There were a lot of donkeys on the basketball court at Cornersville last weekend and some four-legged animals too. The Cornersville Booster Club held a donkey basketball fund raiser for the school’s athletic programs, which pitted teams from the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office and Marshall County EMS against each other, as well as their mounts... more

The 2018-19 CHS basketball homecoming court was presented Jan. 31 in the CHS gym. photo by George “Pap” Warren JC Spray, Braylin Powers, Elias Nunez, Anna Gibson, Brady Fitzgerald, Ashtyn Curtis, Colton McVey, Sami Chumley, Haison Hopkins, Devin Baus, Larissa Hobby, Shelby Luna, Kaitlyn Garner, Zak Holder, Abbie Woodard, Conner McVey, Haliey Welch, and Barrett Powers... more

The county’s quest to build a new health department building took another step forward this week, in a long-running process that at times has seemed like a process of one step forward and two steps back. The Marshall County building committee met on Monday to discuss how to proceed on the project now that plans for the building have been completed... more

• The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program offers free income tax help to people who generally make $66,000 or less, persons with disabilities and limited English speaking taxpayers who need assistance in preparing their own tax returns. VITA volunteers will be available at the Marshall County Senior Center in the Hardison Office Annex, 230 College Street, Lewisburg, on Wednesdays beginning February 6 and continuing through April 10. ... more

• Feb 18 - The Marshall County Board of Public Utilities at 624 West Commerce Street, Lewisburg will be closed Monday, Feb. 18 in observance of Presidents’ Day. The office will re-open Tuesday at 8 a.m. • Feb 18 - Lewisburg Recreation Board Meeting at 6 p.m. at the Lewisburg Recereation Center... more

Dont’a Hightower is the best player I ever saw in high school and his prep excellence earned him a scholarship to the University of Alabama where he had a storied career as a two-time team captain for the Crimson Tide, roaming the middle of Nick Saban’s defense to earn two national titles. Saban is one of the top college football coaches of all-time and the same thing Saban saw in high school, Bill Belichick saw at Tuscaloosa. more

The Associated Press' Top 10 teams in each of Tennessee's three Division I non-financial aid classifications and in the combined Division II financial aid classification as selected by Tennessee AP-member sportswriters and broadcasters. With first-place votes in parentheses, records through January 28, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote:... more

Columbia State Community College is pleased to announce the fall 2018 graduates. Approximately 230 students graduated from Columbia State Dec. 15, 2018, with 156 degree and certificate candidates recognized during the fall commencement ceremony. Kelsey Collins of Lewisburg graduated with an Associate of Science in Tennessee Transfer Pathway Business Administration... more

BELL BUCKLE, Tenn. - The Webb School recently announced its A and B honor rolls for the first quarter of the 2018-2019 school year. An independent college preparatory day/boarding school for grades 6-12, The Webb School is the oldest continuously operating school of its kind in the South. The school has a dual emphasis on academic excellence and character development... more

Chapel Hill, TN - Joseph Fowler, DPT, OCS, a Doctor of Physical Therapy will be opening a branch of Benchmark Physical Therapy to serve the Chapel Hill community and surrounding areas in mid-March with high quality, personalized physical therapy services... more

In 2016 the Tennessee Bluebird Trail dissolved their non-profit and were kind enough to donate the remaining balance of their funds ($387.93) to the Friends of Henry Horton State Park. After numerous conversations at our Friends meetings concerning how best to use the funds, we had a local craftsman named Joe Gamino (Joe is retired from General Motors in Spring Hill) and his woodworking assistant Carter Sublette offer to build several bluebird houses for us if we could provide the cost of the materials. ... more

Holts Corner, Tenn. – For 100 years, the Manier family has cared for their rolling hills, meandering creek, and fertile pastures in Holts Corner. Now, they can take comfort in knowing that the 90 acres they have farmed for a century will be conserved for future generations. ... more

Twin Elms Farm, also known as the Patterson Farm, currently owned by John O. and Beth Kerr Chunn of Chapel Hill, has recently been designated a “Tennessee Pioneer Farm” under the Tennessee Century Farm program. This Sunday afternoon, Feb. 3, at 2 p.m. ... more

Freed-Hardeman University has released the names of students who made the President’s List and the Dean’s List for Fall 2018. Seven students from Marshall County received these academic honors. Three students were named to the President’s List. They were: Preston Bennett, a freshman finance major from Chapel Hill; Jacob Rich, a freshman accounting major from Chapel Hill; and Will Smith, a freshman English major from Lewisburg. ... more

On Jan. 15, 2019, the Mother to Mother organization brought their bus to Lewisburg to distribute much needed items to families in need. Mother to Mother, Inc. is a non-profit organization, based out of Nashville, founded by Janie Busbee in 2004. “We saw the needs that case workers and hospital nurses have when parents don’t have the basic needs to care for a child,” Busbee said... more

The American Red Cross has declared a blood emergency and is seeking donations. The Red Cross issued a statement detailing that supplies of blood and blood products are at low levels nationally due, in part, to the Christmas and New Year holiday period, which sees fewer blood drives held, as well as severe weather in parts of the country impacting donations... more

MARTIN, Tenn.—The outstanding academic achievements of undergraduate students at the University of Tennessee at Martin have been honored with publication of the Fall 2018 Chancellor’s Honor Rolls for the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, College of Business and Global Affairs, College of Education, Health, and Behavioral Sciences, College of Engineering and Natural Sciences and the College of Humanities and Fine Arts... more

Austin Peay State University is proud to recognize Wade Conley from Chapel Hill, TN, as one of more than 2,300 students named to the Dean’s List for academic achievement during the Fall 2018 semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must earn a semester GPA of 3.5 or greater... more

Trevecca Nazarene University has announced the Fall 2018 Dean’s List. To be named to the Dean’s List, undergraduates must attain a semester grade point average of 3.50 or higher on a 4.00 grading scale. Traditional undergraduates must be enrolled full-time, while non-traditional undergraduates must have completed 12 or more hours between July 1 and December 31, 2018... more

Cornersville High School would like to announce its Basketball Homecoming Court. The court will be presented at the homecoming ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 31 at 5 p.m. in the CHS gym. The Homecoming Queen is Haison Grae Hopkins. Haison is the daughter of Darrin and Deanna Hopkins. She will be escorted by Mr. Basketball Devin Baus. Devin is the son of Jeremy and Kelly Baus... more