The Lewisburg City Council passed the first reading of a proposed water rate increase on Tuesday night, but not without some soul-searching. The idea of a rate increase has met with some resistance, although Lewisburg Water and Wastewater General Manager Trigg Cathey has presented studies to the council showing that increased costs, debt service, and required improvements to the system make an increase necessary... more

Marshall County School System exceeds $1,000,000 in energy savings. The Marshall County School System pays a lot of attention to energy use, and because of that they are not paying a lot of big energy bills. By implementing an innovative energy conservation program, the organization has significantly cut energy use – saving $1,030,413 in less than four years. These savings can be reinvested in education and educational facilities, as opposed to being paid to utility providers... more

From staff reports On the afternoon of May 30, Marshall County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a domestic violence report on Reynolds Road. The complainants told deputies that two women, Ally Dawn McGlacken and Jessica Gilson, had come to the residence and thrown nails on the front porch... more

Thursday night Lewisburg seemed more like a Southern version of Lake Wobegon. The Dixie Theatre on the square hosted a television taping for the pilot of “The Pointing Dog Social Club,” a 30-minute program under development for broadcast. Dr. John White, the host of the show, describes the program as a musical variety show combined with an outdoors show, designed to celebrate Southern outdoor life and culture... more

Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and Chief Operating Officer of the Minth Group Jimmy Chen announced the location of a new manufacturing plant in Lewisburg. The China-based auto parts manufacturer is purchasing a 125,000-square-foot facility in Lewisburg for the production of automotive trim, as well as warehousing of components from other Minth locations... more

COLUMBIA, TN – The Maury Regional Health Care Foundation recently funded a request for $16,000 to provide naloxone to first responders in the region. Naloxone is a medication that blocks the effects of opioids and reverses an overdose. Opioids are a class of drugs that include illegal substances such as heroin as well as prescription pain relievers such as oxycodone, hydrocodone and morphine. ... more

The Lewisburg Fire Department is showing its support for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) as its members kick off the annual Fill the Boot fundraising campaign to help kids and adults with muscular dystrophy, ALS and related muscle-debilitating diseases live longer and grow stronger... more

Hope everyone is enjoying the nice warm weather with summer just around the corner. Remember Father’s Day is Sunday, June 18, 2017. There are not many farms that stay in one family for 100 years, but the George W. Stallings, Sr. Farm located on East Highway 129 (Cornersville Road) has been in the family for a century. ... more

Sunday, June 11, the Liggett Street Church of God awarded two students scholarships during the church’s annual Elizabeth C. Trice Memorial Scholarship Celebration. The family of former church member and philanthropist, the late Elizabeth C. Trice, awarded a scholarship to church member, Myles Kumrow. ... more

A man convicted of attempted murder was sentenced Friday to 25 years in jail. He will also serve an additional two years on a reckless endanerment conviction. Circuit Court Judge Lee Russell sentenced James Dominic Stevenson to the maximum possible for the September 5, 2015, shooting of his ex-girlfriend... more

The sound of gunfire shattered the normally quiet evening on Thursday in Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill Police officers responded to the 500 block of Depot Street in town after reports of shots fired around 9:30 p.m., June 8, Other phone calls from residents led officers to an injured man nearby on Biggers Street... more

The Lewisburg Police Department has identified a suspect in a May 26 shooting in the 1400 block of Old Farmington Road. A warrant for attempted first degree murder has been issued for Tremel Jennings of Columbia. Jennings is charged for the early morning incident during which he allegedly entered the home of Eric Young, fired multiple shots and hit Young five times... more

The lobby of a manufacturing plant is an odd place for a music venue, but for the Tuesday Night Pickers, a group of musicians who gather each week at Wallker Die Casting Inc., on Higgs Road, it’s all about the music, not the place where the music is played... more

Seven individuals earned new FCC amateur radio licenses at an examination session held this past Saturday at the Marshall County Office of Emergency Management. The tests, sponsored by the Marshall County Amateur Radio Society, were administered by “ham” operators from the Maury Amateur Radio Club. Three others, already licensed, one from Pikeville, Bledsoe County, and two from Lewisburg, passed examinations to upgrade their license class... more

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is reporting that there were no boating-related fatalities over the 2017 Memorial Day holiday weekend. It marks the third consecutive year without a boating fatality over the weekend. There have been seven boating-related fatalities so far in 2017... more

• On May 25, Lewisburg Police found Lorrie Reel hiding in a closet at a home on Galloway Lane. Officers were searching for Reel regarding warrants for violation of bond conditions and aggravated domestic assault that stemmed from an earlier incident at a home on Fairlane Drive nearby... more

The Lewisburg City Council touched on a pair of important resolutions for the next fiscal year at Monday’s work session. Councilmen agreed to bring a proposed rate increase by Lewisburg Water and Wastewater to a vote at their monthly meeting next Tuesday and voted to accept on first reading the proposed city budget for the 2017-18 budget year... more

Outside the tiny white Delina Church of God, birds chirp and the air smells fresh save for the slight tinge of manure from a dairy farm. The church is near the crossroads of Delina Road and John Barnes Road, where its doors have been opened since 1927, one of three churches within a quarter-mile of each other. A Church of Christ and a Methodist church are nearby. more

As the Editor of this newspaper it is pretty easy to figure out what to publish each week. The most difficult decisions come when deciding what NOT to publish. Someone on the Tribune staff has a police band scanner within earshot most of the time, and we can obviously hear an ambulance, police car or fire truck when it comes blaring past. That was the case Tuesday evening when 15-year-old Bryan Giles from Cornersville accidentally electrocuted himself and died from his injuries... more