Some Marshall County students will be riding on new school buses soon after the 2011-2012 school year starts in August. School Board Transportation Committee members Randy Perryman and Curt Denton met with Schools Director Roy Dukes and Transportation Supervisor Michael Frey last week to get an update on the process of acquiring the new buses... more

The county school board on Monday finished discussing the schools director's evaluation at the second of two work sessions. Director Roy Dukes left the meeting with several suggestions for improvement, and board members appeared united in their desire to see him succeed... more

After an incident at the Northgate Arms Apartments, Lionel R. Harris, 31, Silver Creek Road, was arrested and charged with criminal trespass. Bond: $500; court date: June 13. At Marshall County Jail, Harris was served with a warrant for failure to appear, and on this warrant he is held without bond until his court date. ... more

A Culleoka man's trial on a statutory rape charge was stopped Thursday, a few hours after it started. Patrick A. McCluskey, 33, could be back in Marshall County Circuit Court at the end of July for a fresh trial after the Tennessee Court of Appeals considers a decision by the trial judge... more

The five candidates in Lewisburg's Tuesday election have taken positions on cemetery rules and sewer rates, but when asked to select any topic, three of them said employment is a major concern. … more

Nearly $622,000 was authorized for a water extension project Monday by county commissioners to resolve a pollution problem allegedly caused by a pig farmer who's set for a court hearing May 9 and a … more

Joe Kelly was still trembling a few hours after strong winds blew through his home at Holt's Corner where a friend was calling one of the dogs "Toto," like in the Wizard of Oz. The wind "liked … more

April 29 The Grief Support Group will have a potluck meeting at 6 p.m. Friday, April 29, at Westvue Church of Christ, Lewisburg. Bill McDonald is the speaker. The Webb School Company Players will present Richard Brinsley Sheridan's comedy of manners "The Rivals" at 7 p.m. April 29 and 30, on the Webb School Chapel stage. Admission is free. For more information, call Sadie Fowler at 931-389-5729... more

Some Lewisburg Cemetery Board members don't seem to support rules they recommended last year and their chairman anticipates a 3-2 vote by the city council on May 10 to change rules on how graves may be decorated in city cemeteries. "They bought the graves," Charlotte Foster said during a Tuesday afternoon meeting of the Cemetery Board in City Hall where about 80 people have, in recent months, attended public meetings on changing rules again. ... more

Even before Lewisburg's May 3 election in two wards, it would appear that current events have affected the city election on the first Tuesday in May 2013. Councilman Hershel Davis has indicated that he probably won't be running for re-election in two years. After a recent council meeting with extensive public comment on cemetery rules, he was asked if he thought he'd run for re-election... more

More questions than answers emerged from a first look at the school system's budget for the 2011-12 school year. Members of the school board's budget committee met Monday to see a first draft of the budget prepared by schools director Roy Dukes. Dukes had to admit right away that the amount of the federal budget cuts is still unknown and the amount of the state's Basic Education Program (BEP) payments are only an estimate... more

Lewisburg Police officers found a white Chevy Cavalier parked in the roadway where Yell Road and Cornersville Highway meet at about 1 a.m. April 20. All four doors were open, and a man and a woman were searching through the car. After field sobriety tests and a search of the vehicle, the couple were arrested and charged as follows:... more

A Chapel Hill woman has been both nurse and patient at Vanderbilt's renal transplant/dialysis unit. For 10 years Janice Dalton worked as a renal transplant/dialysis nurse at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. In 2003, at the age of 54, she was diagnosed with renal failure, placed on dialysis and told she would need a kidney transplant... more

The Joint Economic and Community Development Board in Marshall County has committees on various topics including the Three-Star Agriculture Committee that met last week to brainstorm on how to promote tourism at farms. Agri-Tourism is presented as a growing part of the tourism industry which in Marshall County would include a pick-your-own peach orchard, catch-your-own fish farms, and a family farm offering horse rides, Christmas tees and Halloween events... more

"And you knew who you were then/Goils were goils and men were men..." Those words from the theme of TV's "All In The Family" seem appropriate for the recent brouhaha over gender identity. In case you haven't heard, clothier J. Crew inadvertently started a pink stink with an ad campaign in which the company's creative director (Jenna Lyons) was shown painting her young son Beckett's toenails hot pink. ... more

East of Holts Corner, the Johns family has been raising youngsters, crops and livestock for 100 years and this month Lazy J Farm has been designated as a Tennessee Century Farm by the Center for Historic Preservation at Middle Tennessee State University... more

More goals are being established for the director of schools here. They're from a review of the director's evaluation that's to continue May 2 when the Marshall County School Board is to meet again. "Let's look at what we have to do to be successful," Schools Director Roy Dukes said during a lengthy work session Thursday. "Don't dwell on the past, but move forward. I would like to move forward."... more

Jobs at the Docker's facility north of Chapel Hill may well be more available and presumably more secure because of a unanimous vote by Marshall County commissioners on Monday night. That's how County Mayor Joe Boyd Liggett saw the situation before the monthly commission meeting when Commissioner Rocky Bowden recommend approval of a $515,500 loan - bolstered by a $222,500 federal grant - for a water utility project... more

Dangerous weather is predicted this afternoon across several southeastern states and Marshall County is the bull's-eye of the targeted area, according to the National Weather service. "There will be a significant outbreak of weather including tornadoes, including long track tornadoes - something on the order of 12 miles or more," NOAA Meteorologist Darrell Massie said late yesterday morning... more

Marshall County veterinarians offer rabies vaccinations at the reduced rate of $8 for the month of April. Tennessee law requires all cats and dogs three months of age and older to be vaccinated against rabies by a licensed veterinarian. There have already been three cases of rabies confirmed in Marshall County this year... more