Location of hydrants for water are released with schedule more

Patients scheduled for surgery at Marshall Medical Center (MMC) may be asked to consult with their physician to find another operating room. According to Rita Williams, Director of Marketing for Maury Regional Hospital, due to the extreme hot weather experienced throughout Marshall County and Tennessee, the humidity levels in the [Marshall County Medical Center] surgery suite are higher than recommended guidelines for conducting invasive surgery... more

Nearly 5,000 Lewisburg residents were without electric service for about 40 minutes Monday evening because a bird landed on wires and created a short circuit. The power surge prompted the utility's safeguard system to stop the current. "It was fried to the point that the only way you could tell it was a bird was because it had feathers," Lewisburg Electric System General Manager Richard Turner said Tuesday morning when asked what species of bird made its last landing on wires carrying 13,000 volts.. ... more

A listing of Memorials to the Cornersville High School Library 2006-2007 Donations in Memory Joy Hasting Murdock Christelene Martin Friends of Research Reactors Division of ORNL Doug Murdock Mr. & Mrs. George Wood Jr. Martha Cathey Steve, Keith, Bud and Vannie Street... more

It is still hot and dry at Catalpa with the temperatures in the high 90s. It is sad to see the pastures so brown, corn crops not making, ponds and small creeks drying up but we keep hoping and praying for the drought to end. The year 2007 has been a strange year... more

Drought affects town well, spring, but no rationing more

Local issues get lost during state, federal contests, but more may vote more

A Lewisburg-based businessman is scheduled to appear in Chapel Hill Town Court today on charges that he was conducting business on Spring Creek Road without a permit during the annual tractor pull. Chapel Hill Police Chief Jackie King on July 20 and 21 cited Michael Farrar of Farrar Bail Bonding, 203 1st Ave., North, to appear before Town Judge Bill Haywood at 1 p.m. because Farrar didn't have a temporary dealer permit... more

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Hardin County Sheriff's Department are hoping the public might help them locate a 17 year-old girl and her boyfriend who have been missing for more than a week. Kristina Branum and her 21 year-old boyfriend, Christopher Mittendorf, were reported missing by their parents on July 28th. Four days later, the green Geo Prism they were traveling in was found abandoned in a rural part of Lawrence County, approximately 40-50 miles from their home... more

A Marshall County jury convicted a Memphis man this week on identity theft and forgery charges in a case the man wanted "resolved promptly," according to his letter to the state prosecutor in January. "I am really not a bad person," Roscoe Temple Crawley 56, wrote to the district attorney about passing a forged $1,200 check at the First National Bank in the Belfast Community on Oct. 5, 2005, according to Crawley's Jan. 19 letter... more

The bodies of Terry Foster, 63, and Mary Foster, 43, were found by Lewisburg Police at their business, Smartway Sell 'n Ship, on Monday, July 30 at approximately 10 a.m. According to Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's (TBI) Director of Communications, Kristin Helm, the door to the business was locked and family was called in to open the door for local police... more

Marshall County commissioners voted 12-6 last week to repeal regulations that were seen as a ban on permitting any more singlewide mobile homes in the county, but there still are some restrictions on how and where they can be placed. "Twelve felt like there was a need for affordable housing, especially with young couples trying to get started," County Mayor Joe Boyd Liggett said of the majority. "Their key emphasis is that the trailer has to be owner-occupied … to cut down on trailer parks... more

Teen realizes man had him in on illegal caper more

Michael Shane Helms will be returning home in August after a tour of duty overseas. The Chapel Hill native and graduate of Forrest High School joined the Navy in 2006 after discussions with his grandfather, Gene Helms, who was also in the Navy. He studied his trade as a Seabee "builder" in Gulfport, Mississippi, before being deployed to Kuwait as a member of the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133... more

Former major league great Claude Osteen returned to his alma mater Saturday night at Forrest School as the guest speaker at the Forrest Alumni Banquet and talked about the small world we all live in and his experiences from his boyhood in Caney Springs to his 33 year career in Major League Baseball... more

Attoney cites media coverage more

Lewisburg's City Council took steps on Tuesday toward being prepared for litigation if a rezoning request is denied since city planning commissioners considered the matter one week earlier. The issue arises from 24 acres owned by the estate of William Beckham who had rock hauled from the site "from time to time" over the years, City Manager Eddie Fuller said of land where executors sought permission to build a 4,000-square-foot building... more

On Wednesday, the Marshall County Grand Jury decided cases against four Lewisburg men should proceed toward trial in circuit court. Having received the grand jury's report early that afternoon, Judge Robert Crigler arraigned the four men. The defendants and their charges are: William Culbertson, 26, First Avenue North, violation of the sex offender registry law; Harold Jackson, 48, Silver Street, sexual battery by an authority figure; Michael E. ... more

The Marshall County Babe Ruth 13 year old All-Stars took it to the limit Tuesday night at the Jonathan D. Hollingsworth Memorial Park, but fell just short to a determined Giles County squad 4-3. Rage manager Danny Hollingsworth never wants to lose, but losing to his good friend and longtime Giles County Babe Ruth manager Tommy Young made the loss a little easier to swallow... more