Marshall County's Public Health Department is now providing H1N1 shots to youngsters and others who are most likely to contract and spread that strain of flu. Meanwhile, county commissioners last week authorized a change in their contract with the state to receive federal stimulus money to expand protection of public health here... more

COURT - Grand Jury By Karen Hall Staff Writer Four indictments were handed down by the Marshall County grand jury after their October meeting last week. The one for Harlen Reeves, 51, of Moulton, Ala., was described in Friday's edition of the Tribune. It was newsworthy because the case had to be presented by Mike Bottoms, District Attorney of the 22nd Judicial District, since one of the victims of Reeves' attempted thefts was related to an employee in the DA's office for this district... more

Marshall County's chancellor last week deflated a Petersburg woman's complaint against a man who lives next to her property facing the Fayetteville Highway. Donna Salyers of Buchanan Street sued John Hill of Morgan Avenue in late March, complaining that Hill's septic tank is on her property and it's hindering her ability to sell the real estate, according to Hill's lawyer, Jason Reeves of Shelbyville... more

Several sentences were handed down in Circuit Court this week, including 25 years for a Columbia man convicted of possession of a Schedule II drug (crack cocaine) with intent to sell and deliver. "That sentence was well deserved," said District Attorney Chuck Crawford, about Judge Robert Crigler's decision... more

Arrested and charged with aggravated burglary, aggravated criminal trespass, aggravated domestic assault, vandalism over $500, making a false report, and reckless endangerment Turned himself in on a warrant for statutory rape Detective Bob Johnson of the MCSD swore out the warrant on Oct. 30, alleging multiple incidents of statutory rape between May 31 and July 1, 2009. The victim was 15 years old at the time... more

CHAPEL HILL - Horton Highway's two-lane bridge over the Duck River will be reduced to one lane for traffic during a $594,000 repair job that's to be completed by June 30. "We are doing some substantial repairs to the bridge," according to B.J. Doughty, a spokeswoman for the Tennessee Department of Transportation who said Jamison Construction is the contractor... more

A former candidate for mayor wants Lewisburg to give his church money the city got through a federal program so the ministry can redevelop housing and the local economy. Jerry Freeman of Finley Beech Road explained his request to the city's Industrial Development Board on Monday afternoon in City Hall. Freeman was the other candidate in the election last May that elected Barbara Woods as mayor... more

Lynda Sherrell fights like a girl. It's more than a slogan on a pink T-shirt she got from her sister, Leanne. It's the lady's young-woman spirit of spunk to influence folks instead of yelling at a protest or some demonstration of rage. Between duties for cattle sales at Sherland Farm during the past six years working with her husband, Mike, Lynda has been president of Marshall County Republican Women and an influence on Mike's administration as head of the Republican Party here... more

The man asking town and county officials to crunch numbers, to see if one of the federal stimulus programs will work here, has a question about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's application in Tennessee. If the answer turns out to be what local lawyer Bob Binkley suspects, then there will be more money for rebuilding Marshall County's economy through income tax-free revenue bonds that won't be a risk to local taxpayers... more

The new supervisor of transportation for the Marshall County school system is happy with his job in the bus garage, and has no comment on the grievance he brought to the school board in regard to his pay. "I really enjoy my job," said Michael Frey. "Everything seems to be going well. I've had a lot of support from the drivers and staff."... more

Charges against a Lewisburg man - arrested nine months ago in Shelbyville on charges of solicitation of a minor and stalking her - were sent to the Bedford County grand jury on Friday. Andy Lynn Wallace, 35, of Nashville Highway, was arrested shortly after midnight on Wednesday, Feb. 4, according to public records at the Bedford County Sheriff's Department. He was also charged with driving under the influence of an intoxicant... more

Forrest and Cornersville have both made the TSSAA state football playoffs. Forrest (9-1) will host a first-round game Friday night against Marion County (6-4). The winner will play the … more

A decision on whether Waste Management Inc. may dispose of garbage on 11 more acres at Cedar Ridge Landfill is expected next month, according to Marshall County's solid waste director. Mike Apple, director of the Solid Waste Management Division in the Tennessee Department of Conservation and Environment, met with town and county leaders on Oct. 13 and reported the state would have a decision on landfill expansion in 30 days, reported solid waste director Morgan Thomas... more

A neighboring district attorney is prosecuting a theft case in Marshall County Circuit Court because the victim is a close relative of one of the prosecutor's employees. Harlen Reeves, 51, of Moulton, Ala., was indicted by the Marshall County Grand Jury on Wednesday in the courthouse here where District Attorney Mike Bottoms presented the case, District Attorney Chuck Crawford said... more

Cornersville officials have been trying to persuade businessmen to open a grocery in town and they say a federal law to combat the recession has incentives that might make it happen. A step toward that was taken Monday by Marshall County commissioners who voted to authorize economic Recovery Zones under provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009... more

As local high school football games were being rescheduled because of rain, Lewisburg leaders were realizing that responsibilities under federal stormwater control laws come with costs. And while smart planning - like dodging a stormy game night - can placate the feds, it can also hold down on the cost of maintaining stormwater detention ponds that, according to a local businessman, might be as simple as a farm pond... more

Two Marshall County men were arrested by Lewisburg Police on Wednesday when they were charged with burglary of an East Ewing Street home, Police Chief Chuck Forbis said. "City police and county sheriff's detectives were working well into the evening on Wednesday to determine what other burglaries the two may have committed," Forbis said Thursday morning... more

Marshall County's school board has denied relief in two grievance cases that were presented this week at school headquarters. To fit within the 10-day time limit specified in the contract, the board held a special-called meeting Tuesday night to formulate its responses... more

Starting next week, there will be a new prosecutor of defendants charged with driving under the influence of an intoxicant, according to the district attorney elected from Marshall, Bedford, Lincoln and Moore counties. Chris Collins of Lewisburg "is taking the job that Kate Lavery had when she moved to Chattanooga for a similar position," District Attorney Chuck Crawford said shortly after the grand jury delivered its monthly report on Wednesday... more

NASHVILLE - According to the U.S. Census Bureau more than 36 million children go trick-or-treating each year. Dressing up in costume, collecting candy and carving pumpkins are all time-honored traditions of Halloween. But Oct. 31 could also be a scary night -- for all the wrong reasons. Every year we drive on crowded neighborhood streets and invite all the neighborhood children onto our property... more