The Lewisburg Water and Wastewater Department has begun its annual fire hydrant flushing program. The purpose is to exercise the fire hydrants to determine if they will provide adequate fire protection. Also, Lewisburg Water and Wastewater is required to flush the lines in order to remove any sediment that may have accumulated during the previous year... more

Marshall County has been awarded a grant by the Tennessee Housing Development Agency for the purpose of renovating and constructing houses. Don Nelson, the zoning administrator, said, "We'd like to see the money stay local. We'd like to get local builders involved. Last time we got this grant local builders were not aware of it."... more

The Marshall County deputies traveled 23,448 miles while responding to 391 requests for service and serving 673 warrants and summons during the month of April. The warrants ranged from two showcause orders to 320 summonses. The requests for service ranged from one emergency residential alarm to 39 stray animal calls. Among the 391 requests for service were 25 domestic violence calls, 24 suspicious persons, 20 false 911 calls, and 18 reports of theft... more

A home away from home PETERSBURG -- The historic old school building at Petersburg is the only structure remaining of the Morgan School's 65-year history. more

David Steely, head coach of the 2007-2008 Class AA state champion Marshall County High School Tigerettes basketball team, resigned from his post early Thursday morning. Steely compiled a record of 160-105 in his nine years at the position, guiding the team back to the pinnacle of the high school basketball, finishing runner-up in 2007 before capturing the title this past season... more

NASHVILLE -- Saturday was a perfect day for racing in Nashville, sunny and warm with a pleasant breeze. More than 20,000 spectators flocked to Percy Warner Park to enjoy the spectacle of fine Thoroughbred horses galloping at top speed and jumping fences... more

Marshall County officials last week continued to explore alternatives to a local landfill even before Waste Management withdrew its request for permission to develop a new landfill at Cornersville. The firm's landfill at Cedar Ridge has only a few years left before it is full... more

ubdued at the meeting in the Cornersville High School gym last Thursday. It was to have been another public hearing to oppose the new landfill. Given that Waste Management Inc. had withdrawn its application for the landfill just hours before the meeting began, it might have become a victory party. Instead it turned into a discussion of where Marshall County goes from here... more

searching, the Board of Mayor and Aldermen in this town has voted to allow beer service with restaurant meals. Mayor Carl Cooper on broke a tie vote Monday and so requests for such beer sale permits may be filed starting May 27. "I don't think it's any different from going to O'Charlie's and having a drink," said Alderman Horace Hill, who voted with Aldermen Billy Batte and Kris Holton... more

New rules on quarries and reclassifying 18 properties from residential to commercial have been issues for the Lewisburg City Council this week as another vote on the former was anticipated last night when the latter became a new topic of concern. Last year, an excavation company was blasting at the city industrial park to loosen and reposition rock, sparking complaints from the nearby Walker Die Casting business and that led to recurring discussion, study, and code rewriting by the city's planning commissioners.. ... more

A Lewisburg man was in stable condition at a Nashville hospital recovering from a gunshot wound suffered early Sunday. On Monday city police named a suspect wanted on an attempted murder charge. Gary Dejuan O'Neal, 27, of 1380 Monrow St., was shot through the chest with the bullet leaving an exit wound on his right side, according to Officer Larry Hazelwood, who was dispatched to Marshall Medical Center... more

A Lewisburg woman has pleaded guilty to TennCare fraud and related drug charges saying she sold pain pills obtained from the government health insurance program to a couple of men who resold the drugs. In connection with her guilty plea last Wednesday, Lucy Marie Davis, 40, previously of College Street, agreed to an effective sentence of 4 1/2 years as negotiated by her court-appointed attorney, Lee Bowles, who asked Judge Robert Crigler to grant Davis alternate sentencing... more

A Lewisburg woman has pleaded guilty to TennCare fraud and related drug charges saying she sold pain pills obtained from the government health insurance program to a couple of men who resold the drugs. In connection with her guilty plea last Wednesday, Lucy Marie Davis, 40, previously of College Street, agreed to an effective sentence of 4 1/2 years as negotiated by her court-appointed attorney, Lee Bowles, who asked Judge Robert Crigler to grant Davis alternate sentencing... more

Waste Management has withdrawn its request to develop a landfill on 595 acres along Pulaski Highway in Cornersville. "Based upon a combination of technical and local concerns," Waste Management Market Area Vice President Tim Wells said in a Wednesday evening letter to Marshall County, "we have decided to withdraw our request of the Marshall County Board of County Commissioners for Jackson Law approval of this location."... more

The organization formed to oppose development of a landfill at Cornersville has asked the Marshall County Ethics Committee to investigate a former county commissioner and his Realtor because the group's leaders suspect "improper, unethical and/or criminal actions" regarding a land purchase option... more

Residents and city officials in Lewisburg want a traffic light at North Ellington Parkway's intersection with Rock Crusher Road to the north and North 5th Avenue to the south. It's a difficult intersection, according to City Councilman Robin Minor and City Manager Eddie Fuller. ... more

Autom Church Supply Co. of Phoenix, Ariz., has already expanded plans for its new building in Lewisburg, a company official said shortly after groundbreaking ceremonies in Lewisburg's Business Park. The company is planning 40 new jobs instead of 25... more

FT. BRAGG, N.C. -- The Tennessee Army National Guard's 1175th Transpor-tation Company, composed of units from Tullahoma, Brownsville and Jacksboro, is back on U.S. soil this week after being deployed to Iraq for almost a year. The nearly 300 soldiers who departed Tullahoma on May 5, 2007, are now at Ft. Bragg, NC, undergoing out-processing. The unit is expected to return to their home stations within approximately a week, although no specific date has been announced... more

Lewisburg Middle School will host Career Day on Wednesday, May 14. Two sessions will be held: the first from 8 to 11:30 a.m., and the second from 1:00 to 2:50 p.m. Many local professionals will be on hand to speak throughout the day. Slated to speak to the students are Mike Wiles, Officer Doug Alexander, nurse Julie Selvey, Travis McKnight, Bill Spence, Richard Medley, Aubrey Flagg, Shawna Cowser, Doug Lowery, Ryan Johnson, Dr. ... more

NASHVILLE -- The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee has announced its annual call for discretionary grant applications. Nonprofit organizations serving to improve the well-being of residents of the Middle Tennessee area are eligible and encouraged to apply... more