From Staff Reports NEW YORK - Reader's Digest has reached a decision about Lewisburg. The national publication is featuring Marshall County's seat of government as having placed third in its weekly newsletter contest. The competition conducted last month found that Lawrence, Kan., was the winner of the Most Interesting Town in America contest. Placing second was Peachtree City, Ga... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Skyrise Windows of Linden, Tenn., has been cleaning up again in Lewisburg this week as a city resident worked nearby and found his mother's advice is still true. Marshall County hires Skyrise to wash its windows and Zac Crandall, 35, of Lewisburg, has been working as a glazier and outside maintenance man at the old Post Office... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer A city employee is doing a fantastic job, and deserves financial rewards for it, the Industrial Development Board agreed at its meeting Tuesday. The employee is, of course, Greg Lowe, who recently signed up a new industry for Lewisburg's I-65 Commerce Park... more

Funeral services for Mrs. Sara Woods Bigham will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 10, from the chapel of Bills McGaugh Funeral Home with Jeff Eason and Claude McMillion officiating. Burial will follow in Lone Oak Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be held on Sunday, June 10, from 1 p.m. until the funeral hour... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Security has been added to the reasons to recreate the west side door to the Marshall County Courthouse, according to county leaders, including budget committeemen who've authorized an architect to round up construction contractors qualified to bid on the job... more

From staff reports NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Gov. Bill Haslam has signed into law legislation sponsored by Sen. Jim Tracy to reduce the growing problem of metal theft in Tennessee. The new law puts stiffer penalties into place on both the selling and the purchasing of stolen metals. Tracy of Shelbyville got the bill passed in the final days of the 2012 session... more

Arrested and charged with disorderly conduct Thefts and vandalism reported Arrested and charged with driving under the influence Arrested and charged with aggravated assault Arrested on a warrant for domestic assault Arrested and charged with driving on a revoked license... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer A small group of women are now prepared to take advantage of Free Fishing Day this Saturday, thanks to a clinic run by Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Officer Doug Lowery. Six women gathered at the Cornersville First Baptist Church's fellowship hall last Saturday, for the clinic sponsored by the church and by the TWRA. ... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Leaders of Marshall County offices have been asking commissioners on the various committees to support their requests for employee pay raises. "Respectfully," Sheriff Norman Dalton repeatedly said as he made points to substantiate his request to increase pay, add an officer here and there for better protection, and to buy used Ford Crown Victoria patrol cars because they're bigger than Chevrolet cruisers... more

From Staff Reports A small, Franklin, Tenn.-based private college that specializes in interior architectural and graphic design, merchandizing, advertising and fashion is teaching class on Lewisburg's public square again this summer. It's in conjunction with the Lewisburg Downtown Alliance of merchants and property owners around the Marshall County Courthouse. ... more

SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. - With United States Department of Agriculture veterinarians and compliance officers present throughout the event, more than 97% of the horses inspected at the 42nd annual Celebration Fun Show were compliant with the Horse Protection Act that is designed to eliminate soring in the training of Tennessee Walking Horses... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer A public meeting later this month is the first step towards more road improvements in Marshall County. The Tennessee Department of Transportation is holding the meeting from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, June 28, at Oak Grove Elementary School, to receive public comments on the widening of the bypass from Walgreens to the Tiger Market... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer A young Lewisburg man was found guilty at the end of a one-day jury trial last week, and will be sentenced later this summer. Bryan S. Harmon, 22, of 3rd Avenue North, was charged with being an accessory after the fact in the escape of Claude Anthony Brown, 29, on Nov. 16, 2011... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer A Marshall County Board of Public Utilities pipeline construction crew this week started trenching and laying water mains north of Chapel Hill to better serve the Dockers shoe warehouse so it can be expanded. That's the word from local officials who also report the county is applying for a state grant to finish the road into Lewisburg's Interstate 65 Commerce Park where a food company plans to construct a building and the road would reach the city's building constructed on speculation that a prospective employer would buy it.. ... more

Thomas Edward Poarch, 68, of Belfast, died Thursday, May 31, 2012. A native of Lewisburg, Mr. Poarch was a son of the late Golie Poarch and Lily Ball Poarch. He was a self-employed owner of a sanitation disposal service. He is survived by his wife, Betty Poarch of Belfast; two sons, Carey Gower of Chapel Hill and Duane Hobby of Lewisburg; two sisters, Alice Newton of Pulaski and Sue Barnes of Lewisburg; a brother, Ned Poarch of Belfast; grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and several nieces and nephews.. ... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Waste Management and area residents may have settled their case in federal court, but that doesn't mean Cedar Ridge Landfill is generating much revenue for Marshall County's Solid Waste Department. "Our estimate shows zero, now," Marshall County Solid Waste Director Morgan Thomas recently told county commissioners on the Solid Waste Committee as they reviewed Thomas' current and proposed budgets... more

While running radar on East Commerce Street about 10 p.m. May 23, Lewisburg Police Officer Shaun Crawford and Sgt. Steve Sanders heard revving motor cycles, and saw two bikes pull out of the Finish Line Bar "at a high rate of speed and a very reckless manner," Crawford reported. The two motorcycles were clocked on Rogers Road at 70 mph in a 30 mph zone. The motorcycle riders were arrested and charged with driving under the influence. They were:... more

From staff reports NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Marshall County has the sixth highest unemployment rate in Tennessee, and the latest figures released from the state show that joblessness went down in the county from 12.1 percent to 11.2 percent, or nearly a full percentage point... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer "May they always be remembered," said Tommy Spence as he marked the vacant chair for Prisoners of War and those who are Missing in Action. Memorial Day observances on the square in Lewisburg were all about remembering those who fought, and died, for our freedom in all the wars of the 20th and 21st centuries... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Judging barbecue is serious business, according to folks in Lewisburg's Rock Creek Park last weekend where the Rotary Club presented its Festival on the Rocks and one of the basic qualifications for being a judge was made clear... more