NASHVILLE -- Tennessee's House and Senate have approved a state budget that includes continued operations for the restaurant at Henry Horton State Park. more

Known as the "little town where time stands still," the town of Wartrace is coming together to celebrate its heritage with the fifth annual Wartrace MusicFest. The music festival is a way for the town of Wartrace and Chamber of Commerce to showcase the small village and to provide entertainment for area residents and to attract new people into the town, said Wartrace Mayor Don Gallagher, who serves as chairman of the MusicFest committee... more

A 2009 Dodge Challenger was selected as the winner of the Allen Lee Henderson Sr. Memorial Award presented during the May 2010 Cruise-In on Lewisburg's public square on Saturday. Henderson was the co-founder of Lewisburg Auto Parts and the founder of Lewisburg Industrial and Welding. The Dodge Challenger was driven to Lewisburg by Lee Kelly of Pulaski, thereby indicating the event's draw in South Central Tennessee... more

The Star Spangled Banner Day Camp will be held from June 14 to 18, from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. daily. Join the fun for crafts, games, songs, outdoor skills, nature activities, water play and much more. For more information, contact Jody Woods at 490-8660. Girl Scouts receive a discount on the camp fee... more

The number of cars and trucks registered for the first of six monthly car shows on Lewisburg's public square Saturday probably doesn't accurately reflect total attendance at the event dubbed "Cruise In the Square." "More than 100" vehicles were registered, according to the Rev. Leland Carden, president of Lewisburg's Downtown Alliance, the non-profit, tax-free organization that's now running the show to continue what's been a labor of love for men and women and their machines... more

A 14-month-old Marshall County girl drowned Monday in her family's spring fed farm pond, authorities said Tuesday morning. Dixie Lynn Blackwell, daughter of Cherry Cheek and Scotty Blackwell of 1391 Bivens Road, was found by her father, public records show. He jumped in the pond, moved her to the water's edge and started cardio pulmonary resuscitation... more

As Marshall County's unemployment rate remains in second place statewide at 17.3 percent, the South Central Tennessee Workforce Alliance has set a third job fair in Lewisburg to get people working and paid with federal stimulus money. "To participate in this Job Fair, you must have already been declared eligible for the program and have not received a job," according to Paige Liggett, spokeswoman for the Workforce Alliance headquartered on the public square in Columbia... more

Marshall County School Board transportation committeemen test-drove some ideas at their meeting last week, but they arrived at no destination. Drawing attendance zone lines for schools and reducing bus routes were considered as members of the school board come to grips with county funding issues... more

The Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders and Exhibitors' Association celebrated the 75th anniversary of its charter on Friday at association headquarters on North Ellington Parkway. "This is a very memorable and historic occasion," TWHBEA Executive Director Stan Butt said to association directors, breeders, exhibitors, state and local officials assembled under a tent in front of their offices... more

NASHVILLE -- Tennessee's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for April 2010 was 10.5 percent, down from the March rate of 10.6 percent. more

One of two men charged in an alleged assault trial that started Wednesday said on Thursday he was willing to testify for the prosecution. Billy Jack Knight, 29, is charged with aggravated assault, because of a beating that put victim Danny J. King, 20, in the emergency room late on Aug. 15... more

Marshall County commissioners on Monday voted 7-11 against increased funding to the Chamber of Commerce for this fiscal year ending July 1. Last year, the Chamber sought $10,000, but was budgeted $3,000. On April 27, commissioners declined to increase the appropriation and this week the request was back... more

The extremely popular Cruise Ins that started last spring are returning to the Lewisburg public square on Saturday afternoon. However, there's new management and what's ostensibly a car show has been expanded to include a variety of family activities... more

There's a consensus among Marshall County commissioners on the Budget Committee that county department directors must cut their own budgets to fit the amount of money available. Typically, that will mean a reduction in spending by 5-7 percent, according to discussion at the Monday night meeting of the Budget Committee in the County Courthouse Annex where County Trustee Marilyn Ervin was one of two department directors present... more

The traditional Memorial Day ceremony will take place on Lewisburg's public square at 11 a.m. Monday, May 31. "It's going to be a solemn ceremony because we are remembering our war dead," said American Legion Post No. 39 Commander Larry Hastings. "It will be a reminder of what Memorial Day is all about."... more

Arrested on warrants written by agents of the 17th Judicial District Task Force: Thefts and vandalism reported Arrested and charged with unlawful possession of a firearm as a felon, theft under $50, and possession of a handgun while intoxicated: Arrested and charged with domestic assault:... more

A Lewisburg woman is charged with TennCare fraud after attempting to use TennCare to pay for an altered prescription. Heather R. Rogers, 20, was arrested on a warrant alleging she changed a prescription for the painkiller Hydrocodone from 10, for which the prescription was written, to 20 pills... more

One of the co-defendants in a Lewisburg assault case was found not guilty at the close of a jury trial lasting two and a half days. more

A mobile office from the Federal Emergency Management Agency will be at Marshall County's Hardison Office Annex Saturday through Monday to help county residents apply for federal assistance in recovering from torrential rain April 30-May 3. more

The Marshall County Chamber of Commerce Fourth of July Parade will start at 9 a.m. Saturday, July 3, and, according to organizers, it will be bigger and better than ever. The theme of this year's parade is "Marshall County -- As American As Mom, Baseball and Apple Pie." The parade will honor the families of the deployed 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment of Tennessee National Guard -- as well as all service men and women from Marshall County currently deployed -- by having those families serve as Grand Marshals of the parade. ... more