Money from timber, a withdrawn lawsuit and a couple of property rezonings were among the topics of business considered last week by the Lewisburg City Council. "I want to give you some money," Terry Wallace, the industrial development director for the city told the mayor and councilmen during the panel's monthly meeting on Feb. 9... more

Alisha N. Schmitt of Cornersville was named to the President's List for the fall semester at the University of Montevallo, a public liberal arts college in Montevallo, Ala. Girl Scout Cookie Booths will be available at the following businesses: Kroger: Feb. 17, 19, 20, 21, 24, 26, 27 and 28. Wal-Mart: Feb. 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, and 28. Rex's Foodland in Chapel Hill: Feb. 20... more

CHATTANOOGA - A Bedford County man, who's had business interests in Lewisburg, was sentenced last week to three years and three months in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Harry S. Mattice Jr. sentenced a tearful Roger Ritch for his involvement in a scheme that cost 61 Shelbyville families their homes through foreclosure and significant losses to lenders... more

A Marshall County man -- struck by a train on Saturday in Lewisburg, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said that evening. more

Lewisburg councilmen want to consult with Marshall County and its other municipalities on what to do if Cedar Ridge Landfill must close because the state won't let it expand. That's the consensus heard Tuesday night after City Manager Eddie Fuller reported results from a bid call on trash collection and disposal services that might result in a contract to send local trash to Middle Point Sanitary Landfill at Walter Hill north of Murfreesboro... more

Homeless people have been living in at least one laundromat and/or at a city park restroom, according to comments reported Tuesday at Lewisburg's City Council meeting. "Most people don't think we have a problem with this," Councilman Quinn Brandon Stewart told the Council during its monthly meeting as she introduced Millie Miller, proprietor of the Celebration Inn... more

Girl Scout Cookie Booths will be available at the following businesses: Kroger: Feb. 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 24, 26, 27 and 28. Wal-Mart: Feb. 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, and 28. Walgreen's: Feb: 12 and 13. Rex's Foodland in Chapel Hill: Feb. 20... more

Inquiring minds in Lewisburg want to know if the only woman on the City Council lives in her ward, according to one councilman who says city residents were asking him about it when calling about the Council's 3-2 vote to disband the Police Advisory Board... more

A Crimestoppers' tip resulted in the arrest of a man who has been on the run since December 2006. According to the report by Marshall County Sheriff's Department Capt. Norman Dalton, Joseph Wade Crane, 33, of Ashland City, was taken into custody by the U. ... more

The terms of the new director of schools' contract and his salary will have to come before the whole school board for discussion and approval. Board chairman Mike Keny said the board's attorney, Sam Jackson, has to draw up the contract and Keny is waiting to hear back from him... more

Waste Management has responded to the state's intention to deny expansion of Cedar Ridge Landfill saying an inspector is biased, county water tests show he's wrong, expansion will stabilize the landfill, and capping a sinkhole will reduce pollution... more

All over the state, school systems will be competing to hire the teachers and guidance counselors needed to carry out the mandates of the Tennessee Diploma Project. According to discussion last week's school board budget committee meeting, Marshall County not only needs to recruit teachers, it also needs to find the money to pay them, in addition to funding vital repairs and improvements to our schools... more

Did you enjoy the big snow last week? I missed it! We were in Las Vegas visiting our son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter. I "love" the snow, but this time I would have missed anything for the time … more

Greetings! Another wet weekend, but better than the snowstorm along the east coast. Our sympathy to the family of Olena Higdon who passed away on Thursday. Her funeral was Saturday. Meriel and I went to the visitation at Cornersville on Friday night. She was 77 years old... more

A GOOD PUNCH RECIPE Dissolve 2 packages of orange Kool-Aid in 1 quart of cold water with 1 1/2 cups of sugar in a gallon jug. Add a small can of frozen lemonade and stir until thawed. Add a large can of pineapple juice, stir well, and finish filling the jug with water... more

"Happy Valentine's Day" to everyone on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. There has not been very much going on in Lynnville since Christmas. Things will start happening soon in celebration of Lynnville being 200 years old this year. The Lynnville Literary and Fine Arts Society will meet on Thursday evening, Feb. 11, at 7 p.m. in the fellowship hall of the Lynnville First Presbyterian Church... more

Lewisburg's City Council was scheduled Tuesday night to consider bids for trash disposal out of concern that Cedar Ridge Landfill might have to close. Monday was the deadline for comments to the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation on basic questions such as: Should the landfill be closed for environmental reasons, or might it be expanded for economic reasons?... more

FunWorld, a business proposed for the south side of Lewisburg's public square, is a topic for the city's Board of Zoning Appeals meeting tomorrow in City Hall. Michel Farrar, proprietor of the Corner Cafe and his bond service in the northwest corner of the square, plans to have three TV screens for Wii- and Gamebox-brand entertainment... more

Political candidates have a deadline to remove their campaign signs after an election, but in Lewisburg, there's no mention of how early they can be posted. As a result of that omission, and a question posed by a caller whose name City Codes Officer Greg Lowe says he's forgotten, the issue is to be considered by Lewisburg's Planning and Zoning Commission... more

Two of four missions at UT's Institute of Agricultural Research and Education Center on New Lake Road have been eliminated to cut costs, according to the center director. "Animal health research dropped off, as well as crop and forage research," center director Kevin Thompson said Monday while reflecting on a meeting between state and local leaders who are concerned about the farm that has a world-renowned herd of Jersey milk cows... more