By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer As the Marshall County Board of Public Utilities is planning to call for construction bids for a pipe to Clay Hill-area residents, the water utility wants to hear from residents who've filed requests for other pipeline extensions... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer A man who has been serving time in Marshall County Jail since September 2010 was indicted on new charges when the grand jury met last week. Claude Anthony Brown, 28, of Cleveland, Tenn. was charged with escape, theft, and introduction of contraband into a penal institution, according to warrants sworn out by Marshall County Sheriff's Detective Tony Nichols... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer An empty lot on West Commerce Street facing the main entrance to the Marshall County Courthouse is to be transformed next year in conjunction with plans developed by two students from O'More College of Design in Franklin, one of the owners said Monday... more

From staff reports The turning of another year can be just as much a matter of place as time, and so it is this winter at the Big Orange Country Farm on land that a state office has designated as a Tennessee Century Farm. Such a designation came a few months ago with an announcement from Caneta S. Hankins, director of the Century Farm Program in the Center for Historic Preservation at Middle Tennessee State University... more

The family of R.C. Gambill will be at London Funeral Home from 4 until 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 29, for visitation. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 30, from the chapel of London Funeral Home with burial to follow in Old Orchard Cemetery at Petersburg. more

MARTIN, Tenn. - The outstanding academic achievements of undergraduate students at the University of Tennessee at Martin have been honored with publication of the Fall 2011 Chancellor's Honor Rolls for the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, College of Business and Global Affairs, College of Education, Health, and Behavioral Sciences, College of Engineering and Natural Sciences and the College of Humanities and Fine Arts... more

Eighty-year-old Lewis Simmons of Lewisburg, formerly of Petersburg, is pictured refinishing a six-generation table that Tommy Reavis and Julie Reavis Murdock discovered in the shop of their father Steve Reavis (1943-2009). It was made by John William Marsh (1835-1923) who lived on what is now Gingerbread Road, southeast of Petersburg, in the 1800s. ... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer The executive director of the Lewisburg Housing Authority was elected last week by city councilmen to be a member of the Industrial Development Board. Councilman Odie Whitehead Jr. brought the subject to the council's attention as the IDB had recommended LHA Executive Director Ronald Robinson when it met Dec. 6... more

From staff reports PETERSBURG - Town Hall's had another Angel Tree for Christmas and 30 people are being helped by generous donors who participated by selecting a paper ornament and purchasing gifts described on the paper angel. There were applications for 23 children and the group of Santa helpers added food baskets, including seven more for elderly residents. Relatives, friends and recipients picked up the gifts on Wednesday or Thursday at Town Hall... more

Special to the Tribune With more emphasis being placed on accomplishing one's purpose and destiny, Cedric Dukes, a former resident of Lewisburg, has released his second book, "The Power of Time." The book is Dukes' second. He also wrote "Hostile Takeover - Manifesting God's Plan and Purpose for Your Finances." Dukes, his wife, Esterlene, and their children, Preston and Charlene, live in Shelby Township, Mich. He is the son of Roy and Louise Dukes of Lewisburg... more

From staff reports A former Marshall County High School sports standout is a "person of interest" in the Penny Coyle murder investigation, Marshall County Sheriff Norman Dalton told the Tribune Thursday afternoon. The sheriff declined to describe Jamie A. Perryman, 20, of Alton Street, Belfast, as a suspect. Perryman was assigned an attorney from the Public Defender's Office on Tuesday when he made his first appearance in General Sessions Court... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer A young man who was 17 at the time of the shooting, but has since turned 18, was taken into custody Tuesday in connection with the Nov. 21 shooting death of Penny Blackwell Coyle. Jerron Braden of Lewisburg appeared shackled in Juvenile Court in front of Judge Lee Bussart Bowles. Standing with him was a representative of the department of Children's Services and a court appointed attorney... more

From staff reports The Marshall County boy who suffered an accidental gunshot wound on Oct. 29, decided to have his leg amputated and this week he spoke of his experience, reflecting a strong will and an optimistic outlook. "It ain't brought me down," Samuel Crane said while seated in a wheel chair at a Lewisburg business surrounded by friends, family and people filled with the Christmas spirit of love for their fellow man. "I'm doing everything I did before."... more

From staff reports PETERSBURG - The town clerk was promoted last week to be this southeast Marshall County municipality's new recorder, officials reported Thursday. Angie Taylor was selected from eight applicants considered during the Board of Mayor and Aldermen's meeting held on Dec. 12, according to Alderman Brad Dillenback... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Renting airplane hangars has created a revenue stream for county and municipal airports across Tennessee and officials at Lewisburg's Ellington Airport are planning another at the landing strip near Berlin. Construction and the subsequent rental of hangars planned at Ellington Airport "would come real close to making the airport self sustaining," Airport Manager Clay Derryberry told Lewisburg councilmen last week... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer The most effective way to fit 180 days of instruction into the months of the school calendar is still being debated by school board members, teachers and administrators. Calendar committee members met Dec. 13, and looked at two proposed calendars for the 2012-2013 school year... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer The cause of a fatal collision between a locomotive and a Chevrolet might be revealed by a video recording made by the train during the crash at Holts Corner, according to the state trooper dispatched to the scene Saturday morning... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer In spite of the cold and rain, plenty of people showed up Friday afternoon to receive 40-pound boxes of frozen chicken at no charge from a tractor-trailer truck parked next to the old Connelly School. "That sure is going to help my Christmas," said one woman as she carried a box to her car... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Employment contracts for supervisors were suggested to Lewisburg's Water and Wastewater Board by the panel's attorney during its monthly meeting on Thursday. "We've all seen the heavy hand of politics come in here," the utilities' attorney, Dan P. Whitaker, told the two attending board members. "Think about an employment contract for supervisors... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer Two local educators are among the first to submit applications in hopes of succeeding Schools Director Roy Dukes. Dr. Larry Miller, interim assistant director, and Jackie Abernathy, a Marshall County teacher and administrator for 36 years, applied, along with Teresa Williams of Nashville and D. Scott Porter, of Illinois... more