Marshall County's Highway Department is waiting until July before starting work to protect a road between Ostella and Delina because of the spawning season for a fish on the endangered species list. However, during interviews and an inspection of Cowser Road that stops at a dead end, there was no water in what's apparently an unnamed tributary that flows into Pee Dee Branch near where John Barnes Road intersects with Brown Shop Road just southeast of the Archer Community crossroads... more

Reacting to General Motors' placement of its Spring Hill plant on standby and make it compete for production of a new car, Lewisburg and Marshall County leaders were sad but cautiously optimistic; effectively saying that country boys will survive. "We've all worked very hard to see that plant stay open," County Mayor Joe Boyd Liggett said of GM's announcement that it's closing nine more plants but will shut down production in Spring Hill. ... more

With a dozen basic prices -- ranging from $9,425 to $15,051 per month -- several Marshall County commissioners are considering the increasing and complicated premiums for jail inmate health insurance.
More nursing supervision is needed when a jail's average daily population reaches 125 inmates, and according to County Budget Director Freda Terry, if the jail has an AIDS patient -- "which we have had" -- costs would also increase... more

Margie Sharp Lewis Margie Sharp Lewis, 56, formerly of Lewisburg, died Wednesday, May 27, 2009, at her residence in Memphis. Mrs. Lewis was a native of Marshall County, who graduated from Marshall County High School in 1971. She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ... more

Two school board committee meetings failed to attract a quorum last week, and the discussion of important business was postponed to later dates. The director's evaluation committee chairman, Ann Tears, and one member, Curt Denton, looked over the form that board members will use to evaluate Dr. Stan Curtis' first year in charge of the school system... more

With troubling reports about the nearby General Motors plant before and after Monday's ceremony at City Hall, two newly elected leaders were sworn into office with modest fanfare. Mayor Barbara Woods and Councilman Ronald McRady were sworn in at 10 a.m. by City Treasurer/Recorder Connie Eddy as about 40 friends, family and officials witnessed the change of administrations... more

SPRING HILL, Tenn. (AP) -- General Motors will idle the Spring Hill assembly plant and its 2,500 workers later this year, but United Auto Workers officials said the facility is also in the running to … more

The door-prize winners at the Technology Fair were: Amy Clark, HP Procurve Networking Switch from MXN Corp.; David Lovell, Bluetooth from AT&T; and Debbie Montgomery, one ounce of silver from Bank of America. Marshall County Memorial Library is having its Summer Reading Program this summer. It begins at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 4, and runs every Thursday through July 16... more

Today, Monday May 25th was a holiday, Memorial Day. It was a nice day. I hope everyone had a nice safe holiday. Doylene was home and we worked in the yard getting many of my plants set out. I have 20 tomato plants out but still have several of my flowers needing to be set out. ... more

Lewisburg's City Council voted on Monday to sell up to $7 million worth of income tax free municipal bonds to investors so the city may refinance a utility debt with a variable interest rate that's backfired because of a financial institution's instability... more

The Tennessee Department of Transportation is taking steps toward buying land for the widening of Ellington Parkway. "It will affect our Emergency Medical Service headquarters somewhat," County Mayor Joe Boyd Liggett told the commissioners. "We'll have to stay on top of this."... more

Marshall County commissioner took a couple of moments on Monday to applaud three students and memorialize a pioneer family that settled on the western edge of the county before Tennessee was a state. The applause was for Lenzie Howell and Jacob Terry from Forrest high School and Bethany Vanhooser from Cornersville High School who have been selected to participate in the Tennessee Governor's Academy... more

Lewisburg and Marshall County on Tuesday asked President Barack Obama, Congress and their Automotive Transition Team to ensure the survival of General Motors Corp. and its factory in Spring Hill. The requests come on the heels of United Auto Workers Local 1853 President Mike O'Rourke statement last week that, in his opinion, the future of the jobs at the Chevrolet Traverse assembly plant is a "coin flip," according to the Associated Press... more

On Monday, Lewisburg Mayor Bob Phillips will step aside and after 12 years - three terms in office - he won't be mayor anymore. That's been known well before this city's recent election campaign began, but it may not be as well known that he's also retiring from his career as a pharmacist... more

By now you've probably heard that the American Civil Liberties Union is suing the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools and Knox County Schools for using Internet filter software that blocks non-erotic websites devoted to lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender individuals (LGBT)... more

Negotiations between the teachers and the board of education resumed on May 7, and continued on the 13th and 18th. Stan Curtis, director of schools and newly appointed member of the negotiating team, was absent from the first meeting, due to a previous engagement, but budget director Janet Wiles and human resources director Mitchell Byrd were there to meet with representatives of the Marshall County Education Association... more

SHELBYVILLE - Four arrests were made Tuesday in a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme involving hundreds of homes in Bedford County. The arrests were the result of a 16-month joint investigation by the Bedford County Sheriff's Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Internal Revenue Service... more

Oak Grove Elementary School will have its fourth principal in five years next fall, according to school board member Craig Michael. Michael, and other school board members, received notice last week that Dr. Patsey Thomas, who was Oak Grove's principal this year, will be taking the Coordinator of School Health position at Central Office next year... more

Marshall County Memorial Library is having its Summer Reading Program this summer. It begins at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 4, and runs every Thursday through July 16. The Lewisburg Parks & Recreation Department is sponsoring a Mini Cheer Camp for 4- to 10-year-olds, from June 22 through 25, at the Rec Center gym. For more information, or to register, call Jane Tilford at 359-2482... more

The County commission's building and maintenance committee discussed the cleaning of county buildings, and received input from interested parties who had earlier been asked if they could clean their own areas. Several department heads had made the effort to attend the Monday evening meeting... more