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There is strength and power in numbers. "Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed." Proverbs 16:3 After several months of discussion and prayer, the LifeSong Family Church of Lewisburg and the Grace Church in Chapel Hill on Old Highway 99 merged into one family... more

A car struck a child while she was riding her bicycle on Silver Street, according to a report on file at the Lewisburg Police Department. The victim's grandmother called police at about 5 p.m. Nov. 3. LPD Officer Steve Sanders Jr. interviewed a witness who lives on Silver Street. ... more

Several members of Marshall County's School Board on Monday voted to recommend waiting until next year to apply for a grant to help fund retrofitting schools for geothermal heating and cooling. "It seems like we're getting in on this late," school board member Craig Michael said after noting grants are to be awarded in December. "I've found that sometimes it's better to stand still instead of go forward or back."... more

Lewisburg's City Council on Tuesday unanimously voted to accept a resident's donation of land south of the VFW Post, but after the monthly meeting a councilman said maybe the decision should be reversed. An "about face" so the Veterans of Foreign Wars could get the land was suggested by Councilman Ron McRady during conversation after the meeting. ... more

Does Congress not know Halloween is over? Government friends in high media places did not report the entire Congressional Budget Office (CBO) findings on House bill 3269. Only the coverage-related provisions of $897 billion were reported by the "lame stream" media (coined by Bernard Goldberg). ... more

If the date December 21, 2012 means anything special to you, it's either because (a) that's when your current "honey do" list reaches its half-way point or (b) you've been exposed to the "Mayan calendar" rumors. Yes, the ancient Mayans were brilliant astronomers and left a giant stone calendar that abruptly ends on the night of December 21, 2012. This has led to rampant Internet rumors that the world will end on that night... more

"You better watch out, cause Santa Claus is coming to town" on Saturday, Nov. 14, for the Lynnville Christmas Village to be held in the C. T. Reid Theater on the square in Lynnville. The doors to Christmas Village will be open from 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. ... more

Greetings! We have been thankful to have some sunshine, but rain is coming in tonight (Monday) the weather men tell us. Since Thanksgiving is coming soon, I will write a few lines of a favorite hymn of mine. "Count your many blessings, name them one by one, and it will surprise you what the Lord has done."... more

Didn't we just celebrate Halloween? And we're already into the second week of November. I think we're all trying to prepare for Thanksgiving before we jump into Christmas. Wednesday was Veterans Day. I know I'm a little late with the news. I hope you were able to attend the Veterans Day Memorial celebration at the Larry Lewter Memorial Park in Chapel Hill. ... more

Members of Lewisburg's City Council are to be called councilmen or councilman, not councilors and even the women elected to the panel are to be called councilmen, not councilwomen. That's according to a vote by the council on Tuesday night after Councilman Ron McRady announced that the panel was out of compliance with state law. Armed with several documents, McRady asked to have the title made even more official than it was before June 10, 2008... more

Marshall County Sheriff's Department deputies were called to a farm on Nashville Highway this week to investigate the theft of stock trailer. A 1984 Featherlite 20-foot aluminum gooseneck livestock trailer with dual axles was stolen from 5577 Nashville Highway sometime between Nov. ... more

Several members of Marshall County's School Board on Monday voted to recommend waiting until next year to apply for a grant to help fund retrofitting schools for geothermal heating and cooling. "It seems like we're getting in on this late," school board member Craig Michael said after noting grants are to be awarded in December. "I've found that sometimes it's better to stand still instead of go forward or back."... more

A fourth Marshall County resident has applied to be elected to the school board by county commissioners when they meet on Nov. 23. She's Barbara Kennedy, a former member of the Board of Education who wants to succeed Todd Tietgens who resigned from his 6th District seat... more

Two leaders of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission office in Nashville led sensitivity training classes on Tuesday at Marshall County schools' central office where they began with an ice-breaking exercise that had school administrators tearing holes in paper, literally... more

CHAPEL HILL - Dedication of the Veterans Memorial in Larry Lewter Memorial Park came with somber moments Wednesday as the community's respect for service men and women was revealed by more people than chairs. "The chair brigade is right there," Mayor Carl Cooper said before his remarks to honor veterans who've protected American freedoms. It's "what brings us together," said Cooper, noting the late Sen. Sam Ervin (D-N.C.) as one who recognized freedom as the backbone of this nation... more

Veterans, friends and family at Marshall County's Courthouse this morning would know combat as the tip of the spear that's supported by other assignments which are important and quite possibly more terrifying. Consider those working in the isolation of an Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile silo in remote areas of the United States where they know that if they complete the job for which they're trained, hundreds of thousands of people will die... more

At least three Marshall County residents have applied to be elected to the school board by county commissioners when they meet on Nov. 23. In District 2, Harvey E. Jones Jr. and Steven Anglin have submitted letters to County Mayor Joe Boyd Liggett's office asking to be candidates to succeed former school board member Mark E. Wilkerson... more

Another job has opened at Lewisburg's Police Department, according to city officials who said options were still being weighed Tuesday night on what to do about an earlier opening. Options include: advertising for applicants; and reaching back into a pool of people who sought employment with the Police Department. Nearly a month ago, the Police Advisory Board recommended Chaplain Shaun Grant for hire as an officer... more

Lloyd Allen Clark, 62, of Nashville, formerly of Lewisburg, died Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, in the Nashville Veterans Administration Hospital. He was preceded in death by his father, James Lawrence Clark. He is survived by his mother, Evelyn Clark of Lewisburg; wife, Dorothy "Dot" Clark, son, Jimmy Clark, stepson, Patrick Norris, and stepdaughter, Debbie Kimzey, all of Nashville; and brothers, Jack Bates of Nashville, Andy Clark of Murfreesboro, and Kevin Clark of Lewisburg... more