If you ask around in Lewisburg for someone who knows how to repair a clock, Rick Tillis is the first name that comes up. It seems appropriate, then, that Tillis submitted a bill in this session of the General Assembly that would change the way Tennessee keeps time... more

Marshall County students in the 4th-12th grade participated in the 4-H Public Speaking Contest during their school 4-H Clubs throughout the month of November. On the evening of January 9 , 39 students who won a blue ribbon in their school 4-H Clubs gathered to compete for the title of “best public speaker in Marshall County”, for their respective grade level at the 2018 Marshall County 4-H Public Speaking Contest. ... more

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump declared he’s “looking forward” to being questioned — under oath — in the special counsel’s probe of Russian election interference and Trump’s possible obstruction in the firing of the FBI director. Trump said he would be willing to answer questions under oath in the interview, which special counsel Robert Mueller has been seeking but which White House officials had not previously confirmed the president would grant... more

From Staff Reports An expired car registration led to a serious set of charges for one Lewisburg man. Officers stopped acar at a store on Ellington Parkway afetr noticing the expired sticker. A passenger in the vehicle, Marcus Wilkerson, 21, became aggravated by the stop, according to the report, and claimed harrassment by lew enforcement... more

Shane Reeves is the victor in the Republican primary race to fill the 14th District State Senate seat, formerly held by Jim Tracy. more

The Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Pulaski is pleased to announce that Mike Whitehead has been selected as the 2017 Employee of the Year. Mike Whitehead has served as the Assistant Director of the Applied Technology-Pulaski since August 2015. ... more

COLUMBIA, Tenn. (AP) — A teenage girl and her father have filed a lawsuit against a school district and a former teacher charged with kidnapping a 15-year-old student last year. Tad Cummins sparked a 39-day nationwide manhunt when he allegedly fled the state with the girl. But the lawsuit says teachers and the principal at Culleoka Unit School ignored red flags... more

Greetings from Lynnville, Tennessee! The weather is like a bouncing ball, warm today and freezing cold the next and then even snow? It is probably time for us to experience snow and all older people would say, “Yes, we need a good snow to be on the ground a good week so the water will go into the ground.” We can all learn that the weather is controlled by Mother Nature and we have to take whatever she gives us in the form of weather... more

The Chapel Hill Police Department is partnering with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) for its fifth annual Seatbelts Are For Everyone (SAFE) campaign. This statewide initiative is designed to increase seatbelt usage and child passenger safety restraint usage through the implementation of occupant-protection programs, public events, and checkpoints throughout local communities across Tennessee. The SAFE campaign begins February 1, 2018, and concludes August 1, 2018... more

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Gov. Bill Haslam touted a $30 million plan Monday that focuses on prevention, treatment and law enforcement to attack an opioid epidemic that kills at least three people a day in Tennessee. The Republican governor released details of the ‘TN Together’ initiative in a news conference Monday alongside Senate Speaker Randy McNally, House Speaker Beth Harwell, Supreme Court Chief Justice Jeffrey Bivins and numerous other officials... more

After their December break, the Marshall County Commission returned to work on Monday night, addressing a long-term issue and approving a measure with long term benefits. Commissioners approved the installation and manning of x-ray and metal-detecting equipment at the entrance to the Marshall County Courthouse... more

2018 is shaping up to be an important election year, and Marshall County voters will get an extra opportunity to go to the polls on Thursday. Tomorrow marks the primary election day for the vacant 14th District State Senate seat. Marshall County Election Administrator Andrew Robertson said that 524 votes had been cast during the early voting period... more

Chapel Hill Police requested help in identifying a suspect last week and, thanks to social media, residents responded. CHPD said that the unidentified woman entered the First Commerce Bank branch in Chapel Hill at approximately noon on Thursday and attempted to cash a fake check drawn on Church Street Church of Christ in Lewisburg, totaling $1,789.10... more

Community Notices are published at no cost. There is no guarantee of publication. • The Lewisburg Gas Department Board meeting will be held Jan. 22, 2018, at 4 p.m. located 505 N Ellington Pkwy. • Marshall County Board of Commissioners Public Hearing and Regular Meeting will be held on Jan 22, 2018, at 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m., in Room 2202 at the Marshall County Courthouse Annex... more

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A report says the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation used reserves over the last four years to avoid layoffs and operational gaps due to budget cuts required by Gov. Bill Haslam’s administration. The state comptroller’s office review says TBI has underestimated its costs and annually expected to operate at a budget shortfall with reserve accounts filling the gaps... more

Traffic in Chapel Hill could be slowing down in the future. Police Chief Andrew Kon presented data and charts to the aldermen supporting lowering speed limits in the town of Chapel Hill at their monthly meeting. Kon reported 82 accidents in the town in 2017, an increase of 12 from 2016... more

Winter snows might make for pretty pictures but, in the South especially, they cause trouble for everything else. A couple of inches of snow, on top of more bitterly cold air from Canada, shut down most of the mid-state and Marshall County this week... more

Pam White isn’t happy, and she doesn’t mind letting 17th judicial District Attorney General Robert Carter know about it. “He knows very little of what he speaks,” White said of Carter. “He should be ashamed that he did this.” What Carter did was single out the Lewisburg pain management clinic that White and her husband Ed own, Montclair Health and Wellness, which does business as Specialty Associates on Cornersville Highway, as a pill mill, alleging that it “participates in the illegal opioid drug market” in a civil suit filed last week.. ... more

Temperatures are now falling in middle Tennessee as the wintery weather moves into the Duck River Electric Membership Corporation (DREMC) area bringing the potential for a mix of precipitation. Although the DREMC area is not expected to receive the worst of the winter storm, crews stand ready to respond to possible outages that might result from any snow and ice accumulation forecasted for our service area... more