By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Lewisburg councilmen on Tuesday sought a balance between a brush chipper priced at $247,000 and some $30,000 budgeted for a wood chipping service. Residents' yard waste is piling up at the city garage, and public works chief Kenny Ring says when his crew runs a small chipper, "It literally gets hot and it shuts off."... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer Lively and sometimes argumentative discussions preceded some votes at the school board's February meeting, and the first eruption was when next year's school calendar came up for approval. "The elementary supervisors and the Race to the Top coordinator (Suzanne Ingram) have asked for a third professional development (PD) day" to address student achievement issues, said calendar committee chairman Barbara Kennedy... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer There is no organized Democratic Party in Marshall County, according to a spokesman for the Tennessee Democratic Party who spoke Wednesday while referring to party records in Nashville. "Out of 95 counties, 91 or 92 elected new county leadership. Marshall County is one of the three or four where we're looking for someone to carry the mantel," state party Communications Director Brandon Puttbrese said... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer An .89-mile extension of the Lewisburg Walkway along Collins Creek to the Columbia State Community College campus on South Ellington Parkway should be completed by Christmas, according to a project manager with a Murfreesboro-based engineering company who spoke about the walkway recently... more

There will be a special called meeting of the Petersburg Board of Mayor and Alderman at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21. The meeting will be about repairs to the city water system. Concerned citizens are urged to attend. For more information, call Alderman Corey Smith at 931-625-1562 or e-mail him at aldermancoreysmith@live.com... more

Dennis Wayne Burlison, 50, of Chapel Hill, died Wednesday evening, Feb. 15, 2012, at his residence. Visitation will begin at 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, at Lawrence Funeral Home. Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, from the chapel of Lawrence Funeral Home with Rev. Stephen McCullough and Bro. Glen Floyd officiating... more

From staff reports The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration search committee is looking for a new chief executive officer. The open position is because the current CEO, Dr. Doyle Meadows, announced his intention to resign two months ago. Meadows told the Celebration's board of directors last December that his tenure as CEO will come to an end in October, 2012, following this year's Celebration... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Job security has become a concern for a number of Marshall County residents who've served as county-paid poll officials, according to the elections administrator here. Previously, unemployment was among the reasons area residents gave when applying to be poll workers, election officials have said. The labor market situation was revealed recently when the Marshall County Election Commission met... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer The Marshall County Tea Party is going to introduce voters here to a woman who's challenging Tennessee's junior senator for the Republican nomination this summer. "Brenda Lenard is running against Bob Corker in the GOP Primary to run for the U.S. Senate," Sherry Ferguson said early this week. "She's an African-American conservative... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer One of the longest sentences imposed in Marshall County Circuit Court since the start of the year went to a career criminal who committed a series of burglaries here in the fall of 2006. Circuit Court Judge Robert Crigler gave Tony Eastep, 51, an effective sentence of 15 years, of which he must serve at least 60 percent before being eligible for a parole board hearing. ... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer For the second time in two months, a parent has addressed school board members at their meeting, begging them to budget for a comprehensive development classroom at Forrest School. Both have children in the comprehensive development classroom (CDC) at Chapel Hill Elementary School... more

From staff reports Early voting in the Super Tuesday GOP primary starts today with results to be announced March 6 when there might be a clear indication of which Republican will face President Obama in the Nov. 6 national election. Early voting will be conducted at the Marshall County Election Commission office at 230 College St. Suite 120, in the Hardison Office Annex, County Elections Administrator Tristan Arnold said. Early voting ends Feb. 28... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer A milestone was placed, figuratively speaking, at East Commerce Baptist Church on Sunday when the reception line of well wishers started beyond the top of the staircase and came down to the Rev. James Hickey, his wife, Shirley, and son, Matthew... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Lewisburg councilmen are scheduled to consider participating in a recycling program offered by the S.C. Johnson Corp., the company that makes Pledge and Windex, among other products. "It has to do with curbside recycling," City Manager David Orr said Wednesday, noting that Lewisburg has a remarkable opportunity. "Fifty cities across the United States have been asked to participate."... more

From staff reports On Tuesday night, Lewisburg Police Chief Chuck Forbis intends to show city councilmen the department's recently promoted vehicle. The Humvee got its stripes this winter after about a month of sanding at the National Guard base in Smyrna where the basic black and blue paint job was applied... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Lewisburg is again in the running for a business development that could result in hundreds of new jobs, according to discussion Tuesday afternoon among members of the city's Industrial Development Board in the Historic First Avenue Building... more

Nathan Dumser of Lewisburg, a 2010 graduate of Marshall County High School, was named to the Dean's List at the University of Memphis for the fall 2011 semester. Students on the list met one of the following criteria for the semester: completion of six to eight graded hours with a semester grade point average of 4.00; completion of nine to 11 graded hours with a minimum GPA of 3.66; or completion of 12 or more graded hours with a semester GPA of 3.5 or above... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer Two Marshall County men recently had their appeals denied by the Court of Criminal Appeals at Nashville, upholding the judgments of Circuit Court Judge Robert Crigler. In one case, the man appealing to the court in Nashville had been convicted here on drug charges. The other man had been convicted of sex offences. The first claimed evidence against him was insufficient. The second said his punishment was too harsh... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Lewisburg councilmen last week took steps toward replacing a climate control system at the recreation center, buying a mulch machine and demolishing the old red brick school on First Avenue. All councilmen were present Tuesday evening, Jan. ... more