Arrested and charged with weapons law violation; resisting order to stop; and animal cruelty: According to Lewisburg Police Officer Tracy Teal's report, on July 25, Sorrells fatally shot his neighbor's 4-month-old pet dog, then resisted police when they came to question him... more

An ethics complaint against past and present employees of the board of education was filed with the County's ethics commission last week by one of the school bus drivers whose contract was not renewed, in spite of three years of excellent evaluations... more

The last weekend of July all roads in the Walking Horse world lead to the tiny hamlet of Belfast, Tenn. The Belfast Lions Club 49th Annual Walking Horse Show will take place Friday night, July 31, beginning at 7 p.m. at the S. W. Beech Memorial Field... more

TRACTOR Pull fini 072909 584 / 25 = 23.36 inches By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer CHAPEL HILL - More people and more money came to town for the Lions Club Super Pull of the South this year, compared to last year, according to the club's event chairman... more

U.S. Representative Bart Gordon's Mobile Congressional Office will be in Lewisburg on Thursday. "My Field Representative, Sean Gilliland, will be at Lewisburg City Hall at 11:30 am to meet with constituents who need help with a problem with the federal government or who would like to talk about issues of concern to them," Gordon... more

After three days of pool play, beginning last Thursday and four quarterfinal games on Sunday, the final four teams are in place for today's championship bracket games for the boys 9U Cal Ripken SE Region Tournament at the Richard Cashion Youth League Park in Lewisburg... more

An alternative school is to be available to Marshall County students in grades 7 through 12 when classes start next month. It will be housed in an unused portion of the Lewisburg Middle School building, but director of schools Stan Curtis says alternative school students "won't mingle with the LMS student body." They will enter through a separate door and won't use the cafeteria - food will be brought to them... more

FRANKLIN - Waste Management has offered to help Marshall County conduct its recycling program "at no cost to the county" as the company's host fee payments have dropped because Cedar Ridge Landfill is accepting only a quarter of the trash it's normally buried... more

Marshall County's Circuit Courtroom is to be used as a movie set this weekend, just as it was on two previous weekends for a film about home schooling. The fictional story is more than a courtroom drama, according to Star Breeder Studios President Don Jarman of Franklin where other scenes were set for shooting this month... more

In a rare chain of events, the Marshall County grand jury on Wednesday was asked if further law enforcement action is needed in a shooting death and the 12-member panel took no action. On May 23, Jeffery Sturgill, 51, of Pear Tree Apartments, shot Michael Jett, 53, also of Pear Tree Apartments, Lewisburg Police said, calling Sturgill the victim of a home invasion and noting that Jett had a mask, a knife and was dressed in coveralls... more

CHAPEL HILL - With a modest chance of rain when the biggest tractor pull in the South starts tonight, there's a high probability of satisfaction among the crowds estimated at about 19,000 people. "I think it will be OK," Chris Gilbert, chairman of the Lions Super Pull of the South, said of the weather forecast. "If it rains we can cover the track" with a tarpaulin that's 50 feet wide and 450 feet long... more

A new kind of competition and entertainment is coming to Rock Creek Park for four Saturday nights in August and September: the Battle of the Bands. The closing date for entries is Friday, July 31. Organizers hope to have 16 non-professional bands from Marshall and surrounding counties vying for the title of "Best Band in Southern Middle Tennessee."... more

Everyone is invited to attend a series of Gospel Meetings at Catalpa Church of Christ July 26-30 with James Cullins. Sunday: 11 a.m. with dinner to follow; Sunday night: 7:30 p.m.; Monday-Thursday: 7 … more

Just two indictments were handed down by the Grand Jury after their session on Wednesday. Darron Keith Lyttle, 36, is alleged to have sold and delivered cocaine to a confidential informant … more

The Farmers Market, across from Rock Creek Park, is open on Tuesdays from 12 noon to 6 p.m. and Fridays from 6 a.m. to 12 noon. A Work Ethic Course Training, 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 Marshall County man pleaded guilty Wednesday to a charge of making a false report to a sheriff's deputy in the spring last year. Roger Clayton Parker, 48, pleaded guilty to Circuit Court Judge Robert Crigler on the charge filed by Sheriff's Detective Bart Fagan... more

CHAPEL HILL - Marshall County's Emergency Medical Service moved from its long-time location across from the police and fire departments one month ago. Eight days from now, the EMS is hosting an open house. "It was built for the future," Emergency Medical Technician Chris Carlough said on a recent morning as he and Randall Young, a paramedic and death scene investigator, awaited calls during their shift in the new building. "It can accommodate four people."... more

CHAPEL HILL - With 19,000 extra people in town this weekend, venders at the farmers market here may have customers, but with only a couple of vendors at the town park during recent sale days, tractor pullers might just go to the grocery or a restaurant for sweet corn... more

In response to the article published in Wednesday's paper, I would like to make a few comments. As a commissioner, I have been inquisitive as to how the county conducts business. I have never veiled, even thinly, my opposition to conducting county business in any manner that is less than fair and equitable. ... more

The continuing case of alleged driving under the influence by a Marshall County school board member has been rescheduled for Aug. 10 when attorneys are to argue whether there were "specific and articulable" reasons for the sheriff's deputy to stop the elected official's white Cadillac... more