Amid the search for details on Lewisburg's pending water rate hike, the sewer service on Monday continued its periodic search for leaking pipes and it led to some remarkable reactions. A grandmother called the fire department because she and her family thought their house was on fire, and smoke started billowing from the front yards of at least three home sites on Jones Circle... more

In the heart of walking horse country as the breed association is celebrating its 75th anniversary, the organization's executive director is cautiously optimistic about the future. Stan Butt says that numbers of memberships, registrations and transfers are down, but this is true of all breed associations across the nation... more

Marshall County Memorial Library will be hosting reading labs from 9 a.m. until noon on the following Saturdays: Aug. 28 and Sept. 11, 18 and 25. A Marshall County Memorial Library patron has volunteered to conduct these labs for Marshall County adults in half-hour sessions. All participation will be private, confidential and conducted in a relaxed, friendly environment at no cost. To enroll, call the library at 359-3335 or stop by. Learn the joy of reading!... more

Arrested at Marshall County jail on warrants sworn by agents of the 17th Judicial District Drug Task Force Arrested and charged with possession of cocaine for resale, resisting arrest, and driving on a revoked license Arrested on a warrant for delivery of a Xanax, a Schedule IV controlled substance, and two warrants for contributing to the delinquency of a minor... more

A Marshall County couple -- involved in a non-fatal shooting this spring -- was sentenced last week in Circuit Court. Phillip Owen Grissom, 27, of Bob Hopkins Road, was charged with criminal … more

Jury selection started Tuesday in the trial of a Lewisburg man accused in a cocaine case. Randall W. Keel, 56, of Highland Avenue, is charged with possession of a Schedule II drug with intent to sell and deliver it. Agents of the 17th Judicial District Drug Task Force went to Keel's home in March 2009, according to documents in his case file... more

Food service at Saddle Creek Golf Club has changed as reflected by a permit issued on Friday by Lewisburg's Beer Board. Board Chairman John Lambert and member Trig Cathey granted the permit to Golf Resources Group LLC with principals Eddie and Donna Roberts who named Dustin McCabe as the manager... more

Calculations were incomplete Friday, but there were estimates on Lewisburg's water rate hike indicating it could be 17 percent instead of 10 percent as previously indicated by the water department. more

Wally Lage, vice president and chief operating officer of Rust Communications, the parent company of Rust Publishing Central TN LLC, publishers of the Marshall County Tribune, died Thursday night in Maine, after slipping off a wharf. more

Hello again to all my friends. This heat is still with us; we finally got a little rain last week and there was some wind damage in the Pleasant Grove area last Saturday. Hope you all got some rain but not the wind. Things are still dry around here but we are getting several tomatoes and okra pods in our garden. By the way, if you haven't been to Catalpa in a while, we have a newly paved road that runs by the church... more

CATALPA COOKING SALAD 1 can cherry pie filling 1 small can crushed pineapple, undrained 1 cup miniature marshmallow 1 cup flaked coconut 1 banana, sliced 1 can condensed milk (not evaporated) 1 cup chopped nuts, optional 1 medium-size box Cool Whip Stir all ingredients together well. Fold in Cool Whip. Let stand in refrigerator a few hours. Makes a large salad, but keeps real well... more

Girl Scouts, for kindergarten through 12th grade, is taking registrations for the year at these locations: Cornersville Elementary, 6:30-8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 23; Chapel Hill United Methodist Church, 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24; and Church Street Church of Christ Annex, Lewisburg, 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 26. Flyers will be coming to the girls at the schools. For more information, contact Cathy Marino at 364-4102 or Rebecca Brown at 359-6314... more

At least two Columbia State Community College students sickened by a carbon monoxide leak last spring are stuck between the state and Lewisburg because neither will accept responsibility for the leak. "We've been left hanging, dangling in the air with very high medical bills, almost $3,000," Faris Beard of Belfast said Wednesday of the predicament she's in with her son, Brian Cuff, 19, one of nearly 30 people who felt ill on April 8... more

A former Marshall County resident has been sentenced on drug charges in federal court. Patrick C. Parks, 37, was sentenced in May to 202 months (16.8 years) in federal penitentiary as a direct … more

On this page, there's a guest column by Mike Wiles, executive director of the Joint Economic and Community Development Board. The JECDB is to do what its name implies. Tennessee's Department of Economic and Community Development has a Three Star program now run by Jamie Stitt, Wiles' predecessor in an office on the ground floor of the Courthouse Annex. ... more

The budget for Marshall County schools this year will have to be approved by county commissioners who were elected two weeks ago, according to the chairman of the county budget committee The panel met this week to review financial decisions to be made at the August meeting of the commission on Monday night. That was to include the entire county budget, but without a school budget. That portion of the spending plan was removed from legal notices, Commissioner Mickey King said Thursday... more

Lewisburg's City Council on Wednesday afternoon again delayed its vote on a water rate hike because of questions from the city treasurer; so more calculations were started Thursday morning. "I'm afraid it's going to be worse than it was the first time," City Manager Eddie Fuller said Thursday afternoon, acknowledging the water department's calculation of a $7-8 monthly increase per household may have been low... more

A Forrest High School sophomore is following a family tradition of helping other people. Brooks Lamb, 16, planted a half-acre garden on his family's farm north of Chapel Hill this spring, and has been delivering his harvest every week to families in Chapel Hill and Lewisburg who need fresh food. Liggett Street Church of God member Ricky Tears set up the connection between Lamb and church members. The news spread by word of mouth, and Lamb makes deliveries all around town on Saturdays... more

CHAPEL HILL - Middle Tennessee State University students have proposed several economic renovations for the restaurant at Henry Horton State Park. They're from a practical educational exercise for the students and, if implemented by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, it's quite possibly another step toward attracting and keeping restaurant customers... more

If the tender message of the 2005 Billy Dean song "Let Them Be Little" resonates with you, you're in for stressful times. According to a study in the journal "Pediatrics," more and more girls are reaching puberty at an early age - some of them as early as seven or eight... more