of Education as manager of the Cornersville High School cafeteria where she worked for 34 years. She attended the Robertson Fork Church of Christ for 57 years and Lynnville Church of Christ for the past 11 years... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer Shots were fired at a home on Springplace Road Monday night, and a Lewisburg man was charged with aggravated assault, resisting arrest, and possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Robert E. Fitz Jr., 67, of Monte Murrey Road, had been visiting with neighbors in Springplace Road, according to the report by Marshall County Sheriff's Deputy Larry Hardin. ... more

From staff reports MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Police on Wednesday found an SUV described as the car that hit a man who grew up in Lewisburg last weekend, police said. Donald Faulkner, 22, "is still in stable condition" in Vanderbilt University Medical Center after arriving at the hospital by Life Flight helicopter on June 16 at 1:09 a.m., Vanderbilt spokeswoman Ashley Culver said Thursday... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer A Lewisburg man is facing life in prison after a jury pronounced him guilty of first-degree murder Wednesday at the end of a two and a half day trial. Phillip Burgess, 33, was accused of murdering Joey Perryman, 48, on Aug. 7, 2011, at No. 7, Martin Street Apartments... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer CHAPEL HILL - Millions of shoes are moving through the Genesco warehouse here and, given recent developments, it would appear that number would grow. "Dockers purchased a company, so we're distributing an entirely new line of shoes," plant manager David Turrentine said during a break from his work at the building usually referred to as Dockers... more

From staff reports There are only eight business days left to register to vote in Marshall County's general election on Aug. 2. July 3rd is the last day to register to vote and early voting starts Friday the 13th next month, County Elections Director Tristan Arnold said this week... more