A request for a permit for on-premises consumption was rejected by the Marshall County beer board in a Tuesday night meeting that lasted less than 10 minutes. The new owners of the Mooresville Market at 3399 Mooresville Hwy, Ronald and Tanya Seltz, had requested on-premises consumption so that their customers could enjoy a beer while they ate... more

Mike Werner of Lewisburg was driving around Tuesday morning with his two daughters, Allison, 9, and Rachel, 4, and the digital camera he got for Christmas. They saw something on the far side of the football fields, across from Marshall Elementary School... more

To restrict the location of a trash transfer station in Lewisburg, the City Council on Tuesday unanimously voted to change its zoning code so that if such a facility is to be established in the city, it must be on land classified as suitable for a landfill... more

A long-standing system on how people are selected for jury duty is this year being automated and while it will save some money, it does away with a quaint provision in state law. There was a time when the circuit court clerks in Tennessee might bring their young grandchild to work and have them pull small pieces of paper from a hat, a metal box, or even a rotating drum as if lottery ticket numbers were being drawn... more

A traffic stop on Thursday, Dec. 18, led to two arrests when a young Lewisburg man came to his friend's assistance. Lewisburg Police Department officer Denise Savage stopped a 1997 Chevy on West Commerce St. at about 9:20 a.m. because of light law and seatbelt violations... more

A Petersburg woman could be in more trouble after being arrested earlier this month, according to reports on file at the Lewisburg Police Department. Charlene L. Small, 35, of Twin Springs Road was arrested Dec. 2 by Detective Santiago McKlean on charges of forgery, criminal impersonation, and theft under $500 for obtaining 90 hydrocodone tablets, valued at $41.09, from the Kroger Pharmacy in Lewisburg, public records show... more

Except for Independence Day, New Years Eve is the only other time fireworks can be legally shot in the City of Lewisburg and this year there are only two fireworks stands in the city. One's on Ellington Parkway. The other is on East Commerce Street. Both generally sell the same kinds of fireworks... more

There's good news and bad news for the election campaign to be waged by Lewisburg's 4th Ward councilman who's recognized issues are intermingled. "The hardest thing about being a councilman is you can't please everybody," Councilman Hershel Davis said when asked about his first four years in office. "I found that out through the landfill expansion."... more

A produce market on Highway 99 has been growing and this month Marshall County planning commissioners granted the owner's request and are recommending that county commissioners reclassify the land purchased for expansion. "We bought the place next to us and put the flowers in there, and they wanted us to rezone," said Nick Sorrow of Nick's Produce at 1395 Highway 99. "We joined two properties together and we put more flowers out. I will sell Christmas trees next year."... more

Marshall County's Grand Jury has indicted a mischievous trio familiar to Lewisburg police and who led lawmen on a high speed chase last fall, according to public records and observations from police. Among those three Marshall County residents indicted this month for multiple driving offences are a Spring Hill man who faces forgery and theft charges, and a man with ties to Marshall County who's charged with evading arrest and reckless endangerment... more

If it wasn't a "Ho hum merry Christmas," as reported nationally, there seemed to be a regular business "hum, whirr and cha-ching" among retailers in Lewisburg since Santa's sleigh has been parked again. "We did as well as some years, but not as good as last year," reports Kim Wassermann of Lewisburg, the manager of the Factory Connection here, one of some 250 such stores in a chain that's headquartered in Albertville, Ala... more

Two of three public hearings on Marshall County's next solid waste plan have been scheduled for Monday and Thursday next week, according to the county's solid waste director. Because Cedar Ridge Landfill west of Lewisburg will close sooner or later, regardless of whether the state permits its expansion, the county must be prepared for the end of the availability of local dumping and money from that landfill's host fee that funds the county's Solid Waste Department... more

Marshall County's veterans service director anticipates more requests for medical treatment next year because this year it was determined that about a quarter of the Persian Gulf War veterans suffer more from certain maladies than the general U.S. population... more

Various private organizations have cropped up to deal with issues arising from military service during Desert Shield and Desert Storm. One such group is Survivors of the Storm, or S.O.S., which was created by Charlotte (McKay) Doud of Fayetteville who was honored last fall during the 17th annual reunion of Tennessee Army National Guard service men and women who served in Desert Shield and Desert Storm... more

Today at 11 a.m., weather permitting, the Hillsboro Hounds will be meeting at the Bowers' Full Cry Farm, near Cornersville, to spend the afternoon hunting coyotes with a pack of crossbred hounds. The Hillsboro's regular hunting days are Wednesday and Saturday, but they generally pay homage to a long-standing English tradition and schedule a hunt for the day after Christmas... more

A Belfast Community man is being allowed to replace a 26-year-old single-wide mobile home with a six-year-old mobile home because of a vote last week by the Marshall County Board of Zoning Appeals. "They've got a five-year replacement rule," says Charles Hobby who approached the BZA on Tuesday evening last week when his explanation for the variance from strict enforcement of the county rule was that the replacement is in excellent condition... more

A $450,275 grant was received by Lewisburg's Water and Wastewater Department this month to pay for about 84 percent of another sewer repair project. While hardly glamorous, replacement of sewers which let groundwater to seep into the collection system is important for efficient operation of wastewater treatment plants... more

A Marshall County man died during a one-car crash on Tuesday when his car went off the road and rolled over near Huntland, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Phillip McMillin, 54 of Lewisburg was driving a 1992 Oldsmobile north on Robinson Creek Road at about 5 a.m. when he crossed State Route 64 and went down an embankment. McMillin was not ejected... more

A teenagers' end-of-semester party came to an abrupt end when staff at a local motel alerted the Lewisburg Police Department to suspicious activity by five under-age girls and three older boys at about 10 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 18. "We made contact with five juvenile girls that ...stated they had consumed alcohol and smoked marijuana," wrote Officer Brad Martin in his report. ... more

By Karen Hall Staff Writer Two sex-related offenses were among the cases considered by the Grand Jury last week Kathy Mai McKinney, 28, of Ewing Lane, Lewisburg, was indicted on two counts of aggravated statutory rape. According to the indictment, McKinney, who has two daughters and works at a local restaurant, engaged in a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old. ... more