Marshall County High School's assistant baseball coach Steve Reese informed the Tribune today that one of the several state championship rings stolen in a burglary at his home on Nov. 7 has been recovered from Nashville and returned to him today. According to Reese, the ring turned up in an un-named Nashville high school when a teacher became suspicious of a male student wearing a big ring on his finger... more

The busts of Staff Sgt. Todd E. Nunes and Sgt. David Hierholzer were unveiled at a moving ceremony Saturday morning in the auditorium of Marshall County High School. The bust of Staff Sgt. Marcus A. Golczynski is already on display in the library at MCHS, having been unveiled earlier this year... more

Look for a bulletin on the outcome of Tuesday night's City Council vote. By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer More people spoke against expansion of Cedar Ridge Landfill than those who spoke for its proposed expansion, according to an independent count at the City Council hearing on the request Monday night... more

School buses will definitely not run on abbreviated school days, the School Board confirmed at its November meeting last Thursday. "How are we handling the abbreviated days?" asked board member Mark Wilkerson as the transportation committee concluded its report... more

With the current economic down turn, business is up at Goodwill stores in Middle Tennessee as well as warehouse and so-called seconds shops like S&D in Lewisburg. Shopping "more now" at Goodwill with his mom was Joshua Buttram, 11, of Richardson Road. His mother, Wendy Buttram, works at CosmoLab where pay cuts were imposed recently for the second time in two years... more

Law enforcement agencies in Marshall County have joined forces with the media, businessmen and women to create a Crime Stoppers organization with a reward schedule to attract information and public support to solve crime. While all the municipal police departments are participating, the two coordinators are Lewisburg Police Lt. Rebekah Mitchell and Marshall County Sheriff's Detective Capt. Norman Dalton who explained the program Friday when the Crime Stoppers tip line was first published... more

SHELBYVILLE - A woman convicted in the shooting death of a former Marshall County man has been sentenced to life in prison for first-degree murder, plus 20 years for conspiracy to commit the murder. Those two terms are to be served at the same time, according to the order issued by Judge Robert Crigler on Monday when Assistant District Attorney Eddie Barnard said Ashley Mai Cook "should be put away from society forever."... more

Marshall County's young baseball players were robbed of equipment stored in the Babe Ruth Building over the weekend. Food and a camera were also taken. Officer Kevin Clark was dispatched to the Babe Ruth Field about 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16, in reference to a burglary. ... more

A Lewisburg police officer had to jump out of the way to avoid injury this weekend when a suspect reversed his vehicle towards her. Arrested and charged with aggravated assault on a police officer and evading arrest was 41-year-old Domingo Jimenez Gomez of Woodlawn Ave., Lewisburg... more

Lewisburg City Council voted 4-1 Tuesday evening to let Waste Management Inc. continue its application with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation for the expansion of Cedar Ridge Landfill. If the state approves the expansion, the landfill may continue to operate for about seven years, a Waste Management official said. Without state approval, the landfill will be full by December 2009... more

Marshall County hired a building inspector Wednesday on a recommendation from the County Commission's Codes Committee. He's John Price, 57, of Campbell Station at Culleoka who's been an inspector for the City of Franklin where, according to Codes and Zoning Director Don Nelson, enforcement has been strict... more

With a City Hall hearing set for Monday night on Cedar Ridge Landfill's proposed expansion, some city and county leaders have anticipated approval because that's the way three councilmen have previously voted on this question. "As far as I know, I'll stay like I've been," Councilman Hershel Davis said Wednesday when asked for his opinion on whether the landfill's expansion plan meets the standards set forth in state law criteria. "I don't think we're ready to get out of this."... more

From staff reports The Patriot Guard provided security for the Veterans Day ceremony Tuesday and the motorcyclists are set to do the same on Saturday for the unveiling of bronze busts of two fallen heroes. Mike Jackson, quartermaster of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 5109, here in Lewisburg, is the ride captain for the Patriot Guard's detail this week as he explains, "It's just a duty I feel to protect the families of the soldiers, but with the bronze busts being unveiled, it's an honor to do this.". ... more

A Santa Claus is needed for The Best Little Christmas Ever Festival, planned for Friday afternoon, Dec. 5, and all day Saturday, Dec. 6, on the square in Lewisburg. Anyone interested in portraying the jolly fat man is urged to apply as soon as possible to organizers Sherri Andrews (359-9789), Lisa Jackson (993-7493), or Melody Spence (3539-4498)... more

A Marshall County High School coach's championship rings were taken during a burglary at his Cornersville home last Friday. Steve Reese of Simmons Ridge Road called the Sheriff's Department when he got home that afternoon and found that someone had broken into his house through the back door... more

Curbside recycling of paper, plastic and metals for all residents of Lewisburg may be available sooner than originally planned, according to a report to the Marshall County Solid Waste Committee this week. Meanwhile, the Solid Waste Department has recovered a large trash bin from a scrap metal business and refurbished it to be used for recyclable materials, Solid Waste Director Morgan Thomas told county commissioners... more

Nearly 250 Marshall County residents may get water service at home through a project starting next spring because Gov. Phil Bredesen has authorized a grant of $500,000 to the county's Board of Public Utilities. It's in response to the second request for help to extend water service to residents along Milltown, McLean, Reynolds and Wilson School roads as well as Anderson Lane, according to Lisa Cross, a community development specialist with the South Central Tennessee Development District Office in Columbia.. ... more

On Monday, Nov. 10, Anthony Garza of Lewisburg finally got his money back, almost a year after losing his wallet "in the middle of nowhere." In a story The Tribune told in its April 30 edition, Garza lost his wallet in November 2007, while he was out riding four-wheelers with friends. Blake Fralix who was helping his dad clear brush on land leased for hunting found it five months later... more

CMS Lady Bulldogs Finish Third in CABC Tournament By Louis G. Scheuchenzuber Coming off a 41-27 loss to Middle Tennessee Christian two days earlier, the Cornersville Middle School Lady Bulldogs (4-1) rebounded with a strong performance on Saturday night, as they pounded Columbia Academy 47-20 in the consolation finals of the Cornersville Athletic Booster Club Tournament... more

The chairman of the Board of Directors at Lewisburg's Water and Wastewater Department resigned last month and was hired by the utility's superintendent who named him as the system's assistant superintendent in training. Former Board Chairman Pepper Biggers is in training to succeed the utility's assistant superintendent, Kenneth Carr, who's been dubbed Superintendent Larry Jones' heir apparent since Jones' announced his retirement effective Jan. 1... more