Proposed changes to an old contract on how Lewisburg and Marshall County fund the policeman patrolling Lewisburg Middle School are to be examined tonight when the county's Education Committee meets in the Courthouse Annex. County Commissioner Larry McKnight, chairman of the Education Committee, also says he's concerned about a disparity in salaries paid to school resource officers at LMS, Marshall County High School, Forrest School and Cornersville High School... more

Reacting to their employees' outrage over a health insurance deductible proposed at $2,500 - up from $500 - county commissioners are shopping for a new policy. Deciding to do so may have been preordained, but in a series of quick committee meetings before their special-called meeting last week, commissioners filled their Employee Benefits Committee membership, effectively resetting the stage for the health insurance debate... more

Most of Marshall County's School Board members marked schools director Stan Curtis poorly on evaluation forms they completed privately last month to rate his first year in office. Last month, evaluation forms were sent to school board members' homes. The evaluation forms, mailed to school headquarters anonymously, were opened and the scores tallied by the evaluation committee at its meeting Monday night... more

Uncounted office desks, chairs, file cabinets, tables, shelves, hat trees and other furniture was donated by Nissan through a local trucking company to a Lewisburg church for its planned church school. However, the furniture for an adult office setting isn't suitable for school children, so it's being sold from one of Lewisburg businessman Jim Moon's warehouses in anticipation of an auction that's not been scheduled yet... more

The Town of Cornersville swore in a new police officer at the meeting of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen last week. "I was tired of being an SRO," said Eli Stuard, formerly a Marshall County Sheriff's Department Deputy, about why he took the job in Cornersville. Ironically, the officer he is replacing, Shawn Jones, is going to be a School Resource Officer in Rutherford County... more

For the first time in a long time, the Marshall County Chamber of Commerce had a Fourth of July Parade to help celebrate Independence Day, and the display of patriotism was remarkable. From beautiful kids on floats and flatbeds to honored veterans on horseback and convertible car boots, the march and roll from The Acres to Lewisburg's Recreation Center was topped only by the fireworks in the night sky that Saturday... more

BRIEFS for July 8 The Marshall County School System will hold new student registration on Tuesday, July 28, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This is for students who were not enrolled in Marshall County schools last year. Kindergarten through sixth grade students who will attend a Lewisburg school will register at the Central Office, 700 Jones Circle, Lewisburg; all others will register at their respective schools. ... more

The Child Development Center playground was improved recently in conjunction with a Lewisburg boy scout's project for his promotion to the rank of eagle. Since it was installed, there were uneven exercise bars at the playground that have been deemed inappropriate for child safety, so Boy Scout Todd Childress, 17, of Childress Road, accepted the challenge of removing them and improving the playground in other ways... more

BRIEFS for July 3 The Marshall County School System will hold new student registration on Tuesday, July 28, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This is for students who were not enrolled in Marshall County schools last year. Kindergarten through sixth grade students who will attend a Lewisburg school will register at the Central Office, 700 Jones Circle, Lewisburg; all others will register at their respective schools. ... more

Greetings! Happy Fourth of July! The Declaration of Independence's birthday was July 4, 1776! "America, America, God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea." America is still the greatest; the best! Our prayers are that she will still be "one nation under God," but many changes have happened to the United States of America in the last 50 to 100 years... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Sen. Lamar Alexander traveled in his Saturn sedan on Wednesday to Lewisburg where he advocated nuclear energy for lower electric bills, anticipated more production at GM's plant in Spring Hill, and commented on health care systems... more

Marshall County's Law Enforcement Committee has voted to rehire the company providing health care services for jail inmates. The new contract costs $119,000 annually for 90 inmates, plus a $20,000 fund to be available to deal with additional costs, Commissioner Scottie Poarch said... more

The association representing Marshall County's teachers asked for a two percent pay raise for teachers at this week's negotiating session. "We've heard no justification for not giving us an increase," said MCEA lead negotiator Kathy Stapleton. "There's got to be some kind of bright spot for teachers - how do we explain to them that everything's going up except their pay?"... more

The Marshall County Farmers Market would like to invite anyone interested in being a vendor at the Market this season to join in. If you think just because you don't have a farm you can't participate as a vendor you're wrong. A small garden that is all you need... more

The State of Tennessee has notified Waste Management Inc. that Cedar Ridge Landfill is in violation of state law because it's polluting a spring, water flowing from it, and the creek further downstream. Violations, according to a letter from the Department of Environment and Conservation, can result in civil penalties that range from $100 per day to $10,000 per day depending on the part of state code that applies... more

Marshall County's Outstanding Citizen of the Year was named at the Chamber of Commerce breakfast yesterday at the Recreation Center. The 2009 recipient of the award is Tommy "Brother" Harris, co-owner and inspiration behind Brothers Fine Foods. "Brother's smile is like his relish - award-winning - and makes Marshall County proud by stocking the shelves of many stores," says his nomination form... more

The Marshall County, Tenn. Tea Party will have a presence in the Chamber of Commerce Independence Day Parade early Saturday and a Tea Party Rally/Family Picnic shortly thereafter. "Anyone wishing to join us needs to appear in costume at 8 a.m. at the Acres Shopping Center" for the July Fourth parade from East Commerce Street, around Lewisburg's public square and then to the city Recreation Center on West Commerce Street, according to Sherry erguson, a leader of the local Tea Party... more

On the last day of their fiscal year, the school board's budget committee approved a balanced budget they will present to the full board at their meeting July 9. No mention was made of the two percent salary increase for teachers that the Marshall County Education Association had asked for in the negotiating session that preceded the meeting... more

As a daughter continues to ask questions about her father's shooting death in his neighbor's apartment, details are emerging from the Lewisburg Police investigation into what's been called a home invasion. Michael Jett, 53, of Pear Tree Apartments, was shot during the Memorial Day weekend by Jeffery Sturgill, 51, who also lives at the apartment house. Jett's daughter, Tessa Singleton, says she wants answers to her questions about her father's death... more

In a report printed in the June 22 issue of "The Archives of Internal Medicine," researchers revealed that doctors in the U.S. fail to tell patients about abnormal test results 7 percent of the time. Yes, studying 5,434 patients and 23 primary care practices, the researchers found that one out of every 14 clinically significant findings simply fell between the cracks!... more