Another way to stretch food budget dollars is now available in Marshall County, thanks to two churches participating in Angel Food Ministries. "We want more people to know," according to a member of the First Baptist "hunger committee" who declined to be named. "It's a way to get low-cost food to people who need it."... more

Federal economic stimulus money is available for 62 jobs through September, so a second government-funded Job Fair will be held in Lewisburg. Applicants who've already signed up should go to the Columbia State Community College, 980 S. Ellington Parkway, on Tuesday between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m... more

Women and children are the face of homelessness in Marshall County and across America, according to social workers, volunteers at shelters and some Lewisburg ladies who've been helping Bobbie Jo Roland. She was at the edge of homelessness in the back seat of a sheriff's patrol car last winter. She couldn't stay where she was, but a place was found at Haven of Hope in Tullahoma for Bobbie Jo and her two children... more

HONEY YUMMIES ½ cup peanut butter ½ cup powdered sugar ½ cup raisins ½ cup Rice Krispies cereal ½ cup honey Combine all ingredients and mix well. Form into small … more

AYSO Soccer Sign-Ups will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 22, May 29, and June 12, at the Soccer Field Pavilion on Spring Place Road, Lewisburg. For more information, call Ronda Farmer at 359-9184, e-mail AaronRossJones@aol.com, or check the Web site www.ayso.org... more

According to the Maine Public Broadcasting Network, the founder of the Dead Poets Society of America has embarked on a 22-state tour of cemeteries to spur creation of a Dead Poets Remembrance Day on October 7 of each year. (October 7 is the anniversary of the death of Edgar Allan Poe. Poe, of course, is known for poems such as "The Raven," "The Bells," "Annabel Lee," "If It's Yellow, It's Mellow," etc.)... more

I think it is finally going to be hot! I don't know about everyone else, but I have been waiting on all our "winters" to be over so I can at least put one seasonal wardrobe away for a while. I spent most of this week with my Daddy getting the ground worked for our garden. ... more

Greetings from Lynnville Tennessee! Hope everyone is making plans to attend the "Quilt Show" and "Luncheon" to be held in Lynnville on Saturday, May 15, at the Lynnville Municipal Building and C. T. Reid Theater. Anyone with quilts may put them in the quilt show for everyone to see. ... more

May 15 Palmetto Cemetery. Decoration Service at will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 15. (In case of rain, at Farmington Methodist Church.) Bring your donations, or mail them to Janet Manire, 1513 Gina Lynn Drive, Lewisburg, TN 37091. 16 Bryant Cemetery, Mooresville. Decoration Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 16. Donations will be accepted at the cemetery, or may be mailed to Lewis McConnelle, 207 Morningside Drive, Chapel Hill, TN 37034... more

Thefts and vandalism reported: Arrested on 17th Judicial Drug Task Force warrants: Charges: possession of Schedule II and Schedule VI drugs for resale, child endangerment, possession of drug paraphernalia, and simple possession of Schedule IV and III drugs... more

An expert from California testified here last week about DNA evidence that might exonerate a Marshall County man convicted 10 years ago on a child rape charge. At a post-conviction hearing for Randall Ray Mills, 55, on Friday, Gary C. Harmor testified that he had re-examined the underwear presented in the case, and his findings "excluded" Mills as "a source of the male DNA."... more

Lewisburg's City Council was to face deadly and dull issues Tuesday night when its meeting was to be recorded on digital video tape for replay on the Internet. City cemetery plot prices have been the same for years, but a clarification and the production of a brochure to be available at mortuaries was scheduled for discussion at this month's meeting of the panel... more

AYSO Soccer Sign-Ups will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 22, May 29, and June 12, at the Soccer Field Pavilion on Spring Place Road, Lewisburg. For more information, call Ronda Farmer at 359-9184, e-mail AaronRossJones@aol.com, or check the Web site www.ayso.org... more

To help women meet their goals and succeed, First Farmers Bank in Marshall County is to host a "Ladies Who Launch" luncheon for women looking to launch their own businesses. Sheilah Griggs of the "Ladies Who Launch" organization is the speaker. She used the organization and its resources to launch two businesses of her own. The national organization supports women who pursue business or lifestyle goals and objectives... more

Lewisburg and Marshall County construction officials started the groundwork Monday for a helicopter-landing pad at the Emergency Medical Service headquarters on Ellington Parkway at Spring Place Road. Construction could be completed in about a week if the weather was right, according to Lewisburg Public Works Construction Supervisor Bill Curtis who knows the landing pad is a Leadership Marshall project... more

SHELBYVILLE - Leukemia patient Carl Holden, 5, of Lewisburg appeared at Shelbyville Central High School last week so his family could thank the students and the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Middle Tennessee for giving him a trip to Walt Disney World in April... more

A new organizational chart, said to offer $300,000 in savings for county schools, wasn't approved Monday when school board members said the plan would create new jobs, and there wasn't enough time to study it. Also that night, Schools Director Roy Dukes refused the Tribune's request for a copy of the chart that the board was discussing at its public meeting in the central office. Dukes reason? The board had not approved it... more

The Internal Revenue Service is auditing Lewisburg's sale of $7 million worth of utility bonds sold in 2002 and refinanced twice, according to the utilities' superintendent and an IRS agent. "Your debt issuance was selected for examination as part of a project initiated by the Service to measure compliance with the arbitrage rebate requirements" under federal law, IRS Agent Michael P. Marshetti wrote to Lewisburg... more

Marriage Licenses Joseph Russell Bradford and Emily Alice Kohl; Joshua Bruner Cavender and Ashley Elizabeth Finley; Joshua Thomas Curry and Kaitlyn Michelle Hunter; Rodney Erwin Howe and Teresa … more

MAY 7, 8, and 9 Lone Oak Cemetery. Volunteers will be accepting donations at the shelter at the exit from 2 to 5 p.m. Friday, and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Donations may also be … more