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

Driving offenses - DUI 2nd offense, possession of a Schedule IV controlled substance (Xanax), and violation of the implied consent law - Driving on revoked - Driving on suspended Arrested and charged with vandalism and criminal trespass at old Connelly School:... more

Nigerian Dwarf goats are being shown at the Goats Music and More festival for the first time this year. At their planning meeting last week, the GMM organizing committee got acquainted with Suzy Way of Nolensville, who will be one of the judges for that show... more

The Marshall County School System has received a competitive grant in the amount of $300,000 per year for three years to establish 21st Century Community Learning Centers at the schools with the highest rates of diversity and economic need. Marshall Elementary School, Westhills Elementary School, and Lewisburg Middle School will host the centers, and students at Oak Grove Elementary School may travel by bus to one of those sites to participate. ... more

A big weekend of one-night horse shows begins on Thursday, July 23, with the Dickson County Saddle and Bridle Club Horse Show at Dickson. The show starts at 6 p.m. and 32 classes are on the program. On Saturday night, the 68th Annual Red Carpet Show of the South takes place in Pulaski. ... more

The Lewisburg Rotary Club Miss Lewisburg Scholarship Pageant preparations are underway, with the event just around the corner on Saturday, Sept. 12. The Miss Lewisburg Scholarship Pageant is the biggest event of the Lewisburg Rotary year and all hands are on deck to pull off another successful crowning - the 17th crowning of a Miss Lewisburg and Little Miss Lewisburg... more

PUBLIC RECORDS Marriage Licenses William G. Cook and Annie Ruth Baugher; Tommy Neal Garner and Scarlett Marie Lamb; Joseph D. Taylor and Kimberly Ann Hancock; Kevin James Tennant and Jean Frederick Suffoletta. Business Listings Familyman Handyman, 1790 Bethbirei Rd, Lewisburg, TN 37091, owner: Brent D. Turner; Marshall County Monuments, 1928 Fayetteville Hwy, Belfast, TN 37019, owner: Pamela Grant... more

Signs are going up in businesses around town signifying efforts to spruce up Marshall County. The Three-Star Beautification Committee has begun a Three-Star Beautification Recognition program in which businesses that do a little landscaping to make their locations more appealing can be recognized. ... more

As Marshall County works to get its fiscal house in order, it's become clear that its next budget won't be adopted until some time in September even though the fiscal year has already started. State, county and municipal budgets run from July 1 of one year through June 30th of the next year. Businesses may use any 12-month period, but they usually use a calendar year for tax purposes. The federal budget starts in October... more

Nearly $200,000-worth of spending requests were cut from Marshall County's $35 million general fund during a Budget Committee meeting that lasted more than three hours on Monday night. Another $500,000 should be cut to bring requested spending in line with revenue, according to Budget Committee Chairman Mickey King. County Mayor Joe Boyd Liggett reported last week revenues from sales and property taxes are down by $1.1 million... more

COLUMBIA - First Farmers & Merchants Bank will mark 100 years of banking and community service throughout Middle Tennessee on Sunday. Two days earlier, on Friday, area residents are invited to visit any of the bank's 17 branch offices, according to John Tomlinson, chief administrative officer, First Farmers & Merchants Bank... more

With the resignation of a Marshall County commissioner and the county clerk from the County Ethics Committee, two county commissioners were nominated this week to be elected on Monday. County Clerk Daphne Fagan resigned from the Ethics Committee shortly after the panel voted to drop an ethics complaint against former Commission Chairman Sam Smith and refer other questions to the district attorney... more

There's been an increase in the proposed $50 solid waste fee calculated recently to cover a shortfall in revenue for operations of the Marshall County department funded with host fees paid by Cedar Ridge Landfill. The new estimate is $60 annually for county residents who don't live in a town or city with garbage collection. An increase is needed because barns and vacant homes were erroneously counted as billable addresses... more

FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A man accused in a bloody weekend rampage that killed six in two states was a quiet, burly drywaller who authorities say started the attacks by beating an acquaintance to … more

Lewisburg's City Council voted 4-1 on Tuesday to negate a new state law that allows people to carry guns in public parks. Councilman Ron McRady, a retired state employee who held several administrative jobs with the Department of Corrections, opposed the measure endorsed by Police Chief Chuck Forbis and former Chief Wayne Coomes who's on the Police Advisory Board... more

Three school bus drivers whose contracts have not been renewed for next year had five minutes each to address the school board at last week's meeting, though chairwoman Ann Tears pointed out, "This body does not employ you, therefore no action can be taken."... more

Autom, the Phoenix-based religious supply company that opened its operations building early this year in Lewisburg's Business Park, broke ground Wednesday for its new candle factory. Will & Baumer candle makers trace their roots 150 years to a Bavarian immigrant's backyard in Syracuse, N.Y., but in January 2008, Autom became the company's majority owner and last summer announced its production is moving here... more

A former Marshall County Commission chairman shouldn't be sanctioned because of an ethics complaint, but the district attorney should examine the allegations raised by an environmental group. That's the split decision Monday evening in the Courthouse Annex where members of the county Ethics Committee were led by Mary Ann Neill. She succeeded Sam Smith of Cornersville who's the target of a complaint from the Tri-County Environmental Association... more

Tennessee has notified Lewisburg that it's violated stormwater management rules and the city manager says the allegation about record keeping will be appealed to lower or eliminate a $10,000 fine. Councilwoman Quinn Brandon on Tuesday questioned City Manager Eddie Fuller about the order from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation dated June 23. ... more

CHAPEL HILL - The Board of Mayor and Aldermen on Monday directed its architect to call for bids on a contract to build an addition to Town Hall. Expansion will solve other problems in addition to a leaky roof, Town Administrator Mike Hatten said. "We have a serious bug problem and we have found frogs in Town Hall."... more