BELFAST - Attempted bank robbery and car theft investigations were underway Wednesday afternoon when a Marshall County Sheriff's investigator reported a stolen Ford Mustang - apparently the getaway car - had been recovered. "A man on foot went up to the bank" in this unincorporated community between Lewisburg and Petersburg, Sheriff Les Helton said that afternoon. "He attempted to get in, and he drove away, and within a two mile radius, he abandoned his car."... more

The Marshall County Health Department will be offering special clinics to provide free immunizations to seventh graders during the month of August. All children entering the seventh grade this fall must submit proof of a booster dose of the tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (Tdap) vaccine; and confirm either chickenpox immunity through the disease or receipt of two doses of the varicella vaccine... more

A Hunter Safety Class will be held from Monday, Aug. 2, through Friday, Aug. 6, at Cornersville Baptist Church. Classes are from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. each evening. For more information, call Doug Lowery at 659-6786 The Marshall County High School Tigers and Tigerettes will be conducting their third annual Soccer Skills Camp from 5 to 8 p.m. ... more

A $500,000 bond was set at a hearing last week to prevent the defendant from fleeing the county again, according to observations in court. Circuit Court Judge Robert Crigler set the bond for John E. Lynch, 47, formerly of Beard Lane. Lynch was named in a three-count indictment by the grand jury in February 2008... more

A Nolensville woman who crashed her Jeep Cherokee in Marshall County and fled was indicted last week on charges alleging assault related to her 10-year-old son's injuries suffered during the crash. Tracy Lynn Bell, 33, was driving east on Mt. Vernon Road when the Cherokee "ran off the road, striking a fence and a tree," according the report written by Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper David Hill on Feb. 5,... more

One of the two war veterans campaigning for a nomination to run for the 6th Congressional District seat in the House of Representatives on Monday explained his religious background, view of the wars and why he deserves votes. And then there was an earnest request from Harold Bradford, also known as "Cowboy," a Cornersville High School alumni - a regular at the Brekfus Shop and the Delina store where Marshall County elders solve world problems together over a meal... more

There was some unexpected excitement during the Marshall County Dusters' victory over Western North Carolina in the first round of the Senior Babe Ruth Southeast Regional Tournament on Thursday night at Joe George Field when the football concession stand behind the left field fence caught on fire... more

Robert L. Smith, 44, of Smyrna, was picked up from the Rutherford County Sheriff's Department by Lewisburg Police Department officers on July 25. The officers arrested Smith on warrants alleging domestic assault, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated burglary, robbery, and two counts of theft over $1,000. ... more

Ryan Longchamps, 17, of Lewisburg participated in the Frontiers Program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute from July 11 to 23. He completed the mechanical engineering program, as well as the music workshop. Frontiers is a two-week summer residential program for over 180 soon-to-be juniors and seniors interested in science, mathematics and engineering. ... more

While campaigning in Lewisburg last week, Tennessee Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey said he's realized a state law may hamstring Marshall County commissioners' control over spending so he's willing to re-examine the law. Ramsey is one of three candidates campaigning for the Republican nomination to run for governor. ... more

Marshall County residents excelled at the National Special Olympic Games in Lincoln, Neb., last week. Ginger Skillington won a bronze medal in bowling, according to her father, Rick Skillington, and Sandra Holly, a spokeswoman for the local group, reports that Ricardo Owens finished third in bench-press competition with a lift of 65 kilograms... more

CHAPEL HILL -- The Lions Super Pull of the South provided, no doubt, a super weekend for thousands of people in the audience at Forrest High School's stadium, as well as rousing competition for the pullers. "It was better than ever," says Chris Gilbert, chairman of the Lions Super Pull of the South - readily acknowledged as the biggest single sporting event in Marshall County. However, "It wasn't necessarily bigger" than ever... more

Lewisburg's City Council has declined to accept land developed to control stormwater drainage on the grounds that doing so would set a precedent and state regulations are about to change, so a wait-and-see stance was seen as prudent. It's all a result of the 1972 Clean Water Act, its amendments and subsequent regulations to protect rivers and streams from pollutants flowing in rain after it hits the streets, parking lots, roofs, cow pastures, feed lots and drains through storm sewers... more

Marshall County residents excelled at the National Special Olympic Games in Lincoln, Neb., last week. more

Lucy June Nickerson, otherwise known as Miss Lucy, Miss June, or June Bug (85 years old) decided in 1992 to retire here in Lewisburg. Since October of 2008 she has had extreme battles with her health. This past February, Miss Lucy was near death. The professionals at St. ... more

CORNERSVILLE - The town has a new contract for trash collection and it starts next month with a safety next courtesy of Lewisburg. Allied Waste is contracted collect garbage for the town starting the second week in August. Waste Management, the company that planned to develop a landfill near Cornersville, is the old service provider... more

SIX WEEK MUFFINS 1 15-oz. box Raisin Bran cereal 5 cups flour 2 teaspoons salt 1 quart buttermilk 3 cups sugar 5 teaspoons soda 4 eggs, beaten 1 cup oil … more

The rear door of Lighthouse Baptist Church on West Church Street was broken in on July 11 and about $30 that a Sunday School class had been saving for a mission trip was taken. The estimated cost of … more

It's only in the conceptual phase now, but as The Emporium is repainted on Lewisburg's public square, it raises the prospect of a new view open to the world on the south side of that corner building - and it comes with a new business. That new view, however, is really from within the proprietors' hearts as they continue to live their lives and conduct their business with the values their Christian faith provides, and that has guided them to open Primitive Blessings Christian Book Store within their building on the northeast corner of First and Commerce.. ... more

The Lewisburg Downtown Alliance is getting help from a native son and daughter to achieve its vision to develop, preserve and promote the historic downtown area and the volunteers have explained how their methods will help. Lewisburg "is a wonderful place to live and grow up," Dan Brewer of BrewerIngramFuller Architects in Knoxville told the LDA last week as he recalled fields on the Duck River where he grew corn and soybean crops that paid his tuition toward a career and restoration of American towns.. ... more