By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Sometimes when an emergency radio dispatcher announces a fire or car crash, some walkie-talkies in Marshall County don't receive the call. The technical problem was raised last week by a Lewisburg dispatcher... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer A Cornersville woman went to jail Friday following a guilty verdict at the end of a two and a half day trial on prescription fraud charges. Kimberly W. Wentzel, 49, had been free on bond, but Circuit Court Judge Robert Crigler revoked this and set a new bond of $50,000. As of Monday afternoon, Wentzel remained jailed. She will be sentenced June 13... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Speaking in Lewisburg during the NAACP's Marshall County Freedom Fund Banquet on Saturday, the executive director of the Tennessee Human Rights Commission asked about an often-heard phrase she says is an indication of intolerance... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer A Cornersville business that makes a particular kind of screw is planning to move to Lewisburg, a company spokesman said Monday. Darco Products sells the special screws it makes "strictly to distributors," according to Don Phillips, an advisor for the company that's now run by his son... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer A third man who is accused of burglary and theft at two South Ellington Parkway churches was indicted by the grand jury last week. Ricky Lee Sharp, 26, of Leoma, is currently incarcerated in Giles County Jail. With Jeremy Shawn Field, 25, of Pulaski, and Daniel Ray Prince, 29, of Leoma, Sharp is charged with burglary and theft from LifeSong Family Church and St. ... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer A Marshal County man has "made statements contrary to his interest" when Lewisburg Police investigated a home invasion last week, according to a detective. Shane Douglas Sanford, 31, of Spring Place Road, was released in lieu of bond from the county jail where he was booked April 17 on charges of aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, and aggravated assault, Detective Santiago McKlean said... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Half a dozen Marshall County High School art students are painting a mural of county icons on a wall at the reception room for County Mayor Joe Boyd Leggett's office. The mural was to have been completed this week, but the students are perfectionists and decided to repaint images of trees and water. Their teacher is Karen Cherry... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer A Lewisburg woman died Wednesday afternoon after a fiery crash on I-65. Patricia Carol Perry, 35, of Yell Road, was southbound about 2:30 p.m. when she lost control of her green Toyota RAV-4 and crossed the median into the northbound lanes at the 49-mile marker, according to reports by Nashville TV stations... more

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- The New England Patriots traded up twice in the first round of the NFL draft to add a couple of players to the defense that allowed the New York Giants to march down the field for the winning score in the Super Bowl. The Patriots sent the No. 27 overall pick, which they'd obtained in a deal with New Orleans, and a third-rounder to Cincinnati for the 21st pick and used it to take Syracuse defensive end Chandler Jones. Then they traded the No. 31 pick to Denver with a fourth-rounder for the No. 25 pick they used to take Alabama linebacker Dont'a Hightower. more

Marshall County's unemployment rate has decreased by one half of one percent. more

From staff reports Due to increased sales demand, the Goodman Air Conditioning and Heating Plant in Fayetteville is taking applications for entry-level production jobs. They will hold a Job Fair from 8 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 28, at the plant, 1810 Wilson Parkway, Fayetteville... more

From staff reports NASHVILLE - Tennessee's workforce shrunk in March compared to February, but more workers found jobs, so the unemployment still went down, state officials reported Thursday. Tennessee's unemployment rate for March fell to 7.9 percent, down from the February revised rate of 8 percent, state Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner Karla Davis said. The national unemployment rate for March 2012 was 8.2 percent, 0.1 percentage point lower than the February rate... more

From staff reports More than $3,600 was raised for cancer research as a result of the Celebrity Waiter Luncheon of Marshall County held Thursday in the Lewisburg Recreation Center. It was at the second Celebrity Waiter Luncheon of Marshall County benefiting Relay for Life, a fundraising program to underwrite cancer research programs and services, according to Harriett Stewart, a staff partner for the community representatives here... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Bark in the Park on Saturday proved to be a first-time success for those who care for canines as local animal shelter advocates reached one of their financial goals and their dog of the year was presented to an adoring audience... more

Drug dealer said Lewisburg was "his town." more

Columbia State Community College's Lewisburg Campus will host its 16th annual James R. Moon Golf Tournament on Thursday, June 7, at Saddle Creek Golf Club in Lewisburg, Tennessee. The tournament, played as a four-person scramble, will begin with registration and lunch at noon and a shotgun start at 1 p.m... more

From staff reports Lewisburg police are to conduct a traffic study of the intersection of Water Street and Third Avenue North. Councilman Odie Whitehead Jr. asked city councilmen to vote for making the intersection a four-way stop, instead of just having stop signs on Water Street... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer A Marshall County couple has won an 11-year court fight with CSX Transportation over a railroad crossing just north of Chapel Hill and on Wednesday the case was closed by the Chancery Court in Lewisburg. "You are victorious today," C. Kelly Wilson of Second Avenue North, attorney for W.T. and Patsy Walker, told his clients in the second floor hall of Marshall County's Courthouse. "In the end, the process worked."... more

From staff reports A Lewisburg man who's relied on a seeing-eye dog lost his service dog, Ursa, a black Labrador retriever, when she was hit by a car or truck on Verona Caney Road. Michael Umsted was scheduled to receive his service dog's ashes today. The Guiding Eyes for the Blind Foundation was in charge of arrangements for cremation by Companion Animal Hospital... more

NASHVILLE -- Tennessee's workforce shrunk in March compared to February, but more workers found jobs, so the unemployment still went down, state officials reported Thursday. more