Apparently, there's an old Spanish saying that goes like this: If you accidentally put an article of clothing on inside out, then you're about to have good luck. It sounds like something found in a Chinese fortune cookie, but this summer it might come true for Lewisburg City Attorney Bill Haywood. On Tuesday, the city council decided his services were no longer needed by the city... more

Marshall County commissioners on Monday are scheduled to decide whether to redirect a tax on construction from the county water service to pay off school debt and other obligations. Commissioners are to convene at 6 p.m. for their monthly session in the second floor conference room of the County Courthouse Annex at the corner of First Avenue South and East Commerce Street... more

Hello again to all my friends and neighbors. This heat sure is something, isn't it? As the saying goes, "It will burn a blister on a flat rock." But if you were out in Petersburg last Saturday, you would have been looking for Noah with the way it rained. It came a flood during the auction of Fred and Clara Ruth Richardson's estate. They were wading in water over their shoe tops for quite a while... more

STRAWBERRY NUT LOAF 2 (10-oz.) packages frozen strawberries 4 eggs, beaten 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil 3 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 2 cups sugar 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1 cup chopped pecans Combine first 3 ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Sift flour, soda, salt and cinnamon into a smaller bowl, add sugar. Mix into strawberry mixture; fold in pecans... more

Lewisburg Parks and Recreation Department is sponsoring their annual Independence Day 5K Run & Walk, starting with registration at 6 a.m. Saturday, July 3. Race time is 7 a.m. They are also sponsoring a Fun Doubles Tennis Tournament on Saturday, July 3. Adult division begins at 9 a.m.; youth division at 12:30 p.m. The tournament benefits MCHS tennis teams... more

Thefts and vandalism reported Arrested on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor Arrested and charged with theft over $1,000 and driving on a revoked license Arrested and charged with public intoxication Arrested on a warrant for reckless endangerment... more

Tyrades! Attack of the $160,000 Tomatoes One would think that individuals living in Israel would have an Old Testament concept of things such as abominations, but such is not the case. According to the Los Angeles Times, a growing number of Israeli farmers, agricultural companies, and government-funded research institutions are producing such monstrosities as lemon-scented tomatoes, chocolate-colored persimmons, purple potatoes, potato-shaped carrots, carrot-shaped strawberries, and worm-shaped berries. ... more

Tennessee's Legislature has finished its session with a state budget sent to the governor before July 1 when the revenue and spending plan starts, including money for the restaurant at Henry Horton State Park. It's an accomplishment cited by state Rep. Eddie Bass during a brief interview on Lewisburg's public square Wednesday when he was asked about the limitation on the funding. It's only good for one year. What then?... more

NASHVILLE -- Marshall County's unemployment rate went down again, according to month after month figures released Thursday, but the rate remained second highest in the state. more

Lewisburg Parks and Recreation Department is sponsoring their annual Independence Day 5K Run & Walk, starting with registration at 6 a.m. Saturday, July 3. Race time is 7 a.m. They are also sponsoring a Fun Doubles Tennis Tournament on Saturday, July 3. Adult division begins at 9 a.m.; youth division at 12:30 p.m. The tournament benefits MCHS tennis teams... more

There were cuts to the face and ear in one case and a head-on collision in the other. Both defendants pleaded guilty and both were led from the Marshall County Circuit Courtroom in handcuffs on Wednesday when they started serving jail terms. Henry L. Rhiner, 49, of State Route 64, had previously pleaded guilty to an aggravated assault charge so he was in court for a sentencing hearing... more

Thefts and vandalism reported Arrested and charged with driving under the influence Arrested and charged with aggravated domestic assault Served with warrants for criminal conspiracy and theft over $1,000 Arrested and charged with aggravated assault... more

The Marshall County Tribune's candidates' debate will be held for the three men running for county mayor, but four of five candidates for sheriff declined to participate. Told of his competitors' decision, recently retired Lewisburg Police Capt. David Ray was offered the opportunity to attend and speak for himself. Because the others wouldn't be there, perhaps he wouldn't want to debate alone... more

CHAPEL HILL - Several hundred people visited the boyhood home of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest on Saturday when his story was retold and the lifestyles of his times were demonstrated by re-enactors. Some of the visitors were like Deborah Tieague who was dressed as a gunner for cannon fire. Her home is near the Parkers Crossroad Battlefield at the line between Carroll and Henderson counties. She wanted to learn marching drills for a more authentic period drill... more

Marshall County's estimated property tax revenue has dropped by one eighth of what it's been - largely because industries reduced inventory in response to the recession. That's what two members of the County Budget Committee said after their committee meeting last week when the panel received reports from the county assessor and budget director... more

Lewisburg's Water and Wastewater Department continues to plug sewer leaks, find water losses and, last week, a crew installed a valve on the public square to improve pressure and flow for fire hydrants. An unacceptably high loss of drinking water from the city's distribution system prompted a search for leaks, Utility Superintendent Kenneth Carr told the utility board last month and last week, he explained several had been found... more

A record number of cancer survivors walked in the local Relay for Life Survivor Lap on Friday night when the event was held for the first time in Rock Creek Park. Almost 100 survivors walked around the improvised track in the park, according to publicity co-chair Kelli Jo Fuller. The announcer ceremoniously called out the names, starting with people who counted their survival time in months, and ending with Mary Farley, 52-year cancer survivor... more

Marshall County's school board plans to have a budget ready to send to the county commission by July 1, although the panel needs a special called meeting next week to get it done. On Monday when the school board met, budget committee chairwoman Kristen Gold announced preliminary Basic Education Program numbers from the state show that money will bring the budget close to break even, but cautioned "none of this is final."... more

In a couple of months, John Cook Jr. will have been president of Dole Refrigeration for a year. Technically, he's now the man in charge of the plant that makes refrigeration plates in Lewisburg's Industrial Park. However, the man who promoted him, John Cook Sr., is his closest advisor and chairman of the board of directors for the business he bought 18 years ago... more

An Ohio man - propelled past his 15 minutes of fame because his 2008 conversation with Barack Obama was taped, televised and repeated on the Internet - was in Lewisburg on Thursday to endorse one of half a dozen candidates for the GOP nomination to succeed U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon... more