Linda Ellen Curtis Linda Ellen Curtis, 64, of Murfreesboro, died Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009, in Murfreesboro. Mrs. Curtis was a native of Williamson County. She was a homemaker and former medical technologist. She was a member of the Assembly of God faith... more

PETERSBURG - Annexation will "probably" be a solution for the man appointed to the town's Board of Mayor and Aldermen even though his house isn't in the town. Ricky Wright's home is on land that crosses the town line. He and others say that because his Orchard Cemetery Road address is in the city, he is an eligible successor to Anthony Nichols who was the subject of an ouster vote on Dec. 15... more

PETERSBURG - This town needs a lawyer and the mayor came to that conclusion last week even though it's being defended by an attorney in Marshall County Chancery Court. "We need to hire a city attorney," Mayor John Cowden said Thursday night after a non-voting workshop of the town's Board of Mayor and Alderman and in discussion about changing aldermen by ouster and appointment... more

PETERSBURG - The woman who complained of sex harassment that allegedly made Town Hall a hostile work environment says she still doesn't feel safe. "As it stands today," Petersburg Town Recorder Dawn Forlines said Thursday night, "the feeling of being unsafe is gone from the standpoint of sex harassment."... more

Not many students would be want to get to school by 4:00 a.m. on a cold, January morning, however nearly all of Marshall County High School's student body did just that on Friday for the chance to show off their Tiger pride on live television. MCHS was Channel 4's first "Cool School" of the new year and WSMV anchor Aaron Solomon broadcasted live from the packed gymnasium from 4:30-7:00 a.m. ... more

Marshall County Education Association members voted by a huge majority Monday to ratify the contract their team negotiated with the school board last year. Now only approval from the full school board at their meeting Thursday night stands between the county's teachers and their first-ever negotiated work contract... more

4,500 calls by one man to police in '08 False reports, harassment alleged By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer A Lewisburg man who applied to be an appointed city councilman last year was arrested Sunday at a gas station where he was picked up on two warrants alleging he made more than 4,500 false calls to police in 2008... more

Petersburg's Board of Mayor and Alderman have voted to remove an alderman accused by the town recorder of sex harassment, but the alderman's ouster and his successor's appointment appear questionable. The alderman, Anthony Nichols, is accused of showing Town Recorder Dawn Forlines a topless photo purportedly superimposed with the face of former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin in late November at the Town Hall... more

Catalpa News........................Mrs. Doyle Hastings Greetings: Well, we are now in 2009 and I am hoping we will have a good year. I'm sure we all had the New Year's menu of black-eyed peas and hog jowl. The years may come, the years may go, but may they always find the friendship we share together is the everlasting kind. ... more

Worried about the sudden spike in gasoline prices? Concerned international conflicts might send them higher? Analysts say not to worry -- for now. The average price of unleaded gas in Tennessee rose almost five cents in one day Wednesday to $1.61, evoking memories of recent runaway price surges at the pump. The price was up from both the day before and in early December... more

CRIME Vandalism 010909 By Karen Hall Staff Writer Lewisburg residents have suffered a rash of vandalism to their vehicles in recent weeks, according to reports on file at the police department. Eggs were thrown at a 1995 Chevrolet pickup belonging to Josh Wheeler of West End Avenue. ... more

A Marshall County commissioner has renewed his concern over procedures used to conduct county business, although a wide majority of his colleagues have out-voted him. Meanwhile, other county officials say three contracts that were recently awarded are legal and binding, regardless of Commissioner Billy Spivey's complaints about procedures... more

The Forrest Lady Rockets, ranked number 3 in the first Associated Press Class A basketball poll of the year defended their home court with a rough and tumble 44-40 win Tuesday night in Chapel Hill versus a determined Middle Tennessee Christian School that came into the contest at the number 10 spot in the AP poll... more

Four nurses at a New Year's Eve party were, in all likelihood, having a good time until about 9:30 p.m. when the hostess' sister-in-law had a natural reaction to her condition. "They were no help," Angie Richter, 29, of Belfast said of the nurses who obviously knew what was going on, but were off-duty and may well have been self administering stress relief medication... more

CRIME Bicycle 010709 By Karen Hall Staff Writer Lewisburg police came in contact with a Petersburg man twice in four days, according to reports on file at the police department. At about 9:30 p.m. on New Year's Eve, Officer Jackie Sands stopped a 2001 black Ford Ranger on East Commerce because it had a broken taillight. The driver was Albert Waldron Jr., 21, of Mike Bryan Road, Petersburg... more

Three juveniles were the victims of an armed robbery last week, according to reports on file at the Lewisburg Police Department. On Tuesday, Dec. 30 at about 3:15 p.m., Officer Steve Woodard reported that he heard a radio call about an armed robbery. When he got to the address on Limestone Avenue where the call had come from, the three victims told him that the robbery had happened between Lunn Street and 9th Avenue North, "near the Projects."... more

CRIME Prescriptions 010709 By Karen Hall Staff Writer A Belfast woman confessed to two counts of writing and passing a forged prescription after being arrested at a local pharmacy last week. Bobby Kay Lopez, 37, of Adams Road, Belfast, tried to fill a prescription for oxycodone 5 mg. ... more

One of three pharmacies near the intersection of Nashville Highway and Ellington Parkway is closing at the end of this month, according to the company's director of public relations. The succeeding pharmacies are H&S No. 2 owned by Lewisburg Mayor Bob Phillips who's affiliated with another pharmacy in town, and the Walgreen drug store that opened last year. CVS is closing... more

Lewisburg firefighters responded to two fire alarms before dawn Monday and while one was more smoke than fire which was extinguished quickly by a factory employee, the other alarm was false, renewing concerns among emergency responders. Malfunctioning alarms and even one erroneously rung for a fire drill have been a concern for months at Fire Chief Larry Williams' office. ... more

The owner of a Ford, GM and Chrysler parts supplier in Lewisburg anticipates more layoffs as a result of America's continued sour economy and fewer orders from his customers. "We employ 30 people and we have had some cutbacks," Mike Robertson, president and sole owner of Trison Coatings Inc., said Monday. "And we definitely expect more. We may have no more than 20 people here sometime soon unless the economy improves and automotive sales pickup."... more