County schools were closed Monday because of snow and reopened Tuesday when single digit temperatures kept the county bitterly cold, raising questions about the prospect of an ice storm. Meanwhile, the Marshall County school board meeting originally scheduled for Monday night was postponed until Thursday night, according to an announcement from the central office at Jones Circle... more

Registration for the Youth Basketball League for boys and girls 7-12 years old, sponsored by the Lewisburg Parks and Recreation Department, is now open. Deadline is Dec. 17; League starts Jan. 8. For more information, call Jane Tilford at 359-2482. In His Image Pregnancy Resource Center is in urgent need of wipes and diapers sizes newborn, 3, 4, 5, and 6. ... more

Lewisburg councilmen are drafting questions for applicants who want to be the next city manager and simultaneously revising qualifications for those who'd like to be the city's next codes officer and … more

The man who was shot after allegedly threatening lawmen with a knife in an empty factory near Chapel Hill has been indicted by the grand jury. In its last session of the year, the Marshall … more

A Lewisburg church was vandalized last week, allegedly by a juvenile who did not like the pastor, according to a report by Lewisburg Police Detective Sgt. David Henley. Lighthouse Independent Baptist Church, 504 West Church St., was damaged on Dec. 7. ... more

Marshall County schools are closed Monday because snow and subfreezing temperatures threatened road safety, the schools director said Sunday evening. more

Marshall County's school system is being asked to refund $3,360 in federal funds that were allegedly spent improperly. It's also been told to improve its administrative controls when spending money. In a memorandum to schools director Roy Dukes, dated Nov. 22, Chris Steppee, director of internal audit for the state's Depart-ment of Edu-cation, details six "findings and recommendations on various administrative and fiscal issues" related to federally funded programs... more

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation has imposed a moratorium on new sewer taps in Lewisburg because of raw sewage overflows from sewers and the sewage treatment plant. TDEC Commissioner Jim Fyke's order expands a partial, self-imposed moratorium affecting nearly two-thirds of the city since 2005, Lewisburg Water and Wastewater Department Superintendent Kenneth Carr said Wednesday... more

A Ford van's gas tank fell to the concrete floor and exploded Thursday morning when the vehicle was being repaired at a Lewisburg garage, but nobody was hurt, one of the mechanics said at the scene. "Stop, drop and roll," Jeff Brown said of what he and his employee, Wendell Hurt, did to avoid injury in the fire that's consumed Brown & Son Auto Center, 901 Finley Beech Road. "It's all we could do... more

Santa Claus took time from his busy schedule on Saturday to help Junior's House, a safe place for abused children on Second Avenue North. After hearing Christmas present requests, the jolly old … more

Registration for the Youth Basketball League for boys and girls 7-12 years old, sponsored by the Lewisburg Parks and Recreation Department, is now open. Deadline is Dec. 17; League starts Jan. 8. For more information, call Jane Tilford at 359-2482. In His Image Pregnancy Resource Center is in urgent need of wipes and diapers sizes newborn, 3, 4, 5, and 6. ... more

Lewisburg is one of a dozen municipalities selected by the state to participate in Tennessee Downtowns, a program to revitalize traditional commercial districts. The Lewisburg Downtown Alliance, … more

CHAPEL HILL -- Students at the elementary school here ate their hot lunches from paper plates Thursday because a pump failed and school officials were conserving septic tank capacity. Failure of the sewage pump at Chapel Hill Elementary School was temporarily resolved by having the school's septic tank pumped out, Marshall County Schools Director Roy Dukes explained... more

Lewisburg's Industrial Development Board on Monday endorsed plans for development of a loading dock at a railroad spur off Spring Place Road behind Martin Welding. The idea, raised by Matt Harris, proprietor of Brother's Fine Foods, has been considered by city leaders for at least four months. Harris and other businessmen have noted there's a possibility of costs savings by rail freight and a dock would be helpful... more

According to The New York Times, the U.S. Army and its contractors are working feverishly to "recruit" more robots for military service. Supporters of the high-tech expansion dream of robots supplementing or replacing humans in functions such as hauling equipment, scouting for bombs or engaging the enemy; but the matter has proven very controversial... more

NASHVILLE -- An alleged Lewisburg marijuana distributor's arrest in Marshall County last month is among 32 drug busts announced Thursday evening by Metro Police who also say the roundup reached suspects alleged to be at the upper echelon of a criminal enterprise. more

Lewisburg has decided to accept Cosmolab's offer to pay 82 percent of its delinquent property tax bill, according to comments from councilmen last week. Meanwhile, Marshall County is weighing its options, County Mayor Joe Boyd Liggett said Saturday afternoon, noting that a final decision will probably have to come from county commissioners who aren't scheduled to meet until late next month... more

Reflections on changing times were shared with hope for the future at the Marshall County Chamber of Commerce Christmas Banquet on Monday night. "We've heard enough of the gloom and doom," Lewisburg Industrial Development Director Greg Lowe said at the headquarters of the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders and Exhibitors Association... more

Ahead of next week's school board meeting, members of the budget committee on Monday night grappled with the details of employing a school resource officer for Lewisburg Middle School. "We're getting bogged down in the minutiae," Barbara Kennedy exclaimed. "It's time we moved on this. We've dragged our feet, for whatever reason, for a semester."... more

Part of New Lake Road will be closed temporarily during construction of a concrete slab bridge replacing rusted metal culverts that failed and don't support the road. "The public will be notified when the road will be closed," Lewisburg-based engineer Jim Bingham said Friday, adding that the announcement will include an approximate time of the road closure... more