Lewisburg has been visited by both of Tennessee's senators this summer. Bob Corker followed in Lamar Alexander's footsteps and spent over an hour at the Court House annex Friday, discussing a range of topics with a capacity crowd of over 100 Marshall County residents... more

Marshall County's Budget Committee has again asked the School Board to cut spending, prompting local debate on a requirement for "maintenance of effort," meaning school budgets can't be lowered, they can only be increased. State, federal and local funding to county schools here is about $32.9 million and, with a fund balance that's grown because of spending restraint by the system, the budget is at about $34.7 million. County funding is approaching $11.12 million... more

The Farmers Market's Tuesday hours are now 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Fridays will remain the same: 6 a.m. until noon. The Berlin Volunteer Fire Department has begun a district-wide door-to-door … more

Proximity to Music City proved to be a boost for the second round of the Battle of the Bands concert series last weekend in Rock Creek Park leading up to the Goats, Music and More festival in October. Christian country music, Rock-a-Billy, a musician evoking Elvis and a lot of people who recognized familiar tunes faced off Saturday night as three more bands competed for a $2,500 prize and to be the opening act for Shenandoah at what's also known as Goat Fest... more

Marshall County's Budget Committee sent school system leaders back to their central office on Wednesday asking them to find a way to trim their budget one more time. The schools' budget was then totaling some $34.74 million, according to the system's budget director Janet Wiles who spoke about the spending plan and state requirements with other school leaders in the Courthouse Annex as the Budget Committee turned to other department budgets... more

Aug. 31 Lewisburg Electric System's Board of Public Utilities will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31, at the LES office. Marshall County Ethics Committee will meet at 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31, in Room 2204 of the Courthouse Annex, Lewisburg... more

Nearly $10,000 was raised this month from an auction of used office furniture donated to a Lewisburg church by an auto manufacturer. "The auction grossed a little over $10,000 and netted a little less than $10,000," Lewisburg Auction Gallery owner Jeff Ellis said of the sale he handled for his church, LifeSong Family Church... more

We've had some beautiful cool weather, but now the heat of August has returned. But not to worry. This time next week, August will be history, and September will be here. I don't know what the … more

Marshall County's school board refused to change the budget it had submitted for the 2009-2010 school year, in spite of being asked to modify it by the county commission's budget committee. A special called meeting of the board Wednesday night lasted only about 35 minutes and ended with a refusal to make any changes... more

In a rare move, county commissioners this week declined to appoint their mayor's nominee to one of the several panels that manages key departments of local government. Harley Ezell was nominated by Mayor Joe Boyd Liggett to succeed Mike Waggoner on the Marshall County Board of Public Utilities. Ezell's nomination failed 8-8 while Bill Blalock was reappointed 17-0... more

From a split vote to recess their meeting so a commissioner could change a light bulb, to another split vote that ended plans to record committee meetings, Marshall County commissioners' August meeting was chock full of change. Other developments included appointments of: Tony Williams over R.L. ... more

Maybe we're all supposed to pull together during this recession, but I take a bit of pleasure in one industry's comeuppance. According to the Wall Street Journal, fashion advertisers are slashing their budgets, so the fashion magazines' much-anticipated September issues will be about one-third slimmer than last year's batch... more

I appreciate the headline on my last week's column: "Gospel Singing is a Big Hit." August 28 we are planning to go to Lynnville Church of Christ to the Friday night area-wide singing from 7 to 9 p.m. … more

CHAPEL HILL - A homecoming was held recently at Henry Horton State Park for a woman who lives north of town and has returned from California where she's been a contestant on NBC's show called the Biggest Loser. Elizabeth "Liz" Young, 49, is the oldest contestant on the reality TV show that focuses on weight loss. The series with Young is scheduled to start Sept. 15, according to her friends, family and an NBC Web site that's included Young's photos and profile... more

Parents taking their children to school Wednesday were alarmed to see MRSA had been added to a list of contagious diseases on the doors of the pre-kindergarten classrooms at Oak Grove Elementary School. "None of us wanted to leave our kids," concerned parent Teri Foster said Thursday... more

A spaced-out student at Marshall County High School needed attention recently and the faculty turned to the school resource officer. "The student had taken some sort of prescription drug and was intoxicated," Officer Billy Ostermann said. "They asked me to talk with him and he said he was 'just tired.'... more

A Marshall County man was arrested and charged with two counts of rape of a child after a Lewisburg Police Department investigation last week. Dallas Jay Stewart, 27, of Sumerset Circle, was arrested Aug. 18 after his second interview with detectives, according to Police Chief Chuck Forbis... more

Marshall County will accept help from Waste Management Inc. to continue its recycling program, according to one of several split commission votes on Monday night. And, in a non-voting session after their monthly meeting, commissioners faced the prospect of a monthly fee of $13.33 charged to every household beyond a municipal line in the county to pay for a short-term plan if and when Cedar Ridge Landfill must be closed... more

Marshall County Circuit Court Judge Robert Crigler on Wednesday denied a county school board member's request for dismissal of his charges of driving while intoxicated. "The judge found for the state," District Attorney Chuck Crawford said of the petition presented by defense attorney Walter Bussart on behalf of Mark Wilkerson who was arrested by Sheriff's Deputy Tony Nichols on Nov. 16... more

An organizer of Tea Party events in Lewisburg went to Murfreesboro on Monday to see U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon at his Town Hall meeting on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University. "I was the only one, at least that I saw, from Marshall County, but I may have missed someone," Sherry Ferguson said Tuesday... more