Lewisburg Mayor Barbara Woods is faced with the task of finding a successor for a man who's resigned from the Planning Commission after nearly 10 years of service. Bill Holly, 80, of Midway Street resigned because of his health, he said Wednesday during a brief telephone interview. He's getting dialysis treatments because of kidney failure... more

The Young Farmers and Ranchers of Marshall County will have a Haunted Woods every Friday and Saturday night in October from 7 until 11 p.m. at the Strasser Farm, 1.5 miles east of the Chapel Hill … more

Two district attorneys are hosting a seminar in Pulaski on Wednesday to develop procedures on what to do with children who've been exposed to the manufacture of illegal drugs and their use. "There are children across Tennessee who live every day with the hazards of methamphetamine manufacturing or crack houses or homes where people are addicted to or are selling drugs," District Attorney Chuck Crawford said... more

A program designed to help teens recognize and avoid violence in dating relationships was halted at Marshall County High School after a student, and then a parent, complained earlier this month. The program, known as the Red Flag Campaign, started on college campuses in Virginia in 2007 as a project of the Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Action Alliance. ... more

A recommendation to hire a pastor as a policeman is stalled at City Hall. The City Council was polled by the city manager. Council members prefer someone with more experience and training. Shaun Grant, 32, a police chaplain and associate pastor at the First Assembly of God, was endorsed on Oct. 7 by the Police Advisory Board. That panel is meeting in special session Monday at 5 p.m. in the City Courtroom... more

Financial issues facing the Marshall County Emergency Medical Service range from illogical equipment purchases to results of the State Comptroller's audit that found discrepancies in purchasing practices. EMS Director James Whorley reviewed some of them during a county committee meeting this week when he invited visitors to the ambulance stations. ... more

Money to match federal funding sought by a fire department and, separately, to help Rotarians improve the Goats Music and More Festival was approved Tuesday night by a committee of the Marshall County Commission. The Economic and Community Development-Tourism Committee, led by Commissioner Jimmy Stitt, receives money from the county's hotel-motel room tax and makes decisions on how that money is spent to improve the county... more

The director of schools is gone, but the school board is still dealing with the after-effects of decisions he made, which have led employees to file grievances. Effective July 1, former director of schools Stan Curtis transferred Michael Frey, a tenured teacher who taught physical education at Westhills Elementary, to the job of supervisor of transportation. Frey has a master's degree in administration and supervision, and is reported to be doing a "commendable" job at the bus garage... more

A Marshall County commissioner is calling for a change to a contract for roof repairs and other work on the County Courthouse. He'd leave the clocks broken. However, Commissioner Scottie Poarch would use the stopped clocks as a way to memorialize events in American history such as 9-11 and/or Pearl Harbor Day. The clocks could be left at 9:11 and 12:07... more

Congress has changed the terms on income tax free bonds sold for local government projects such as water line extensions and incentives to attract restaurants and other retail businesses to communities like Lewisburg and Marshall County. It's part of the economic recovery program and Lewisburg-based attorney Bob Binkley has explained it to at least three local panels: the city's Economic Development Board; the county's Budget Committee, which is recommending it to the County Commission for a vote Monday; and the Marshall County Board of Public Utilities.. ... more

Lewisburg's Beer Board this week issued a beer sale permit to a man from China who's here with a legal work permit. Mei Liang Xiao, 40, of 5th Avenue, the sole proprietor of China Wok in the North Ellington Parkway shopping plaza with Quizno's, was granted the permit on the strength of a legal opinion from the Tennessee Attorney General's Office... more

A woman who lived in Lewisburg and, apparently, Cornersville, has an opportunity to have her nursing license reinstated under a program authorized by the State Board of Nursing since it was suspended last month. Circumstances facing Mary E. Giles, whose address was listed by the state on Tyree Road, are in contrast to those of other health care business employees including a Fayetteville medic who tested positive for marijuana and making a patient walk to an ambulance while suffering pneumonia and respiratory distress.. ... more

Half a dozen Bradford pear trees were blooming on Monday in front of the Smurfit-Stone factory here in Lewisburg where a couple of the plant's long-time employees took notice and asked the obvious question. How could that be? Jimmie Ketchum works in plant utility maintenance and says the trees have been there for decades and he's not seen it happen before. Plant Manager Jeff McKay agrees and estimated the trees' age at more than 23 years... more

The Young Farmers and Ranchers of Marshall County will have a Haunted Woods every Friday and Saturday night in October from 7 until 11 p.m. at the Strasser Farm, 1.5 miles east of the Chapel Hill … more

CHAPEL HILL - Beer drinking is supposed to end by midnight at restaurants with town permits to serve the alcoholic beverage, according to an ordinance passed by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen last week. "We passed on second reading a beer ordinance saying that for a sit-down restaurant - Sambo's, the Mexican restaurant (Las Fiestas) and Red's Family Restaurant Bar and Grill - you can purchase at 11:45 p.m. ... more

Prospective savings from geothermal heating and cooling impressed members of Marshall County's Education Committee last week when the commissioners on that committee recommended further examination by local schools leaders. The county's nine schools appear to be suitable for renovation with a system that would take advantage of a constant temperature underground so as to knock off the chill from air in the winter and, in the warmer months, make air conditioning easier for that system, County Commissioner Don Ledford said.. ... more

SHELBYVILLE - One twin is dead and his brother may face charges following an accident early Saturday night in Bedford County, investigators said. Louis Emerson Davis, 47, of Naron Road, died at the scene when the truck in which he was riding plunged off a culvert and landed on its roof in a creek, the Tennessee Highway Patrol said... more

Cedar Ridge Landfill will host visitors from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on Thursday, according to spokeswomen for the tour. Waste Management's plan for a new landfill in Thorhild County near Edmonton is under consideration by Province of Alberta officials. Land rezoning was approved nearly a year ago... more

Lewisburg's City Council voted Friday to borrow $5 million so the Water and Wastewater Department will be ready to enlarge its sewage treatment plant and, separately, pay off a local bank loan for the Cornersville water system. Water and sewer rates will probably increase in about a year as one result of the state-mandated project to double the sewage treatment plant's capacity, water department Superintendent Kenneth Carr said during a Friday meeting of the Council with the utility board. ... more

A Lynnville woman's car struck a train and was severely damaged in Lewisburg last week. Susan Warren, 51, of Buford Station Road, was driving north on Cornersville Road at about 6:40 p.m. Friday at the same time as a CSX train was crossing the road from east to west... more