By Patty Blackburn Tribune staff A sweet lady from Marshall County recently celebrated her 100th birthday. Russie Burrow Edwards Garrett was born in Farmington on June 6, 1917, to the late J. Paul Burrow and Margaret Elizabeth Cook Burrow. Russie is one of 11 children... more

A sweet lady from Marshall County recently celebrated her 100th birthday. Russie Burrow Edwards Garrett was born in Farmington on June 6, 1917, to the late J. Paul Burrow and Margaret Elizabeth Cook Burrow. Russie is one of 11 children. Russie was married 39 years to Julius C. “Dood” Edwards and they had one son, Willie. Later after Dood’s death, she married Thomas Garrett... more

Greetings from the Town of Lynnville, Tennessee located on the banks of Robertson Fork Creek. Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day celebration. Father’s Day will be celebrated on Sunday, June 18, 2017. “Music quiets and eases the heat of anger.” Three churches in Lynnville have set dates for Vacation Bible School. ... more

As part of long-range plans to improve services and livability, officials with the town of Chapel Hill have been working consistently on a variety of projects ranging from a sanitary sewer system upgrade, development of a new city park and planning a greenway, a replacement of all street signs, and various other capital improvements projects... more

Lewisburg will have two big reasons to dance in October at the 15th edition of the Goats, Music, and More Festival. Organizers announced the scheduled headliners for both nights of the festival … more

Years ago, a little girl sat at the kitchen counter as her mother, a bank teller, got ready for work. The radio buzzed, and her mother listened intently to the obituaries and birthdays at the beginning of the news cast. She asked her mother why they had to listen to it every morning, and her mother responded that it was a part of her job to know when customers walk in the door whether to wish them a happy birthday or to offer condolences... more

The Petersburg mayor made it pretty clear in May’s Monday night meeting of the board of mayor and aldermen that property owners behind on their taxes would be put on notice -- pay your Petersburg property taxes or lose your stuff. “These individuals are paying their county taxes, but they haven’t paid their (Petersburg) property taxes in three or four years,” Mayor James Owen said in a recent Elk Valley Times article. “We have sent them letters, but they must feel like they do not have to pay.”... more

By HOLLY MEYER NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Nashville nonprofit is bringing a new cemetery concept to Tennessee. Larkspur Conservation’s plan to create the state’s first conservation burial ground cleared a major hurdle Monday night when the Sumner County Commission unanimously approved the cemetery. It will be located on 100 acres of largely untouched property in the county about 45 miles northeast of Nashville... more

We greet everyone from the historic town of Lynnville, Tennessee, home to the “Purple and Gold Tigers of the Robert B. Jones High School. Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day Weekend and thanked those who have served and are serving our great country of America... more

On June 3, 2017, local residents will join together at the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Marshall County at Rock Creek Park, to raise funds and awareness in an effort to free the world from the pain and suffering of cancer. The event starts at 4 p.m. and concludes at 10 p.m... more

Marshall County Sheriff’s deputies responded to Warner Road on May 16 after a report that a man had discharged a firearm in the direction of his neighbors. Christopher Walls told deputies that he had seen his neighbors’ horse in his garden and he had gotten his 20-gauge shotgun and fired it in the direction of the horse, and toward his neighbors as well who were also outside... more

Chapel Hill’s special called meeting on Wednesday night wasn’t long, but nothing on the agenda was easy. Mayor Danny Bingham had barely gaveled the meeting to order before Alderman Marion Joyce questioned if sufficient notice had been given of the meeting... more

Lewisburg Water and Wastewater will again present a proposal for water and sewer rate increase to the Lewisburg City Council at Monday’s work session. General Manager Trigg Cathey will present the department’s case to the council using data from a rate study performed by the Municipal Technical Advisory Service, a University of Tennessee office charged with consulting and training for state municipalities... more

As the afternoon sun caused the temperature to rise, William (Blossom) Ezell and his wife Ann sat under a covered swing in their backyard. They were surrounded by a tableau of blooming tiger lilies, climbing clematis and tall oak trees. The swing moved slightly back and forth, as gentle as the breeze... more

Miranda Fagan graduated May 19 with a distinction none of her fellow Marshall County High graduates attained: a perfect attendance record. “I’m tired, I’m really tired,” said the red-haired, 18-year-old, recent graduate who never missed a day of school from kindergarten through 12th grade... more