From staff reports The release of seasonal workers - those hired by retailers for the Christmas shopping season - is a chief reason given for unemployment to increase every January. And so it is again this year as the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development released figures on the unemployment rates for counties, a state spokesman said... more

From staff reports Given recent records at the Marshall County Election Commission, it would appear that there could be two primaries for selection of candidates to run for the state House seat to represent Marshall County in the Tennessee Legislature... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer Some Forrest students were gaining financial literacy through an Internet-based computer program this week. Twenty juniors and seniors chose to take Robby Joyce's 18-week financial planning elective, and this week they were using Banzai!, a free program provided by Heritage South Community Credit Union... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer The end product is something that looks like a document used in a TV crime show that includes all the latest gadgets, but in the Marshall County Jail, the Cogent machine looks like some sort of photocopying machine... more

From staff reports Marshall County commissioners have authorized transfer of money from one account to another for the Veterans Service Office, an ordinary accounting action, but the source of the money and its use are what make the authorization notable... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer CORNERSVILLE - The police department here got a $5,000 check last week from the railroad with tracks passing through Marshall County. Two CSX railroad police agents visited Cornersville City Hall on Friday afternoon to present the check to Police Chief Todd Bone... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer The city's mayor is now working with the chairman of the county commission's animal control committee to draft an agreement on how the animal shelter will operate. At a council work session Friday, Mayor Barbara Woods said she and Richard Hill would draft a document and forward it to the council. She asked councilmen to submit in writing their thoughts on what they wanted to see at the shelter on Woodside Avenue... more

The Marshall County Retired Teachers' Association was entertained with a brunch hosted by First State Bank of Chapel Hill on March 1. The menu included breakfast casserole, frozen mixed fruit, breakfast rolls, banana muffins, blueberry muffins, orange juice and coffee. The delicious food was prepared by the bank employees and a cookbook with all the recipes was given to each retired teacher... more

At the end of the month, residents of Perry County, and other Middle Tennesseans, will be able to apply for jobs at NYX. The Tennessee Career Center in Linden will be hosting a Job Fair for NYX on Friday, March 30. Applications may only be submitted at the job fair and more details will follow in the upcoming weeks... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer Monday afternoon Marshall County Girl Scouts braved a windy, showery March day to celebrate the 100th birthday of Girl Scouting at Lewisburg's Rock Creek Park. Exactly 100 ago, the first American Girl Scout troop was formed by Juliette Gordon Low. She had just returned from England, where she had met Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of the Boy Scouts and, with his sister Agnes, the Girl Guides... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer Marshall County's new director of schools started work last week, after school board members voted Thursday night to have her contract take effect Friday. New director Jackie Abernathy had negotiated her contract with board attorney Sam Jackson. After some discussion of its terms at the board's March meeting last week, board member Sam Smith asked when the contract would start and finish... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer With more numbers to be released this week, the state's labor department reports Tennessee's unemployment rate dropped below the nation's rate for the first time in 14 months. Meanwhile, another job fair at the Goodwill Career Solutions Center at The Acres shopping center has been rewarding for Lewisburg resident Margo Venable, a licensed certified nursing assistant who wanted a better job... more

The Tennessee Career Center at Franklin is having a spring job fair for job hunters on Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the Williamson County Public Library, 1314 Columbia Ave. more

On Thursday, March 1, Marshall Medical Center hosted the annual kickoff for the March of Dimes March for Babies Event. A crowded room filled with excited volunteers set the tone for the evening. This year, former ambassadors are returning to jump-start the fundraising in Marshall County. Each ambassador is living proof of how their lives have been touched by the March of Dimes... more

From staff reports Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum was the favorite candidate for the Republican nomination to run against President Barack Obama in November, according to primary election results in Marshall County and across Tennessee. Meanwhile, Super Tuesday has not dubbed any of the GOP candidates as a runaway favorite emerging from a pack of four top contenders for the Republican nomination. ... more

The more people vote, the better chance a local school has of winning a $25,000 technology grant. Sara Sheehan, who teaches 4th grade at Oak Grove Elementary School, has been named as one of the top 25 finalists in the "Technology in Education" grant giveaway program... more

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Up to 400 jobs could be created in Perry County as a result of an EDA grant. U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson announced Wednesday a $1.76 million Economic Development Administration grant to the Industrial Development Board of Perry County, to help rebuild critical industrial infrastructure and mitigate the impact of severe flooding in 2010. ... more

o Marshall County Jail inmates have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Nashville on drug charges and the sheriff reports they've been identified as members of the Vice Lords, a Chicago gang that started in the 1950s. Wayne "June-B" Hampton Jr., 45, whose address was listed as 315 College St., was already being held on drug related charges. ... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer City economic developers have made their pitch to Mobile Port Authority leaders saying when they're ready to receive bigger ships coming through the Panama Canal, then the Interstate 65 Commerce Park on Mooresville Highway is a logical place to send merchandise into the heart of America... more

Thefts and vandalism reported Arrested on a fugitive-from-justice warrant from Texas Arrested on a contempt-of-court warrant from Chancery Court Arrested on 17th Judicial District Drug Task Force warrants Arrested and charged with driving under the influence... more