Due to varying family circumstances, Father's Day is not a "one size fits all" holiday. Different individuals greet the day with warmth, melancholy, numbness, or anger. Father's Day is an event that no one should IGNORE, however. The underrated 1948 Disney classic "So Dear To My Heart" contains a song called "It's What You Do With What You've Got," and that rule applies here... more

A "positive message about the young people of today" was delivered Tuesday at the log cabin in Memorial Park where Yell Road splits from Cornersville Highway, according to participants attending the annual Flag Day observance. Retired U.S. Marine Corp Maj. Amy Irvin, 43, guest speaker for the Robert Lewis Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, served in Iraq as a battalion executive officer and company commander, thereby providing leadership for 150 to 1,200 Marines... more

The last group of teachers to get tenure after three years of teaching was approved by Marshall County's School Board on Monday. Twenty-five teachers from eight schools, and a psychologist who works out of the system's Central Office, were unanimously approved after their principals, and a supervisor, introduced them to board members and said a few words about each teacher's merits... more

Tennessee intends to launch a Web site next fall to help employers find workers and people find jobs, according to a state labor department speaker at Columbia State Community College on Friday. "You don't need any special software," Matt Milam, a statistical analyst with the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, told more than a dozen people attending a luncheon funded by Lewisburg's Economic Development Office... more

In a move deemed advantageous for Marshall County, Gov. Bill Haslam's administration named a Lewisburg resident to lead economic and community development programs in Southern Middle Tennessee. Jamie Stitt, the former executive director of the Joint Economic and Community Development Board for Marshall County and its four municipalities, was named regional director on Monday by Haslam and Economic and Community Development (ECD) Commissioner Bill Hagerty... more

The Farmington Road, Lewisburg, Group of Al-Anon meets at 6 p.m. every Tuesday. For more information, call Julie at 270-6839. Register now for the Chamber of Commerce's 4th of July parade. The theme is "Happy Birthday America" and entry is free. Floats, cars, wagons, horses, mules, donkeys, costumed characters, walkers, motorcycles, pageant winners, and golf carts are all welcome. ... more

NASHVILLE -- Tennessee employers should use an Internet-based system to ensure their new employees are in the state legally, according to a law Gov. Bill Haslam signed late last week. Co-sponsored by Sens. Bill Ketron (R-Murfreesboro), who represents Marshall County, and Jim Tracy (R-Shelbyville), who represents Bedford County, the new law calls on employers to examine records on the "E-Verify" Web site... more

The Supreme Court of Tennessee has decided against hearing an appeal from a Rutherford County man who was convicted in Marshall County. The Court issued an order for the arrest of Brian Mark Driggers, 40, of Eagleville, on June 2, because he had to be in custody when the decision was rendered... more

A former Marshall County resident was found guilty Monday evening at the end of a two-day jury trial that started Friday. Trey Lewis Green, 30, of Murfreesboro, was charged in a six-count indictment with manufacturing marijuana, possession of marijuana with intent to sell and deliver (two counts of each) and illegal possession of drug paraphernalia... more

Lewisburg will soon be negotiating again with the company it hired last year for household trash collection services. The issue arose as city councilmen discussed the next budget for the city. It starts July 1. A final vote on the budget is set for 4 p.m. Monday... more

Leaders of the Lewisburg Downtown Alliance are looking for property owners and tenants around Marshall County's Courthouse and short stretches of adjoining streets where students from O'More College of Design provide free design services to improve economic vitality through visual enhancements... more

As the sluggish economy continues, Marshall County's library director says she hopes county commissioners will accept an offer from Chapel Hill to cooperate for the establishment of a branch library in the town's recently opened community center. When county residents economize on entertainment by going to the library in Lewisburg, Marshall County Memorial Library Director Jan Allen recognizes that the high price of gasoline might be an obstacle for some readers. ... more

Sulphur Springs, Texas, is the home of a unique attraction, the Southwest Dairy Museum You can't miss it as you drive down Houston Street -huge statues of cows, a Jersey and a Holstein, are standing at the roadside. The building itself is a typical dairy-farm style barn, complete with silo. Inside are all kinds of exhibits, as well as an old-fashioned ice cream parlor where ice cream cones, milk shakes and malted milks are served... more

A Franklin-based bail bond company's owner was in Marshall County Circuit Court on Wednesday, asking for more time to bring in a fugitive. Leah Hulan of Grumpy's Bail Bonds told Judge Robert Crigler her agency is still looking for Levar Five Daily, 31, of Pulaski. He was scheduled for trial here this winter, but didn't show up for pretrial motions on Jan. 5 and hasn't been seen since... more

The Farmington Road, Lewisburg, Group of Al-Anon meets at 6 p.m. every Tuesday. For more information, call Julie at 270-6839. A slow-pitch softball tournament for co-ed teams will be held on Saturday, June 18, at the Wilson Parkway Softball Complex, Fayetteville. Proceeds benefit People Helping People for Progress, which provides scholarships for Lincoln County students. Entry deadline is June 14. For more information, call 931-581-0672 or 931-625-0139... more

12 Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church will celebrate their annual Homecoming on Sunday, June 12. Bishop Stanley Garrett and the Temple of Praise congregation will be the afternoon guests, beginning at 3 p.m. Caney Spring Baptist Church, 1444 Hwy 99, Chapel Hill, will hold Vacation Bible School from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Sunday, June 12, to Thursday, June 16. For more information, call 364-7374... more

An Ardmore, Tenn. resident who's been an American citizen for three decades bought Mildred's Restaurant on Lewisburg's Ellington Parkway and the other Mildred's Restaurant in Lincoln County. Margaret Kim, 53, closed the purchase on June 1 with Mildred McNatt of Fayetteville and within a week she was explaining that she has only a few modest changes planned for the restaurant here and the one in Park City... more

A Lewisburg man will spend the next 50 years in prison, according to a sentence handed down in Circuit Court Wednesday. Dallas Jay Stewart, 28, was convicted by a jury in March. "We started with 26 counts," said Assistant District Attorney Eddie Barnard. "Two counts were dropped, so we had 24 counts, and he was convicted as indicted on all of them."... more

A new Web site for job seekers, students, employers, personnel managers and others seeking benefits and services is to be explained at noon today by a state Labor Department official at Columbia State Community College. Labor Department Statistical Analyst Matt Milam is the guest speaker at a luncheon hosted by the Lewisburg Economic Development Office in the community college's large meeting room at 980 S. Ellington Parkway. He will discuss "The Source," a labor exchange module... more

A 1 percent pay raise for Marshall County employees paid through the general fund is under consideration by budget committeemen, according to their discussion recently. No decision has been made, Commissioner Mickey King said, explaining the discussion in the County Courthouse Annex was "just to know were we are and to have something to think about."... more