Fall arrived officially a couple of weeks ago, but it has waited to show its cool temperatures. The leaves on trees have started to change, but we haven't seen their "true colors" quite yet. On Oct. 17 the Forrest Alumni Association will sponsor its 2nd Annual Trivia Night at the Family Life Center at Chapel Hill United Methodist Church. ... more

The Battle at Rock Creek began Aug. 15 with three bands taking the Rock Creek Park stage in Lewisburg to compete for a shot at $2,500 and the chance to open for Shenandoah at the Goats, Music and … 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

The assistant district attorney prosecuting drunken driving cases in Marshall, Bedford, Lincoln and Moore counties has accepted a job with the Hamilton County District Attorney General's office in Chattanooga. Kate Lavery said the transfer is beneficial to her because of family and friends who are closer to Chattanooga than the 17th Judicial District. Lavery began prosecuting cases here more than a year ago. Her position is paid by a state grant to assure prosecution of DUI cases... more

A policy that was adopted nine years ago and never implemented was discussed last week at a work session of the NAACP and members of the Marshall County school board along with director of schools Stan Curtis. "Minority staffing and diversity training - have you found any information?" asked Gary Davis, president of the local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People... more

Two missing North Carolina girls who disappeared with their father a week ago have been located in Smith County, according to authorities in North Carolina. Sierra Hess, 11, and Keara Hess, 12, … more

Nearly $3,500 were received at Lewisburg Middle School on Saturday night when about 400 people laughed with and cheered volunteer firefighters in drag as they raised money for their departments. Raffle and entry tickets raised approximately $2,000 and about $1,500 was received in bottles, jars and buckets as the audience voted with their wallets to support their favorite fireman for the title of Miss Congeniality... more

Water flowing from Vickrey Spring has returned to normal, according to the spokeswoman for Cedar Ridge Landfill, the business that took responsibility for pollution from a broken pipe. However, Terri Douglas, community relations manager for Waste Management Inc., parent company of the landfill, said on Friday that eight inches of rain in five days and a nearby state road-widening project might affect the stream... more

Marshall County High School's Homecoming last week was dedicated to a junior who perished on Thursday night as a result of injuries suffered in a one-car crash on Verona-Caney Road. Shane William Hendrix, 17, of Bethbirei Road was buried in Bennett Cemetery in Williamson County after services at London Funeral Home. His girlfriend, Kelly Fitzgerald, remained in Vanderbilt University Medical Center... more

Marshall County Sheriff's Department deputies thought they were being dispatched to "a wreck with a possible drunk driver and drunk passenger," Deputy Greg Levi wrote in his supplementary report. In … more

Lewisburg's dogcatcher was indicted Wednesday and arrested Thursday on charges of theft and official misconduct in connection with an English bulldog he allegedly took home from the animal shelter and tried to sell. Christopher Neal Owens, 36, of Mooreland Street, Belfast, was released on $1,000 bond at the County Jail just down hill from the offices of the Lewisburg Stormwater Management Department where he's been working since his transfer from the Animal Shelter on Sept. 11... more

One might call it the glitch that nobody saw coming, despite the looming deadline, the money at stake, and a rush to finish. Marshall County's legal notice published here on Friday announces that its "proposed budget will be reviewed in public discussion ... on Sept. 10...," or 15 days before Sept. 25... 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

DETROIT (AP) -- General Motors Co. said Wednesday it would shut down its Saturn brand after an agreement with Penske Automotive Group Inc. to acquire it fell apart. Penske, citing concerns of whether it could continue to supply vehicles after a manufacturing contract with GM ran out, ended talks with GM Wednesday to acquire the brand... more

D. D. Lewis, former Dallas Cowboy linebacker and a 2001 inductee into the College Football Hall of Fame came to both Chapel Hill schools this week to deliver a message to the students about the perils of drug use and his story about hope, mentoring, and second chances... more

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) -- No. 3 Alabama linebacker Dont'a Hightower will have knee surgery to repair ligament damage. Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban said Sunday that an MRI confirmed that Hightower had damage in his left knee. He did not say if the sophomore inside linebacker might return this season... more

When Lewisburg's City Council meets again, a significant portion of the time during that Tuesday night gathering in City Hall will be pre-recorded, according to the mayor. It's because of a technical requirement in the City Charter that calls for one out-loud reading of new ordinances and, on Oct. 13, the third and final "reading" of the city's next Stormwater Ordinance is scheduled for a final vote to make it law... more

Early voting began Wednesday in the Oct. 13 special election to fill the vacant 62nd District State House of Representatives seat. Democratic nominee Ty Cobb II, Republican nominee Pat Marsh and Chris Brown, endorsed by the Constitution Party but listed on the ballot as an independent, are seeking the seat, which was made vacant when Ty Cobb II's brother Curt Cobb resigned in late June... more

CHAPEL HILL - With jambalaya cooking over an open fire at sunset on Saturday in Henry Horton State Park, one of the rangers said, "It's been a blast" during the annual Step Back in Time reenactments. Jacob Ingram, 26, lives in the park and, as a "seasonal interpretive ranger," he was "paid to ride a horse, shoot a gun, eat old-timey food and listen to all kinds of music," officials said. And it was all part of the show for 3,000 people at the park... more

CANEY SPRINGS -- Nearly $1,400 were raised last weekend when supporters of the newly-chartered Caney Springs Volunteer Fire Department bought hot dogs, hamburgers, chips and drinks for the cause. That sum, announced by CSVFD President E.W. Hill on Saturday night in the Caney Springs Baptist Church dining room, is probably only a fraction of the total to be raised for all the volunteer departments during this weekend's "Womanless Beauty Pageant" in the Lewisburg Middle School auditorium... more