Chapel Hill's police chief is running for sheriff of Marshal County, officially declaring his intentions the day another candidate dropped out. If they don't know him as a police chief, county voters may remember Jackie King, 59, of Lawrence Avenue, Chapel Hill as a candidate for property assessor nearly a decade ago... more

The dark horse, long-shot candidate for sheriff of Marshal County has withdrawn from the race, he said in a Wednesday morning e-mail. Patrick Ryan, 25, a Radio Shack clerk at the store in Columbia and - according to the president of a security company - a former on-call guard, had become the subject of questions about his residency and vehicle registration... more

Marshall County's budget faces a double whammy from a poor economy this spring as commissioners gather to write a spending plan based on lower revenues. The publicized hit is Sanford closing its pencil factory. The November 2008 announcement led to lower county revenue from taxes on the equipment. Now, the company wants its real property assessment lowered... more

"More Americans get their pink slips from ABC News than from any other news source." That may be the new slogan now that ABC News President David Westin has announced a "fundamental transformation" of his organization. Driven by declining ad revenue and the challenges of the digital age, Westin may eliminate as much as one-quarter of ABC's 1,400-member staff... more

A Lewisburg attorney has offered to draft legislation to resolve a financial situation for the candle factory that just opened in the city's business park on Mooresville Highway. "Will & Baumer has applied for a Small Business Administration loan," attorney Bob Binkley told the Lewisburg Industrial Board during its March meeting. "To get it, the title for the land must be held by the borrower."... more

Hunter Safety Class will be offered from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, March 15, through Friday, March 19, at Cornersville Baptist Church. For more information, call Doug Lowery at 659-6786. Marshall County 4-H is hosting a "Lock-In" for all 4th, 5th, and 6th grade members from Friday, March 12, to Saturday, March 13. Registration ends Tuesday, March 9. For more information, call the Extension Office at 359-1929... more

Lewisburg's City Council is to receive a report from the city manager on Tuesday about homeless shelters in Tennessee and an early interpretation of what he's found is that such social services are in larger cities. "I'm looking to see for what communities of our size do," Fuller said with a five-page printout listing homeless shelters and emergency housing in Tennessee. "This is a HUD print out," he said before he started to call the shelters... more

A Lewisburg man's insistence on a jury trial paid off when he was found not guilty of the offences with which he was charged in a one-day trial Monday. He was not set free, however, because the jury found him guilty of a lesser-included offence. Assistant District Attorney Eddie Barnard sought a guilty verdict on both counts of an indictment that charged John Paul Hurt, 59, of Peartree Apartments, with possession of a Schedule II controlled substance (crack cocaine) with intent to sell and deliver, a felony.. ... more

A Nashville man was arrested last month for crimes allegedly committed in Chapel Hill last year. Gerald E. Duncan, 59, was arrested on Feb. 21, on warrants for burglary, theft over $1,000, and public intoxication. His total bond was set at $38,000, and his next court appearance is March 9... more

Only 19 of 687 letters sent to the state on whether Cedar Ridge should be expanded oppose the request from Waste Management Inc. That realization came quickly during a three-hour review of letters at the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation's Environmental Field Office in Columbia... more

Disney's High School Musical 2 opens Thursday night at the Marshall County Community Theatre where the sequel's five-day run is still a challenge to the young troupe that's substantially the same as last year. "The dancing made it harder," says Rachael Faulkner, the Marshall County High School freshman who reprises her role as Gabriella, a brunette whose love interest is a focus of the show leading to her character's kiss. "The sequel is fine," she says... more

Advised that more than 97 percent of the letters to the state about Cedar Ridge Landfill support expansion, County Mayor Joe Boyd Liggett on Friday said. "There are a lot of people who want an answer, one way or another." County commissioners have developed a short-term plan - including a $160 per year disposal fee - on what to do if Waste Management can't expand Cedar Ridge Landfill. Commissioners on the Solid Waste Committee are developing a long-range plan... more

A candidate for Marshall County sheriff has made statements against his interest when asked where his vehicle is registered. Answers from Patrick Ryan, 25, raise questions about: whether he's paid the Marshall County wheel tax; his residency; and his service as a volunteer with the Maury County Fire Department... more

Landfill closure is preferable, despite a proposed trash disposal fee. Capping a sinkhole won't work and the state has failed to monitor the landfill. Damage from a landfill can't be repaired. Those opinions are expressed in three letters to the state director of solid waste in the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. TDEC Commissioner Jim Fyke has tentatively decided against permitting the expansion... more

The Marshall County Education Association is offering a $1,000 scholarship to upcoming juniors and seniors in college who are majoring in education. Applicants must be graduates of a Marshall County high school and must be planning to teach after college. Deadline for application is April 26, 2010. Applications are available at the counseling offices of all three high schools and at the Marshall County Memorial Library... more

Have you ever wondered what those big metal boxes are you see next to bridges and dams? The ones with USGS on the side that look like science fiction satellite transmitters? Well, they aren't science fiction, but they are science and they are, in fact, satellite transmitters. ... more

MURFREESBORO -- Health insurance for children and spouses of National Guardsmen in Iraq and Afghanistan is threatened by budget cutting, according to a Marshall County commissioner who's the executive director of the National Guard Association of Tennessee... more

he Forrest Rockets continued their post-season surge Saturday night in Chapel Hill, eliminating the visiting White House-Heritage Patriots 56-43 in the quarterfinal round of the Region 5-A Tournament. more

My son Gideon (who turns six on March 6) has now been to his first circus: the Ringling Bros. Illuscination show at Shelbyville's Calsonic Arena. I applaud the artistry of the acrobat who jumped through a flaming hoop, although it was anticlimactic after all the hoops I had to jump through to get the tickets. ... more

Raymond J. McFarland, 70, died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010, at Maury Regional Hospital in Columbia. Mr. McFarland was a retired plant manager with Durango Boot Company. He was preceded in death by his parents, Clarence Roy and Goldie Melugin McFarland; sister, Magalene Alford; and brothers, Carlton, Franklin, and Jerry McFarland... more