Due to inclement weather, Marshall County Schools' administrators decided to send students home starting at 1 p.m. Thursday. Schools spokeswoman Rhonda Poole recorded a telephone message to be sent to parents by the "Community Safe Phone Call System." Her announcements to "all parents" started at about 11:45 a.m. Thursday... more

The split nature of the Marshall County Commission was revealed again Tuesday night when a new chairman and chairman pro tem were elected by nearly the same array of votes. Commissioner Billy Spivey, who's pressed for reform of bidding practices and strict adherence to procedures, succeeded Commissioner Mary Ann Neill who let it be known before the meeting that she didn't want to be nominated... more

Attention to safety in Marshall County's schools continues to increase, according to speakers at this week's fall meeting of the Safe and Drug Free Schools Task Force. Assistant director of schools Roy Dukes told the group of law enforcement professionals, school and central office administrators, and students, that Tennessee had passed a law last year against bullying, harassment and intimidation. ... more

The Marshall County Senior Center will hold blood pressure screenings on Sept. 22 and 29 at 11 a.m. 18 The Senior Citizens covered-dish luncheon will be held at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 18. … more

CHAPEL HILL -- Henry Horton State Park will host its annual Step Back in Time festival September 18 -- 19, featuring a pre-1840s encampment, horse-mounted shooters, arts and crafts, antique tractors and cars, music, food and much more. Activities will begin at 9 a.m. each day and run until approximately 7:30 p.m. The festival is free and open to the public... more

Marshall County's Emergency Medical Service has received a $13,000 federal grant from the Department of Homeland Security for the purchase of equipment and medical supplies. "Three months ago we were told the money was allocated," EMS Director James Whorley said Monday. "We wrote specifications, called for bids, found the trailer at the Trailer Store in Columbia and here it is."... more

Two Marshall County residents who pleaded guilty earlier this summer were sentenced last week. Anthony Bruce Moore, 49, was sentenced to serve five years with the Tennessee Department of … more

Faced with the prospect of having to increase property taxes in an election year, Marshall County commissioners told their school system leaders to cut more from their spending request. That repetition of county Budget Committee direction to the schools' financial leaders on Tuesday concluded with Schools Budget Committee Chairwoman Kristen Gold asking her department's budget director, Janet Wiles, what could be done... more

It's time to retell the story of Bobby and Howard. Howard was the mayor of a town like Lewisburg. Bobby was the fire chief. When the fire alarm sounded, Howard knew there was no stopping Bobby who'd lead his men beyond the town line if necessary. Bobby was like a Dalmatian. You couldn't stop him and you didn't want to because if Aunt Mabel's house was on fire, everybody wanted her safe... more

A Chapel Hill-based band won on Saturday, the third concert of a Battle of the Bands leading up to Goats Music and More Festival when the finalists open for Shenandoah. The musicians in Tyterope "did go to Forrest High School," Greg Lowe, the band contest's announcer, told a crowd of nearly 300 while introducing the winners. "They got kicked out of Chapel Hill, but they won the talent contest with their version of 'Free Bird.'"... more

The Lynnville First Presbyterian Church will hold a revival on September 20, 21, and 22 beginning at 7 p.m. each evening. On September 20, a fellowship potluck dinner will be held in the fellowship hall of the church beginning at 6 p.m. Tom Walker, a minister of First Presbyterian Church in Nashville, will be the speaker each evening. He will speak on "scripture, grace, and faith." There will be special music each evening. Everyone is invited to attend... more

The Marshall County Senior Center will hold blood pressure screenings on Sept. 22 and 29 at 11 a.m. 16 Ransom Chapel will hold its Fall Revival tonight, Thursday and Friday at 7 p.m. … more

NASHVILLE - Once known as the state that built roads with cash up front, Tennessee is borrowing money to put with federal stimulus money and fuel taxes for bridge work. And one of the 111 bridges, named in recent announcements from state officials, crosses Sanders Creek for the Cornersville Road south of New Lake Road and north of Cochran Cemetery Road... more

Alice in Wonderland, the tale that plays with logic in ways that have given it immortal popularity, opens at the Marshall County Community Theatre on the Friday evening of Sept. 25. With a cast of 26 children ranging in ages from eight to 13, the show directed by Carol Bennington with musical assistance from Tim Pate, is seen as a major attraction on Lewisburg's public square through the closing matinée on Oct. 4... more

Marshall County commissioners appear ready to adopt a new budget without a property tax rate increase or reductions in county employees' work hours. And annual matching grants to volunteer fire departments weren't eliminated, as previously planned. They were reduced from $4,500 to $1,500, according to several commissioners... more

Lewisburg's law on beer permits doesn't have to be changed to authorize beer sales and service at a China Wok, a restaurant near Food Lion, according to the city attorney. Changing the law was an idea suggested by Councilor Robin Minor, a member of the Beer Board that declined to act when it met Sept. 1 and reviewed an application from Mei Liana Xiao, 40, of 5th Avenue, proprietor of China Wok... more

Thefts reported * Rheem 2 1/2 ton heating and cooling unit worth approximately $3,000, from a vacant house that is for sale on Mt. Lebanon Road. * 1998 Ford Ranger pickup truck worth … more

In about two months, Chapel Hill-area residents and friends of Liz Young will be able to see on TV what they missed when they look at her in public. "I've lost so much weight that if you saw me walking down the street, you wouldn't recognize me," says Young, a contestant on the NBC TV show The Biggest Loser. "It's a huge transformation."... more

Ollie the Otter got a colorful reception at Crayons Preschool on Friday where he drove home the message of the importance of seatbelts and booster seats. Beyond teaching the lesson of seatbelt use, Ollie's friend, Julie Brewer of Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, asked the children to make sure their parents, brothers, sisters and others buckle up before their car rolls... more

There's some indication that Lewisburg's Police department is reversing the flow of employees from small departments to large agencies. A common lament among small town leaders and their county government friends is that their departments are where employees get training and experience before they move on... more