NASHVILLE - Almost $150,000 in federal economic stimulus money has been awarded to Lewisburg and Marshall County in what local leaders are calling energy efficiency grants. The city and county will be spending the money on energy efficient lighting and retrofitted heating, ventilation and cooling units at three county buildings and three city buildings, according to a state announcement... more

NASHVILLE - Governor Phil Bredesen has reappointed a Marshall County man to the Tennessee Real Estate Commission. Lewisburg-based businessman Grover C. Collins, of Collins and Miller Real Estate and Auction Inc. on Nashville Highway, has been a member of the commission... more

Declaring that it's time Tennessee had an average citizen as governor, Mike Knois of Lewisburg has announced he's an Independent candidate for governor. Independent candidates must qualify to have their names on the ballot at the same time as political party members start running for their party's nomination to run in general elections. The Aug. 5 election is a political primary for the parties, and a general election for counties and some municipalities... more

MARRIAGE LICENSES Richard William Fante Sr. and Nichole Jeannine Spell; Stanley Wilton Hallett and Gillian Ash Hudson Johnson; Travis Ray Hargrove and Katherine Elisabeth Pigg; Andrew Lee Hawkins and Leah Janaye Bales; Brian Marcus Hayes and Rachel Michelle Cooper Blackerby; John Israel Stephens and Kendra Gale Harmon Firpo; David Keith Welch and Shirley Dawn Wilson... more

Lewisburg's immediate past director of economic and community development is starting a new job on Monday and Wednesday he spoke about his last written report to the city's Industrial Development Board. Without revealing too much about his new job or the industrial prospects who might be employing county residents here, Wallace said, "There very well could be" an announcement this summer about a new business in town... more

Five Special Olympians from Marshall County are scheduled to leave from Cornersville this evening on their journey to Nebraska where they will compete in Team Tennessee. The five and their sports include: Ginger Skillington, bowling; Ricardo Owens, power lifting; Cody Taylor, track; Andrew Shearer and Darion Barnhill, bocce ball, according to Sandra Holly, spokeswoman for the local participants... more

Marshall County Schools' budget for the upcoming school year was approved, then changed several times, in the course of a two-day school board meeting. The board met Monday, and recessed until Tuesday evening when a vote was taken and budget committee chairwoman Kristen Gold carried the budget to a meeting of the county commission's education committee. However, no action could be taken because that committee did not have a quorum... more

Two women who were briefly deputy directors of the Marshall County School System lost their titles on Monday when the school board voted against the organizational chart that included them. Schools director Roy Dukes asked the board that night to approve his organizational chart that featured special education supervisor Lisa Ventura and federal projects director Linda Williams-Lee in the deputy director positions... more

Two dozen men have applied for the job of football coach at Marshall County High School. Schools director Roy Dukes gave the school board this news as part of his director's report at the July board meeting this week. He also introduced the board to his new budget and finance director, Sheila Cook-Jones... more

Candidates for seats on the County Commission answered challenging questions from the Rev. Steve Thomas, moderator of the Chamber of Commerce Political Forum on Saturday at Lewisburg's Recreation Center. All tried to convince spectators that their experience and background qualified them to do a good job running Marshall County... more

They presented themselves as "the world's largest commercial real estate company;" the "logical choice" for Lewisburg to market its development and sell land in its business park on Mooresville Highway. And, Jeff Thomas and Lee Black, senior associates of the CB Richard Ellis office in Nashville, want an exclusive sales listing agreement with the city, according to their presentation to Lewisburg's Industrial Development Board on Tuesday afternoon... more

CRUNCHY GREEN TOMATO PICKLES 4 pounds green tomatoes, sliced thin 1 cup lime 1 gallon water 2 quarts white vinegar 1 tablespoon salt 4 ½ pounds sugar 1 package … more

Hello again! Hope everyone had a good Fourth. We kept it pretty quiet, but did go and visit Don and Patty Crabtree on Monday. Sheila and her family went to Terry's sister, Kathy's, house on Sunday afternoon for a family cookout and then on to his other sister, Teresa's, to watch the Shelbyville fireworks. Connie and her family went camping last week, and Jeff's family went to Alabama for a family reunion. Alice had several over on Monday for a get-together... more

Thefts and vandalism reported Arrested on a warrant for burglary Arrested and charged with burglary Arrested on a warrant for violation of probation and a capias out of Circuit Court Arrested on one or more capias out of Circuit Court Arrested and charged with domestic assault... more

AT&T announced on Wednesday that it's now offering Lewisburg residents its U-verse service for high-speed Internet connections, TV channels' access and what the mammoth telephone company now calls "U-verse voice." "AT&T U-verse brings together your TV, broadband, home phone and AT&T wireless services - all on one bill - with unique features that provide a new level of integration," the company said in an announcement at Lewisburg City Hall... more

Marshall County Youth Football & Cheerleading registration is now online at www.mcyouthfootball.com through July 15. To be eligible, children must be ages 5-12 on July 31. For more information, call Lisa at 293-3908. Tennessee Youth Baseball Association (TYBA) will hold their 23rd Annual State Championship Tournaments at Barfield Crescent Park, Murfreesboro, on the weekends of July 16-18 and July 23-25. ... more

Spectators at the Chamber of Commerce's political forum Saturday got a look at all the candidates for two important clerk positions. Each race has an experienced, long-time incumbent in the job, and a rival determined to unseat her. Nancy Freeman wants Daphne Fagan's job as county clerk. ... more

If at first you DO succeed, Twi Twi again. That's the philosophy as the third installment of the popular Twilight series smashes motion picture box office records. For the uninitiated, Twilight basically chronicles a period in the life of Isabella "Bella" Swan, a teen girl who moves to Forks, Washington, and falls in love with a 104-year-old vampire named Edward Cullen. ... more

Two members of Lewisburg's Industrial Development Board resigned during the panel's meeting Tuesday in City Hall where dismissal of the town's economic developer was a hot topic. "I'd like to know if there were reprimands or warnings before this," now-former IDB member Jackie Abernathy asked city leaders at the monthly meeting when City Manager Eddie Fuller responded to the question about Terry Wallace with a legalistic answer he felt obliged to use... more

A local group of merchants and residents of Marshall County interested in renewal of Lewisburg's public square as a hub of activity in the community is inviting the general public to an open meeting with guest speakers who are experts in this field... more