They're down, but not out, and the plant closure was like déjà vu for some of them. Former Sanford worker Prissy Nance has been in this position before; looking for a job after a plant closure. Nance made men's shoes at the Genesco plant for 13-1/2 years. Then she worked at Weather Tamers in Lewisburg, and now she's looking back on 21 years at Sanford... more

A stricter cell phone policy will take effect in Marshall County schools at the start of the 2010-2011 school year. The full board unanimously approved the new policy at their March meeting last week. A similar policy was recommended by the policy committee in 2009 but failed to get the full board's approval... more

A drug defendant's attorney last week asked her client's judge to refrain from presiding over the trial because he'd signed the search warrant used to find cocaine, but the judge declined to grant her request. Among Judge Robert Crigler's reasons for not recusing himself as requested by defense attorney LaShawn Williams of the L.A. Williams law firm, was a Tennessee Supreme Court ruling provided by Assistant District Attorney Eddie Barnard... more

Doubts about the Siemens program that would make energy-efficient upgrades to school buildings, and be paid for out of savings in energy costs, were expressed by some school board members at their March meeting last week. "I was real enthused when I heard they were going to replace the lights," said board member Curt Denton, who explained he lost his enthusiasm when he heard the old lights would be thrown away... more

The Genesco Employee Reunion will be held Saturday, April 17, at the Lewisburg Recreation Center. For more information, call Gene Parsons at 359-5175. Lewisburg Christian Academy, a non-denominational Christian school, is accepting applications for kindergarten and grades 1 and 2. Applications may be obtained daily from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Lifesong Family Church, 1041 S. Ellington Pkwy, Lewisburg. For more information, call 931-246-9522... more

CHAPEL HILL -- Motorists passing through this northern Marshall County town won't be getting away with not paying traffic tickets anymore, not if the town's new contractor has anything to do with it. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen has authorized a contract for the town with a company called Solutia and it's supposed to find the scofflaws and make them an offer they might see as advantageous in the long run, according to discussion during this month's meeting of the board... more

Marshall County could form an anti-drug coalition, but it will take someone with "fire in the belly" to make the first move. This was the message that Pam White, executive director of Community Anti-Drug Coalitions Across Tennessee (CADCAT), brought to the spring meeting of the Safe and Drug-Free Schools Task Force... more

"It is that time of the year," just as John Ward used to say about the University of Tennessee football. But in this case, it is the beginning of the Walking Horse season. The 42nd Annual … more

A Lewisburg man has been charged, arrested and is being held on $100,000 bond at the Marshall County Jail in connection with an alleged rape and kidnapping in the city on March 5. more

SHELBYVILLE - A settlement was reached this week in the case of a National Guardsman accused of stalking a minor. Andy Lynn Wallace, 35, of Nashville Highway, Lewisburg, entered a guilty plea Tuesday to a single charge of misdemeanor stalking, amended from a charge of aggravated stalking... more

Lewisburg's City Council has donated $500 to Crime Stoppers so there's a reward for information leading to the arrest of vandals who desecrated the military tribute that names three Marshal County men who died for their country combating terror. While addressing the Council on Tuesday night, Police Chief Chuck Forbis displayed the plaque that was recovered from Rock Creek by a city firefighter on Monday morning. ... more

Faced with uncertainty because the state's not decided whether Cedar Ridge Landfill must be closed, Lewisburg's City Council is on the verge of hiring a company to collect and dispose of residents' trash. "We're ready to take the worry out of it and save you some money by privatizing it," said Gerry Burke, Tennessee Area Municipal Services Manager for Republic Services, the parent company for Allied Waste, which operates the landfill north of Murfreesboro... more

CHAPEL HILL -- Aldermen on Monday authorized the town administrator to tell the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development that they're canceling their contract for a planning and zoning consultant because it's not serving the town. Other decisions made by the Chapel Hill Board of Mayor and Alderman at Police and Fire Department headquarters included: Postponing purchase of a fire truck and bidding a sewer extension; Renewing city insurance at a discounted premium; and setting 4 p.m. ... more

CANEY SPRINGS - Directors of the fire department here decided this week that their fire chief should be authorized to buy a fire truck, the first one for the newest fire department in Marshall County. County Commissioner E.W. Hill, chairman of the fire department's Board of Directors, said on Sunday that Caney Springs Volunteer Fire Department Chief Paul Rigsby had found a fire engine and related equipment... more

The Genesco Employee Reunion will be held Saturday, April 17, at the Lewisburg Recreation Center. For more information, call Gene Parsons at 359-5175. The USDA's Farm Service Agency reminds Marshall County producers who purchased a NAP (Non-Insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program) policy on 2010 hay or pasture that they are required to make their crop acreage report for hay and/or pasture by March 15 in order to be eligible for benefits in the event of a disaster. ... more

Waste Management helped Middle Tennesseans tell the state to permit expansion of Cedar Ridge Landfill, but that self-serving effort was more of a response to requests than a campaign, a company leader said this week. Waste Management Business Development Manager Robert Cheney explained the genesis of what happened during a telephone call on Tuesday when a couple of specific letters were discussed and he was asked if the company had provided form letters... more

SHELBYVILLE - Emergency communications units from local, state and federal agencies operating in Middle Tennessee gathered this week at the Tennessee Fire Service and Codes Enforcement Academy for an exercise designed to improve inter-agency communications in the case of a major disaster or other emergency... more

Hello again! Didn't we have a nice weekend? I guess lots of work was done in the yard getting ready for spring. We still have lots of sickness. Alice Carpenter was missed at services … more

A new music event is coming to Rock Creek Park this spring, with the blessing of the Economic and Community Development/Tourism committee. "String Fling," previously held three times at its founder's home near Chapel Hill, will be in the park on Saturday, May 15, and the committee unanimously approved a resolution to spend $2,000 on the Fling... more

Thanks to media publicity and the efforts of a local group of animal lovers, dogs have been adopted from the Lewisburg Animal Shelter in record numbers, and no "adoptable" dogs were euthanized this week or last. Lewisburg Animal Shelter Adoptions (LASA) was recently "created by local Lewisburg animal lovers wishing to network our community's homeless dogs," according to their Facebook page... more