Is this a great century or what? Get buried in a Chilean mine and you're an international celebrity. Get buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery and you're a pariah. At least that's the possibility if a trend noted by the Associated Press continues. More and more people are abandoning traditional funerals and burials for "green" alternatives... more

The candidates who want to represent Marshall County in the Tennessee Senate sparred Monday night at Marshall County High School over issues including jobs, education, how lawmakers are reimbursed … more

Lewisburg's City Council is changing part of city law that charges fees for signs endorsing candidates for political office. "I've talked to some attorneys and they don't feel it would survive a test case," Councilman Ronald McRady said during last week's council meeting... more

GALLATIN -- Perhaps the most memorable exchange between the political party candidates campaigning to represent Marshall County in Congress was when the newcomer accused his opponent of being a career politician and she said she'd been a nurse longer than he's been alive... more

The Marshall County Tribune is taking steps to reschedule its political debate for the three candidates campaigning to represent Marshall and Giles counties in the state House of Representatives. The Republican candidate in the state House race was, at 2 p.m. Monday, a pallbearer in Kentucky during the funeral of his wife's grandfather who died early Friday morning. Tribune staff and management decided to reschedule the state House debate... more

Marshall County Sheriff Norman Dalton is asking the public for pictures of former Marshall County sheriffs to become part of a display honoring past sheriffs at the sheriff's office. For more information, call Norman Dalton, Katie Burk, or Cindy Durand at 359-6122... more

The superintendent of Lewisburg's Water and Wastewater Department, Kenneth Carr, "personally" disagrees with a city policy that he must enforce with regard to sewer fees that became the subject of public discussion during this month's meeting of the City Council... more

Lewisburg's committee to review applicants for the job of industrial recruiter has selected four of nine applicants for interviews starting as soon as possible. Mike Wiles, the executive director of the Joint Economic and Community Development Board, chaired the committee that includes JECDB Chairman Edmund Roberts, City Industrial Development Board Chairman Eddie Wiles, Mayor Barbara Woods and City Planning Commissioner Gary Davis... more

A couple of the participants in he Lewisburg Rotary Club's barbecue contest during the Goats, Music and More Festival this month gave the service club high marks for the event and they commented on its plan to hold a contest in June. "The weekend we heard them talking about is not a good weekend from a barbecue standpoint," said Barry Johnson, one of the cooks on the Swiggin' Pig team that won the cook-off here. "There's an event in Memphis with about four times the amount of prize money."... more

An old Disney favorite comes to the Dixie Theatre stage this month with a musical adaptation of "101 Dalmatians," presented by the Marshall County Community Theatre Kids Division. Opening night is Friday night, Oct. 22. "The Hundred and One Dalmations," a 1956 novel by Dodie Smith, was made famous by the animated Walt Disney classic in 1961. ... more

Chapel Hill aldermen voted last week to: restrict beer sales; help residents pay helicopter ambulance subscriptions on an installment basis; defer action on a wireless phone service; and not increase trash service fees. Waste Management Inc., the business that owns Cedar Ridge Landfill, has a three-year contract with the north Marshall County town and it's increasing the cost of household trash collections by 13 cents per home, according to Town Administrator Mike Hatten... more

Capt. James Garner and Deputy Doug McBay of the Marshall County Sheriff's Department served a levy on Crossroads Market, Cornersville, and recovered $766.50 that belongs to the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. Papers on file at the MCSD indicate that Crossroads Market owes a total of $7,248.02 to the lottery... more

The Republican candidate campaigning for the state House seat representing Marshall County won't be able to participate in the Marshall County Tribune's political debate at Marshall County High School on Monday because of a death in his family. more

Four Marshall County High School students have volunteered to participate in the Marshall County Tribune's political debate for state House and Senate candidates on Monday evening in their school's lecture hall. Some of them are willing to ask questions while others will collect and select written questions from the audience before the debates and during a 10-minute intermission halfway through the 90-minute program starting at 5:30 p.m... more

A Marshall County fainting goat and a Marshall County Boer goat were judged champions at the Goats, Music and More Festival last weekend when thousands of people visited Lewisburg, strolled Old Farmington Road in Rock Creek Park and had a darned good time... more

Lewisburg's retiring city manager is to be paid a bonus greater than $17,500 following a split vote by the City Council on Tuesday when a councilman challenged the mayor's authority to raise the subject for consideration. City Manager Eddie Fuller "has done phenomenal things," Mayor Barbara Woods said, noting Fuller has been manager for 17 of his 38 years of service to the city. ... more

Tennessee voters are being asked to decide a referendum question on the Nov. 2 election ballot, as well as select a governor, congressman, and state lawmakers. As 108 of Marshall County's 17,448 registered voters were casting ballots on Wednesday -- the first day of early voting -- a retired employee of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency explained the referendum... more

Marshall County Sheriff Norman Dalton is asking the public for pictures of former Marshall County sheriffs to become part of a display honoring past sheriffs at the sheriff's office. For more information, call Norman Dalton, Katie Burk, or Cindy Durand at 359-6122... more

Arrested on 17th Judicial District Drug Task Force warrants: Turned himself in on a violation of probation warrant: Arrested and charged with aggravated assault: Arrested and charged with vandalism: Thefts and vandalism reported: Arrested on warrants for criminal trespass and theft under $500 at the Lewisburg Wal-Mart... more

The biggest tit-for-tat in the state Senate race of interest to Marshall County voters boils down to allegations of misuse of money and the Internet, but other differences emerged during a debate last month between Sen. Bill Ketron and his rival, Columbia Councilman Debbie Matthews... more