Marshall County Schools will register new and transfer students from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, July 21. Students who are transferring from Lewisburg to Cornersville or Chapel Hill, or the opposite, will also need to register. Children must be 5 years old on or before Sept. 30, 2011, in order to attend kindergarten during the 2011-2012 school year... more

Chapel Hill and Petersburg have each been awarded $500,000 grants to be spent on repairs to and, in some instances, possible replacement of homes for residents in those municipalities. more

The 12 Marshall County Public Transportation vans headquartered at the old Hardison School on College Street are available for use by anyone who needs a ride, a little known fact that's not been kept a secret. Access to a ride is as simple as a phone call at least one day before it's needed. However, callers shouldn't be confused if the van dispatcher answers the phone saying, "Senior Citizens." The two services are parts of the same organization... more

The value of all properties in Marshall County increased since this time last year, according to leaders based in the Courthouse Annex on Lewisburg's public square. "It went up a little bit," County Mayor Joe Boyd Liggett said Wednesday morning on his mobile phone while discussing various county concerns. "It will help some."... more

State, national and local leaders of preservation groups are gathering on Lewisburg's public square today to assess the needs toward designation of Lewisburg as a Main Street USA city to open doors for expert advice on downtown revitalization. "We are part of Tennessee Downtowns, a state group, which is a stepping stone to qualify for a Main Street designation under a national program," according to Ken Todd, spokesman for the Lewisburg Downtown Alliance, a non-profit organization taking steps to revitalize the town's economy.. ... more

A Cornersville man is asking for help from Chapel Hill residents for a book he is writing. "I don't want the book to be done and Chapel Hill not represented," said Scotty Brock, recorder for the Town of Cornersville. He's working on a book about the history of the "Lewisburg Line," the railroad line that runs from Nashville to Brentwood, all the way through Marshall County, and on into north Alabama. ... more

Rides to work and medical appointments are among the various reasons people ride the vans available from the Marshall County Transportation Service. Ultimately, it's because they don't have their own vehicles, or can't drive themselves as revealed by three riders who spoke about the service in separate telephone interviews... more

The Farmington Road, Lewisburg, Group of Al-Anon meets at 6 p.m. every Tuesday. For more information, call Julie at 270-6839. Please call Shirley at 359-2304 to donate wipes and diapers sizes 3, 4, 5, and 6 to the In His Image Pregnancy Resource Center... more

I was reading a piece in the New York Times on Connecticut and its financial woes. A recurring refrain kept popping up -- "20 years ago." "No state had more resources and did less with them over the past 20 years," said one former Democrat candidate for governor. Another passage references a "20-year labor agreement" negotiated by the governor. Another notes, "after two decades of stagnation."... more

Lewisburg councilmen on Thursday indicated that animal shelter advocates ought to be able to build an addition to the animal shelter without threatening the city's financial stability if they signed waivers against any liability claims while hammering nails and performing other construction tasks. more

Marriage Licenses Mark Anthony Dearth and Kimberly Ann Helton St.Clair; Kenneth James Gorby and Joyce E. Myers Tuck; Randy Eugene Howell II and Lyndsey Carol Dunnavant; Jaime Jimenez and Angela Rashel Scroggins; Jackie King II and Rainey Deanne Russell; Caleb Thomas Moore and Jessica Elise Feagin; Micah Dale Phifer and Felicia Amber Johnson; John Wilburn Procell and Dorothy Anne Armstrong Patterson... more

Bond was set Wednesday for a man who was granted a new trial by the Court of Criminal Appeals. Paul Alexander Montgomery III, 41, may be released from custody if he's able to make a $30,000 bond and fulfill some other conditions. "We're back to square one, basically," said Circuit Court Judge Robert Crigler at the start of the bond hearing Wednesday... more

A Lewisburg man who pled guilty in May to aggravated statutory rape and multiple counts of sexual exploitation of a minor was sentenced Wednesday to a total of 16 years in prison. Christopher M. Wheeler, 28, of 7th Avenue South, has been jailed since January... more

Thefts and vandalism reported Arrested and charged with burglary, theft from a building, and violation of bond conditions Arrested and charged with carrying a weapon for the purpose of going armed Arrested and charged with driving under the influence... more

What happens in Vegas...may soon be parked in your driveway. That's because Nevada has passed legislation that puts it on the road to being the first state to authorize driverless cars -- that is, cars that (with minimal oversight by the owner) navigate themselves via video cameras, radar sensors, laser range finders, artificial intelligence and tips from that nosey old woman who lives at the end of the street and knows EVERYBODY'S business... more

V. Gail Douglas, left, library director in Schertz, Texas, near San Antonio, gladly accepts a piggy bank of book funds from Carolyn Ingram White, formerly of Lewisburg. Carolyn, daughter of the late Stanley and Rachel Ingram of Lewisburg, has lived in Texas since her 1974 marriage. She and her husband Eric recently gave $1.1 million to furnish the town of Schertz with a new, state-of-the-art library... more

Local produce was on sale in Rock Creek Park on Friday morning when the Farmers Market opened for the first time this summer. "This is a good turnout for the first day," said Vickie Wilburn, who was offering plants from her greenhouse on Ostella Road, south of Cornersville. She was also selling two kinds of cucumbers, and green bell peppers, assisted by Abby, her terrier, truck guard and close observer of customers... more

Tennessee's Department of Transportation is to clean up gasoline leaked from a tank at its garage in Belfast under a plan submitted to Tennessee's Department of Environment and Conservation. Remediation costs have been estimated as ranging from about $58,600 to $143,500, according to a report filed at TDEC's field office in Columbia where records were reviewed Tuesday afternoon last week... more

More than a couple dozen artists and twice as many babies with parents and grandparents enjoyed a July Fourth afternoon at the Lewisburg Recreation Center for Arts A Poppin and one of the Chamber of Commerce's annual fund raisers. Ann McClintock of Cornersville painted a Japanese Lady on china and was judged best of show, Marshall County Arts Guild President Ronnie Cheek reported from the room provided by the Chamber of Commerce. ... more

East Hill Avenue is to be extended this summer into what was the Murray horse farm just north of a hill that looks over downtown Lewisburg. Ernest Henegar's eyes light up as he reports his plans for land where he lived years ago near a Tennessee Walking Horse farm that was important to development of the breed... more