By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer At least 45 Marshall County public school students rely on the system's free breakfast and lunch program for their daily meals Monday through Friday and now their weekends include food from a church ministry. Other churches and charities help hungry people, and the food ministry at LifeSong Family Church is among those, doing so with a different approach. Members and friends fill two-gallon plastic bags with food to be slipped into a student's backpack... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer The county attorney and the county's water utility attorney want the county commission's appointment to be the next sessions court judge, as does, according to unconfirmed information, a former county attorney. Sessions Court Judge Steve Bowden's resignation, dated Wednesday, is effective today, and County Mayor Joe Boyd Liggett says its receipt prompted an announcement requesting letters expressing interest from lawyers who want to succeed Bowden... more

Police, fire fighters and the TBI helicopter searched for a missing man near Lewisburg Tuesday morning. At press time, they reported no success in the hunt for David Dickinson, 49, of Kentucky, who was reported missing Monday evening. More than 30 fire fighters started at 6 a.m. and searched both banks of Rock Creek, down as far as Old Lake Road and up as far as Fairview Market. They started from New Life Family Tabernacle on Fox Lane... more

Marshall County General Sessions Court Judge Steve Bowden will probably resign by Friday, according to County Attorney Bill Haywood. A special called meeting of the County Commission is anticipated next month to elect a successor. The exact date depends on which day Bowden submits his resignation... more

A Marshall County commissioner on Monday suggested that metropolitan government be studied as a management system here. Commission Chairman Mike Waggoner placed the subject on the commissioners' Oct. 24 agenda as requested by Commissioner Don Ledford... more

Autumn has arrived and that spells the end of this year's Cruisin' the Square in Lewisburg where on Saturday dozens of classic cars were on display. The end-of-season show had no contest winner, but there were plenty of automobile enthusiasts who came for the camaraderie. There was no band, but the '50s Ice Cream Parlor/Pool Room was open... more

Lewisburg chiropractor Dr. John B. Billingsley was one of 500 attendees at a three-day educational seminar recently held in Murfreesboro, and participated in 24 hours of continued education. Billingsley also attended the Tennessee Chiropractic Association statewide meeting... more

Construction contracts for Lewisburg's $13 million sewage treatment plant expansion and holding tank say there's no fee for construction permits, but the building official wasn't told. Waiving fees for such a project - one of them would cost $22,710 - is a decision that's beyond his pay grade, Marshall County Building Official Don Nelson said last week when he took the question to a county committee... more

A Lawrenceburg man who pled guilty to a charge of aggravated sexual battery was sentenced to nine years in prison last week. J. T. Franklin, 45, was living with his six-year-old victim's family in Lewisburg during December 2010 when the offence occurred... more

Arrested and charged with driving under the influence Thefts and vandalism reported Arrested and charged with four counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor Arrested and charged with evading arrest, resisting arrest, reckless driving, and driving on a revoked license... more

A pentecostal and apostolic evangelist, missing from his travel trailer parked at New Life Family Tabernacle since Monday morning, is in God's hands, one of the congregation's clergymen said Tuesday afternoon. more

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Marshall County's unemployment rate has gone down again. It went from 14.2 percent in July to 13.8 percent in August, according to the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The county's rate in June was 15.2 percent. more

Here we go again with another unintended consequence of government meddling. As you may (or may not) know, your incandescent light bulb will begin to go the way of VHS and vinyl records as of Jan. 1. By decree of Queen Nancy and King George W the light bulb as we know it will be phased out to be replaced by the confounded compact fluorescent light bulb... more

A Lewisburg man who allegedly poured hot cooking oil on his sleeping girlfriend has been indicted by the grand jury. Ryan Robert Haase, 34, formerly of David Avenue, is charged with criminal attempted first-degree murder, and two counts of aggravated assault... more

A Lewisburg Police officer is suspended without pay for conduct unbecoming a police officer and for imprudent use of an alcoholic beverage while off duty, the police chief said in public records created this week. Officer James Kevin Clark was suspended with pay last weekend as Chief Chuck Forbis proceeded to investigate the chain of events at Clark's home in town where he came home from a club and became involved in a domestic altercation with his wife... more

Lewisburg Lions Club invites everyone to come out Saturday, Oct. 1, and enjoy the day with us on the square in Lewisburg. There will be booths with arts and crafts, homemade soaps and candles. There will be music throughout the day, and, of course, those famous Lions Club pancakes... more

About 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12, Lewisburg Police Department got a call that Stephanie Meredith, 51, was on the porch of a neighbor's home on Yell Road, and that she appeared to have a gun. When police arrived, Meredith walked out the front door and confronted officers with a crossbow, a 14-inch Bowie knife, and a whip. ... more

That's the question posed by the poster for a "nude in" protest scheduled for noon Saturday September 24 in San Francisco's Castro Commons Plaza. Except in rare instances, the police tolerate public nudity in the City by the Bay. But one city supervisor wants to improve sanitary conditions (and the city's image) by requiring nudists to cover up just a little in restaurants and place a towel under their posteriors when sitting on public benches... more

Marshall County Commissioners want a court ruling on whether General Sessions Court Judge Steve Bowden must choose between his seat on the bench and his private law practice. When the 2010 census was certified, a state law mandated the part-time position become a full-time job because the county population grew enough to justify more work and pay. Commissioners have asked Circuit Court Judge Lee Russell to rule that Bowden may remain a part-time judge until his term ends in 2014... more

"Knock yourself out." That's what Marcella Rosecrans told her 70-year-old father, Charles Brake of Chapel Hill, when he told her he wanted to ride a jet ski the length of the Tennessee River. Charles and Sarah Brake moved to Chapel Hill because their daughter and son-in-law, James Rosecrans, live in the area. ... more