Thefts and vandalism reported... more

A day before Lewisburg called for bids on a $13 million dollar sewage treatment plant expansion, the utility's superintendent said he's working to prevent sewage backups in three basements. Rain on a drainage area between Jackson and Glenn avenues raises the water table, increases groundwater flowing into broken sewer pipes, and increases the likelihood of wastewater rising from three basement drains... more

Telephone solicitors are calling Marshall County residents saying a benefit will be held for the Lewisburg Fire Department, but the chief says it isn't so. To make matters worse, Chief Larry Williams said, "They're doing it at the same time we've mailed out our fire prevention letters to businesses requesting support for our program to educate the public on fire safety."... more

Marshall County's unemployment rate has dropped again, although the rate remains third highest in Tennessee, according to a state report issued late last week. The most recent figures show that the unemployment rate was 15 percent in March, down from 15.8 percent in February. In March last year, the rate was 18.2 percent, reflecting a drop of 3.2 percentage points in one year... more

A Cornersville man who got no response to his complaint to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen won't drop the matter. John Beard of 420 North Main St. visited the Tribune office to question a statement made in April 13's article about the Cornersville BOMA... more

NASHVILLE (AP) -- A neatly folded T-shirt sits on a table in the outer office of state Sen. Bill Ketron of Murfreesboro. In red, white and blue letters, it proclaims: "Welcome to America. Now Speak English." Inside his office, Ketron is told by a visitor that some Capitol Hill reporters have suggested him as a good profile subject because he's interesting... more

Lewisburg's May 3 election pits an incumbent against a challenger and three men campaigning against each other for an open seat. Despite the drama that could generate, and the crowds of interested voters at City Hall meetings recently, election commissioners describe early voting as "slow."... more

NASHVILLE -- America must stop spending more money than its revenue, Marshall County Mayor Joe Boyd Liggett said after hearing Sen. Bob Corker at a Tennessee County Mayors Association banquet. Corker "focused on the national debt," Liggett said Wednesday, another day for local officials to speak with state and national leaders in Nashville. "What they're doing now is fixing what they didn't fix before."... more

The peep, peep, peep sound of baby chicks could be heard again this week in the halls of Marshall County's Hardison Annex Office Building. There were 300 chicks in the office of the University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service where county director Rick Skillington reports about 225 of the birds were purchased by 18 members of the 4-H Club... more

While the man who allegedly threw hot cooking oil on a Lewisburg woman waits for his next court date, a fundraiser will be held today in for the victim. Ryan R. Haase, 34, of David Avenue, is due back in General Sessions Court on May 10. Charged with attempted murder, Haase is being held without bond in Marshall County Jail. Judge Steve Bowden assigned the Public Defender's Office to represent him, after Haase completed an affidavit of indigency that stated he had no job and no assets... 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

A Harriet Street resident won a recommendation Tuesday to have his vacant lot rezoned from commercial to residential so his property tax bill would go down. Changing the zoning to affect taxes might surprise some people since a widely held view would have property assessed for tax purposes based on the use, but Property Assessor Linda Haislip has explained a vacant lot is viewed differently... more

The featured speaker at Saturday night's Freedom Fund Banquet is an attorney practicing in Nashville who's been executive director of 100 Black Men and the former U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. The Marshall County Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People asked Quenton I. White to speak on the subject of the banquet's theme: "One Nation, One Dream, One Accord," Branch President Gary Davis said... more

A Lewisburg man who has been in prison for 11 years could be free next year. Randall Mills, 56, will not have a new trial on the charge of rape of a child, for which he was convicted in 1999. This conviction relied heavily on DNA evidence as well as the victim's testimony. ... more

A new middle school in Chapel Hill might be built before the end of the decade, according to discussion at the school board's maintenance committee meeting Tuesday. "There are bonds coming due in 2014 and 2015," said Donnie Moses. "That's the first time a big amount of money will be available. I'd like a new school to be at the head of the list."... more

Receipt of a federal grant is set for approval Monday by Marshall County commissioners who could realize it will pay 30 percent of a project to benefit "a lot of people," the county mayor says. Dockers shoe businessmen "are looking to expand" their operation just north of Chapel Hill, said County Mayor Joe Boyd Liggett, explaining that the $222,500 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will help "create a few more jobs."... more

NASHVILLE -- The Senate sponsor of an amended Tennessee proposal that seeks to prevent support for terrorist acts said Tuesday he's moving forward with the legislation despite opponents who say it's unnecessary and still unfairly targets Muslims. The original proposal by Republican Sen. Bill Ketron of Murfreesboro sought to make it a felony to follow some versions of the Islamic code known as Shariah... more

As Easter approaches, I am more than a little dismayed by some of the mistaken notions circulating in the nation's Sunday schools. The name "Easter Island" indeed arose from the fact that the island's first recorded European visitor (Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen) encountered it on Easter Sunday 1722. It did not derive from the notion that Roggeveen told his crew, "We're just stopping to use the restroom. One Peep out of anybody and no TV tonight."... more

PALMETTO -- George Mitchell is "tired," and willing to leave this world. He won't force it, but he's signed documents so physicians can refrain from providing treatment that could save his life. George, 50, and his family trace his maladies to when he and his brother, Doyce, were boys working for a day labor service that sent them to URC, Uranium Recovery Complex, near their home in Mulberry, Fla. They now live on Jack Pickle Lane, a Lewisburg address that's just east of Marshall County... more

Questions and requests after this month's regularly scheduled Lewisburg Council meeting prompted City Hall to take a baby step toward calling a special meeting on cemetery rules, but officials refrained from issuing a public notice. The special called meeting sought by some councilmen to be held on April 26 will not be held, according to several city officials. ... more