The Elk Valley Forestry Association will hold their annual meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 9, at the Gleghorn Center, 77 Clark Ave., Fayetteville. The business meeting will be followed by Tim Phelps' presentation on "Forrest Health Issues in Tennessee." A meal will be served, so you are asked to RSVP by Dec. 3 to the Fayetteville UT Extension Service at 931-433-1582... more

NASHVILLE -- A Lewisburg man appealed his conviction and sentencing on an attempted murder charge, but the Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the trial judge's ruling, according to recent reports from … more

A change in the punishment for fighting at school is being recommended to the school board by its policy committee. Committee members are recommending that the punishment for fighting be suspension for the first offence. The second occasion of fighting will result in transfer to the alternative school... more

Thefts and vandalism reported Arrested and charged with initiation of a process to manufacture methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia Arrested on a state warrant for possession of marijuana for resale Arrested on a warrant for passing a worthless check... more

Lewisburg councilmen have taken another step toward establishment of a loading and unloading zone for railroad boxcars in the vicinity of the closed Sanford pencil factory. Questions raised by Councilman Ronald McRady are being sent to CSX lawyers in Jacksonville, Fla., so contracts could be signed between the city and the railroad, according to discussion during a council session late last month... more

Gov. Phil Bredesen has requested a federal designation of natural disaster for agriculture for Marshall and 27 other counties as a result of drought and excessive heat during the growing season. "We hauled probably 40 percent more water this summer than a normal year, so it was an extremely dry summer," according to Bob Hopkins, director of the Marshall County Emergency Management Agency... more

Marshall County has changed lawyers as a result of a 12-4 vote by county commissioners last week when one was absent and another abstained. Lewisburg-based attorney Bill Haywood succeeds Ginger Bobo Shofner of Shelbyville whose father, John T. Bobo, served the county Nov. 22... more

Lewisburg's councilmen on Nov. 23 voted 3-1 against buying the old McLean school building, also known as the red house on First Avenue North. The house was up for sale on Tuesday during a tax auction in the Marshall County Courthouse conducted by Chancery Court Clerk and Master Tommy Higdon... more

Like most Americans, Marshall County residents went shopping over the long Thanksgiving weekend and retailers heard cash registers ring with sales that, according to national statistics, were better than last year. "We've been super busy," Tractor Supply sales clerk Rebecca Hastings said one day after Thanksgiving, the traditional first day of Christmas shopping - also known as Black Friday because profits have overcome business expenses for the year... more

NASHVILLE -- While speculation continues in South Central Tennessee about what GM will do with its vehicle production line in Spring Hill, an international auto show on Broadway last weekend displayed cars in production, soon to be manufactured and some being discontinued... more

LEWISBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL NOVEMBER 29, 2010 -- DECEMBER 03, 2010 ALL MENUS SUBJECT TO CHANGE BREAKFAST MONDAY: NO SCHOOL TUESDAY: CHEESE TOAST, CEREAL, JUICE, MILK WEDNESDAY: SAUSAGE WRAPS, JUICE, MILK THURSDAY: BISCUIT & CHICKE N PATTY, JUICE, MILK... more

NASHVILLE -- The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce has announced that Marshall County's unemployment rate was 15.5 percent during October. more

Cedar Ridge Landfill is closing temporarily starting Dec. 1 because of a delay in its appeal for permission to expand, and because it's running out of space for more trash. The effect of the suspension of trash deliveries to the facility on the north side of Mooresville Highway should have little, if any, effect on the average resident, but it will put more trash transfer trucks on public highways to other landfills... more

More than $1 million of federal money is to be spent on education in Marshall County before Sept. 30, 2012, and some of it can be spent on teacher bonuses. At a work session Monday night, schools director Roy Dukes told school board members his ideas for spending the $1.2 million that is Marshall County's share of the $10 billion Jobs Bill, signed into law on Aug. 10... more

With a $1,000 reward offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the man who robbed First Farmers Bank on Friday, the FBI and Lewisburg Police continue to follow leads in the case. In their appeal to the public, the law enforcement agencies encouraged good citizens to call city detectives at 359-3800, CrimeStoppers at 359-4867 or the business number for city police dispatchers: 359-4044... more

Lewisburg councilmen were to meet Tuesday afternoon in City Hall where they could have decided to buy what's become known as the red house on First Avenue North. "It's the old McLean school," Councilman Ronald McRady said during a non-voting session on Thursday after Mayor Barbara Woods raised a question about what might be done about the house that's in disrepair... more

Like the rest of America, folks in Marshall County are taking time this week to reflect on what we have, and to say grace over a meal at a community feast or at the dining table at home. It was so recently at the George W. Turner Building on Silver Street where the Lewisburg Housing Authority hosted its second Community Thanksgiving Dinner on Nov. 13 when well over 200 plates were filled with fried chicken, ham, turkey and dressing and all the trimmings... more

The Marshall County School Board would like all students and parents to know that, effective Nov. 20, the penalty for cheating at school will be a "zero" grade and a conference with the parent or guardian. 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... more

The Lewisburg Downtown Alliance has donated $300 to Marshall County High School to buy supplies with money from the LDA's Halloween event when volunteers at the haunted house clashed over personal behavior. Several students earned credits toward the Tennessee Diploma Project and MCHS Principal Keith Stacey gratefully received the donation, according to LDA President Leland Carden, a Methodist minister and Lewisburg planning commissioner... more

Thefts and vandalism reported Arrested and charged with domestic assault Picked up from Lincoln County Jail Arrested and charged with driving on a suspended license Arrested and charged with public intoxication Arrested on a capias warrant Served with warrants for violation of probation or failure to appear while in Marshall County Jail... more