By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer A Lewisburg chain-store manager and her staff were honored late last month by an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense that promotes a culture in which American employers support the nation's military personnel and their families... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer A federal regulation that business and church employee health insurance policies must cover birth control and abortion would have Catholics and others act contrary to their religion, according to a letter read from pulpits across Tennessee on Sunday... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer A school board member's daughter will be representing Marshall County at the regional spelling bee next month. Anna Claire Moses, daughter of Marshall County School Board member Donnie Moses and his wife, Teresa, was declared the winner Thursday night at the Marshall County Education Association's Spelling Bee... more

CINCINNATI (AP) -- Newt Gingrich thrust the reproductive rights issue into the GOP campaign spotlight on Tuesday, criticizing both Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama's records on requiring Catholic organizations to provide contraceptive aids in some circumstances. Rick Santorum vowed to make the issue a central part of his struggling campaign. Tuesday night, Santorum's triuphed in western caucuses and primary votes. more

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - The Middle Tennessee State University chapter of Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) will host a debate with three civil liberties experts at 7 tonight in the Business and Aerospace Building. Topics to be covered include habeas corpus, the PATRIOT Act, extraordinary rendition, torture, regime change, and a general discussion about how the war on terrorism has infringed upon the rights of U.S. citizens in the name of making us safe. more

Realization of skills and effective job search strategies are what a federal defense department program is to provide during workshops Feb. 14-16 in a Tennessee Air National Guard building near Nashville International Airport. The Middle Tennessee Employment Assistance Workshop is for National Guard members, reservists, veterans, and spouses, Tennessee Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Max Haston announced recently. There is no charge for the participants. more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer The 2012-2013 school calendar now only needs a vote of approval at a school board meeting to be adopted for the next school year. The teachers' calendar committee met last week, and unanimously voted to approve the calendar they had agreed on... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer A Nolensville woman who was staying in Chapel Hill will have the Marshall County Jail as her address for next seven months. Traci Lynn Bell's probation was revoked during Circuit Court on Jan. 25. Circuit Court Judge Robert Crigler ordered Bell to serve the balance of her 11 month 29 day sentence... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer The Lewisburg man who's suing Marshall County - largely because it doesn't have long-term disability insurance coverage for the gunshot wound to his foot when he was a deputy - is now working in the county jail. Corrections Officer Greg Levi has been assigned to the tower since Dec. ... more

Marshall County Juvenile Court Judge Lee Bussart-Bowles issued a "gag order" this week at a hearing for Jerron Blake Braden, directing court officers and others present to refrain from disclosing developments regarding the 18-year-old man's case... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer School board members voted overwhelmingly to make the local applicant who has spent her entire life in Marshall County their new director of schools. Jackie Abernathy happily accepted the job, and hugs and congratulations from board members... more

The last day to register to vote in the Presidential Primary on March 6 is Monday, according to Marshall County Elections Administrator Tristan Arnold. Given poll results as reported in national news media, it would appear that President Barrack Obama will be challenged by either former House Speaker Newt Gingrich or former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer When a man settles down, it's usually for love, admittedly amid whatever raucous lifestyle he's embraced. For Alf Batz, life as lead guitar-man for the heavy metal band Iron Maiden - the band's performed for crowds of 300,000 people - is behind him, although he's been back to Europe for something of a victory lap just for the fun of it all... more

According to an updated report at the Marshall County Sheriff's Department, the value of the forms and brackets stolen from a storage site is now estimated at $27,380. The missing items are 60 eight-foot forms, 60 six-foot forms, 100 four-foot forms, 60 three-foot forms and 30 brackets for a total value of $27,380. The forms and brackets were kept at a Brown Builders' storage site at the abandoned gas station on the corner of State Route 373 and Reese Road, just west of I-65... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer A resolution had to be withdrawn at the County Commission's meeting Monday because it had not been approved in committee before being placed on the agenda. The resolution amended the "general purpose school fund ...due to insurance increases" and moved $37,059.46 from Undesignated Fund Balance to three other accounts within the school budget... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer A New Hampshire man fled from police after citizens reported seeing him driving recklessly on Lewisburg's bypass. The man and the car he was driving almost ended up in Rock Creek. Thursday afternoon, police got a report of a reckless driver heading south on North Ellington Parkway, according to Lewisburg Police Officer Larry Hazelwood... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Marshall County's unemployment rate dropped one half of one percent from November to December, according to state figures released last week. "Our region has been experiencing slight and incremental job growth thanks to relocations and expansions, startups and new retail ventures," Lewisburg Economic Development Director Greg Lowe said... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer Interviews of four candidates for the director of schools job went according to plan Saturday, with all applicants confidently answering the same set of questions. Before they got their chance to appear one by one in front of board members, the candidates were given legal pads and sharp yellow pencils and sat down for 30 minutes to write answers to chairman Mike Keny's secret questions: "What process to you typically follow to make a decision about a plan of action?" and "Briefly describe your leadership skills in implementing such a plan.". ... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Construction of Lewisburg's $13.14 million public works project is ahead of schedule, the city's Water and Wastewater Department superintendent reported to the utility board during its January meeting. The work is to:... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer A Marshall County court officer with authority to set bond in lieu of defendants' confinement in jail was last week charged with assaulting an inmate and the now-former judicial commissioner was set to appear in his former employer's courtroom... more