The Meg Whitman/illegal housekeeper story may not be of interest to you unless you live in California but it should. Why? Because there's a side of the story that the mainstream media are ignoring. Imagine that. A little background. Meg Whitman is the former eBay exec who is running for governor of California. She's accused of employing an illegal alien as a housekeeper and here is where the mainstream media lose the scent of the story... more

Hope everyone is enjoying the autumn days we are having. The Lynnville Christmas Village will be held on Saturday, Nov. 13, in the C. T. Reid Theater beginning at 8:30 a.m. To reserve a booth, contact 931-527-0032 or 931-527-3922. Last year's Christmas Village was a great success. ... more

Weather is expected to be perfect for the Goats, Music and More Festival this weekend, with no rain in the forecast until Tuesday. All three days will be sunny, with highs in the 80s, according to … more

A couple of industrial prospects visited Lewisburg in the last 10 days or two weeks, according to Mayor Barbara Woods who said both looked at the city-owned building in the Business Park on the north side of Mooresville Highway. The visits come as Lewisburg's Industrial Development Board decided to submit to the City Council five names of people interested in filling two open seats on the IDB. They are Chris Collins, Troy Cross, Mark Tankersley, Steve Thomas and Dave Kennedy... more

Nine people have applied for the job of industrial developer at Lewisburg City Hall. Five are Marshall County residents. Seven of the nine were willing to be named publicly. The other two are county residents who preferred to remain anonymous, although their applications are public record... more

A two-story house on First Avenue North, now overgrown with kudzu and sometimes referred to as the "red house," has been the target of Lewisburg's codes enforcement officer for more than a year. "The time has come, actually it's way past time, for something to be done with that house," Codes Administrator Greg Lowe said late last week when asked about the building identified by a retired school teacher as one of the earliest high schools in town... more

Marshall County High School students are drafting questions about the economy, and more specifically jobs, as well as education issues for the upcoming political debates for state House and Senate candidates, according to their American government teacher... more

NASHVILLE -- The Tennessee Department of Transportation has scheduled an Oct. 29 bid letting that includes widening of a portion of the bypass in Lewisburg. "The bids will be opened on Oct. 29," TDOT spokeswoman B.J. Doughty said of "the reconstruction of State Route 106 from south of State Route 272 to north of State Route 50."... 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

A 2006 Ford F350 pickup truck, worth $25,000, was stolen from the parking lot at Preston Hopkins Field, Lewisburg, on Oct. 1. The owner told police he left the game in a friend's vehicle and when he came back for his truck it was gone. Other thefts and vandalism reported... more

A Petersburg woman was sentenced to a jail term last week on drug charges after entering an open plea of guilty to the charges as filed. Victoria Lynn "Tori" Coyle, 34, was indicted by the grand jury in June. The eight-count indictment relates to conspiracy to sell and/or deliver, and sale and delivery of Lortabs, a Schedule III controlled substance, to an agent of the 17th Judicial Drug Task Force on two dates in February. ... more

The Oklahoma man who was shot by police officers late last month was arrested and formally charged on Friday when he was released from Vanderbilt Medical Center. Cody Dale Barker, 31, of Blanchard, Okla., was then transported to another medical facility for further medical treatment, according to a press release from Marshall County Sheriff Norman Dalton... more

Two candidates for the state Senate district including Marshall County, and three candidates for the state House district here and Giles County have accepted the Marshall County Tribune's invitation to participate in a political debate at Marshall County High School on Oct. 18... more

Nearly $632,000 can be spent from the school budget's reserve account without causing a tax rate hike next year because of an exception in the Basic Education Program for expenditures that won't have to be repeated, county officials explained Wednesday and Thursday... more

Members of the school board met Tuesday night to respond to the county budget passed the night before. In a very short meeting, the board voted to approve a budget in line with what the county commission was allowing them for running of Marshall County's schools... more

A 90-mile motorcycle ride raised more than $1,500 toward establishment of a fallen police officers memorial in Lewisburg, according to spokesmen for the ride conducted Saturday during crisp fall weather. "We're still talking about it," Lewisburg Police Chief Chuck Forbis said Monday explaining the purpose of the motorcycle ride organized by Officer John Christmas, a recently elected county commissioner... more

NASHVILLE -- Marshall County is included in a series of state grants announced Wednesday. Construction of a pavilion at Berlin Springs will be funded with a $110,000 grant announced by Gov. Phil Bredesen and Environment and Conservation Commissioner Jim Fyke... more

Marriage Licenses Samuel Elijah Britton and Jennifer Renee Savage; Tracy Ray Hazel and Honor Megan Wilcox; James Donald Tippett and Bonnie Faye Wright Cunningham; Jonathan McKay West and Rebecca Anne Bowman. Business Listings Cornersville Funeral Home, 310 N. ... 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

NASHVILLE -- An execution date has been set for a man sentenced to death for first-degree premeditated murder. The Tennessee Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of Joel Richard Schmeiderer, 30, for the murder of Tom Harris, a fellow inmate at the South Central Correctional Center in Clifton. The Court set September 13, 2011, as Schmeiderer's execution date... more