The newly formed redistricting committee is ready to present its revised version of the county's voting districts to the commissioners at their July meeting. Less than two hours' work with Doug Bodary of the University of Tennessee's County Technical Assistance Service and a computer program called ArcGIS fixed all the boundaries that needed changing... more

A Yell Road business plans to expand its services and Lewisburg planning commissioners are recommending city councilmen change land- use zoning to accommodate growth. "They want to build a crematorium," City Planning Commission Chairman Jim Bingham said Thursday about plans filed at City Hall by Bills-McGaugh Funeral Home, 755 Yell Road... more

High ceilings in the dining room lent an air of spaciousness for the luncheon recently when long-time associates gathered again to share a meal and update each other on their lives of leisure. Peggy Hunter is telling her friends about an art show this month when she hoped to be displaying some of her recent water colors of seascapes, adding that it seems so out of place to paint such scenes while living in Tennessee... more

Applications for the July 4th Baby Contest for ages 0 -- 59 months are available at Village Manor, the Chamber of Commerce and online at www.marshallchamber.org. The Chamber will accept applications up until the day of the contest. The event will be held at the Lewisburg Recreation Center... more

The Marshall County Commission voted on Monday to enter into an agreement with South Central Tennessee Development District and Appertain Corporation to provide livestock producers with dead livestock removal. Dead livestock includes all farm or domesticated animals weighing in excess of 75 pounds... more

A Lewisburg man was allegedly the driver who led law enforcement personnel on a high-speed, multi-county chase Saturday night. The driver, identified as Toby Wade Youngblood, 25, of Lewisburg, fired at a Rutherford County deputy shortly before the chase ended, officials said... more

The fugitive who was the subject of a front-page story in the June 10 Tribune has been returned to Marshall County. Levar Five Daily, 32, is being held without bond for court on July 6. He is charged with possession of cocaine and marijuana with intent to sell and deliver, as well as failure to appear. ... more

Four weeks after adding first baseman Brandon Hollingsworth to his program, Martin Methodist College baseball coach Kelly Bratton snatched up another Marshall County High School product when senior pitcher Marcus Green recently signed a letter of intent to play for the Red Hawks... more

In a peculiar turn of events, Marshall Medical Center's Zach Gordon was credited with a no-hitter Thursday night in an 8-5 win over Nichirin at the Jonathan D. Hollingsworth Babe Ruth Field in Lewisburg. All five of Nichirin's runs off Gordon were unearned and all came in the bottom of the third inning on two MMC errors, one hit batsman, two bases on balls, a wild pitch and a passed ball... more

It has been a trying season for manager Dan Sweeney and his Farm Center team from Chapel Hill, but on Thursday all the hard work paid off at one time as the bats came alive, the gloves became sticky, and the young pitching staff held firm in an 11-4 run-rule win over A-Plus Collision Center... more

The number of people living in the north end of Marshall County grew so much between the 2000 and 2010 population counts that significant changes are required for political lines affecting voters, county commissioners and school board members. County election commissioners realized that during a recent meeting when Elections Administrator Tristan Arnold reported how much the population grew in Districts 1 and 2. ... more

A 16-year-old Nashville girl was seriously injured during an assault at the Lewisburg Wal-Mart Sunday afternoon. "She had two fractures to her left eye," Jeanetta Hert, the victim's mother, said Thursday. "The hit was equivalent to being hit by a baseball bat, or being slugged by Muhammad Ali."... more

A volunteer group here is working to improve the Animal Shelter in Lewisburg with programs to lower government costs and increase revenue. It's also seen as a morale booster for the community by helping man's best friend. Animal Shelter operations are a joint effort between Lewisburg and Marshall County. The city owns the shelter. Both governments provide one employee each. Volunteers are showing that increasing adoptions lowers operating costs... more

A Marshall County man recently won an appeal against his 2009 conviction and the Court of Criminal Appeals has granted him a new trial. The defendant, Paul Alexander Montgomery III, who had been living near Cornersville, was in Circuit Court on Wednesday with his new attorney, Steve Garner of Franklin... 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

Newspapers have fulfilled some of their 1st Amendment responsibilities by prompting public debate on subjects about which someone wants more information. Usually they want a sampling of public opinion. Euphemistically, the idea is to float a hot air balloon to see if it gets more hot air from talkers, or if it's shot down. ... more

Marshall County's Board of Zoning Appeals on Tuesday granted one request for a business operated at a home in Verona, but postponed another similar request to give a banker time to inspect the property where another home occupation might start business... more

One of the tasks facing county commissioners at their Monday night meeting is formation of a new committee. A redistricting committee will be formed, and hold its first meeting immediately after the commission meeting to elect a chairman, vice chairman, and secretary... more

Lewisburg's next city treasurer is probably no stranger to many Marshall County residents since she served on the county school board in the late 1990s. Donna Park of Cornersville represented School Board District 4 during 1996-2000, "when construction of the Cornersville School was among the biggest issues," Park recalled during a telephone interview Tuesday... more

Steve Spurrier, head football coach of the University of South Carolina, has said he would be willing to pay 70 players a $300 per game stipend out of his own pocket. The Pay College Athletes Association wants to establish a fund paid into by fans and companies seeking endorsers. New National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) President Mark Emmert is wrestling with booster demands for using part of TV revenues to provide expense money for athletes... more