A former Lewisburg police officer has retained a law firm that specializes in, among other things, personal injury law, employment law, and municipal law. Denise Savage, 36, has retained the Jackson, Tenn. law firm of Spragins Barnett and Cobb PLC, and supplied their name and telephone number to the Tribune last week... more

The editor of the Veterans of Foreign Wars' national magazine thinks the media have been irresponsible to throw around the term "defining a generation" as we near the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock Music and Art Fair. In an article titled "GIs Died While Woodstock Rocked," Richard K. ... more

Two of five construction contractors, who sought to be viable candidates for renovation of Marshall County's Courthouse, were recommended Thursday to the county Buildings Committee, and its panelists accepted the advice from their architect. A chief question used by James Kennon, the Nashville-based architect who reviewed the five contractors' applications, was: Can the contractor keep the building useable and open while the roof is off? Kennon also ranked the five contractors. ... 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. A Work Ethic Training Course, taught by Betsye Ledford of Ledford Employee Exchange, is being offered as a part of Ratchet Up Marshall County, sponsored by South Central Tennessee Workforce Board. ... more

A jury returned a verdict of guilty in the trial of a Marshall County man charged with child rape. The six-man, six woman jury deliberated for nearly an hour Thursday before declaring that Paul Alexander Montgomery III, 39, of Poarch Hollow Road was guilty as charged... more

Fundraising for the annual Cops for Kids event starts next weekend. Last year Cops for Kids took 62 children Christmas shopping. This allowed kids, who would otherwise have had nothing, to buy Christmas presents for themselves and their families. The first annual Cops for Kids fundraiser at Rock Creek Park was announced by Lewisburg Police Department Lieutenant Rebekah Mitchell last week. ... more

MURFREESBORO -- To have productive conversations and obtain advice from residents of Tennessee's Sixth Congressional District, U.S. Representative Bart Gordon has scheduled several discussion … more

Approximately 100 youth football players and parents were alarmed by a single shotgun blast that rang out in the woods near apractice Thursday afternoon. Parent Ronnie Fuller had already set up … more

Tough and unpopular decisions about the disposal of the county's trash lie ahead for the commission and its solid waste committee. At a meeting Monday night attended by 10 of the county commissioners and about 25 residents, the solid waste committee heard from solid waste director Morgan Thomas about the cuts he has made to his department's budget balance for the upcoming year... more

CHAPEL HILL - Water purchases have been subsidized by the town when the customer is Forrest High School and the football field needs irrigation. It's just the way things have worked out because the city's water rate is lower than what's charged by the Marshall County Board of Public Utilities (MCBPU)... 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. Clay Hill United Methodist Church is now offering free one-on-one tutoring in reading. Let God bless us by helping you. For more information call 931-364-7648 before 8:30 p.m... more

The high cost of holding a small town's municipal election was revealed at Cornersville's monthly meeting of the board of mayor and aldermen. Mayor Amos Davis told his board that it cost the town $5,500 to hold the recent election, in which just 25 people cast votes. Three aldermen ran uncontested for re-election... more

CHAPEL HILL - A church in Lewisburg expanded to a second location on Depot Street this weekend with an open house on Saturday, and Sunday morning services. "We are a nondenominational church with an interdenominational congregation," the Rev. Rocky Cunningham says of LifeSong Family Church. "Our worship is contemporary with contemporary music... more

Despite split votes at the county commissioners' recent meeting when they defeated a trash disposal fee, they unanimously voted for: tire recycling fees; health care for jail inmates; and a new law to permit a firing range. Passage of the following resolutions was by 17 commissioners attending. Commissioner Larry McKnight was absent because he could not get back to Lewisburg from his job in Nashville in time for the meeting, according to Commission Chairwoman Mary Ann Neill... more

The possibility of making real savings in energy costs for county schools was discussed at a July 28 meeting of the County commission's education committee. Geothermal systems could be used to heat and cool school buildings, according to commissioner Rocky Bowden and his guest speaker, Randall Dunn of Capital Projects Solutions Inc. This company specializes in management of construction projects, as well as the preparation of successful grant applications... more

As construction of a candle factory has begun at the Lewisburg Industrial Park, city and county business developers have reported various steps taken to attract employers to this community. The recent ceremonial ground breaking at the Will & Baumer candle factory in Lewisburg has already led to more construction as the base for the building was already in place. The candle business is moving here from New York State... more

CHAPEL HILL - The town's fire department has won a federal grant that will subsidize the salaries of two full-time firefighters, the town administrator said Wednesday. "Chief Paul Rigsby put in for a grant and it was denied," Administrator Mike Hatten said. "Then, Kenneth Runk, the assistant chief put in for a grant and it was approved. It's a matching grant... more

Mike Minor is Marshall County's newest millionaire. Minor, a former Forrest High School star who later pitched for Vanderbilt and was the No. 7 pick in baseball's amateur draft earlier this spring, was set to sign a contract worth $2.42 million on Thursday, according to his agent... more

After nearly 3-1/2 hours of deliberations with insurance agents, Marshall County's Employee Benefits Committee on Tuesday voted to recommend hiring a new agent to shop for a new health insurance policy for nearly 250 people. Chris Hartnett of Roussel & Associates in Brentwood succeeds Jim Malone of Malone Co., Fayetteville, according to County Commission Chairwoman Mary Ann Neill, a member of the Budget Committee that met in joint session with the Benefits Committee in the Courthouse Annex... more

Hi-way 50 Drive-In Theater employees watched the gate as a light rain fell Saturday night when a film crew from the CBS Sunday Morning News program interviewed an artist about her project on jobs that are going away. "Mary Whyte is doing a series of art pictures of jobs that are going away, like drive-ins," Wendy Ridley said from behind the concession counter at the drive-in theater on Fayetteville Highway while "Big Daddy" Gary Douglas, the drive-in's owner, was being interviewed in the projection room.. ... more