Repticon, a recognized leader in hosting reptile and exotic animal expos throughout the United States, is coming back to Nashville with an outstanding mixture of vendors, breeders, and educators March 4 and 5, 2017. This family-oriented, fun-filled event offers guests the opportunity to learn about animals not normally seen in local pet stores. ... more

COLLEGE GROVE – FiftyForward College Grove will celebrate Black History for its Birthday Potluck gathering this Feb. 15. State Senator Thelma Harper will be the featured speaker and Marie Ogilvie & Friends will provide music. Lunch will be served at 11:30, and the program will begin at noon. There is no charge to attend, however, diners are asked to bring a side dish... more

Honor Flight of Middle Tennessee reminds area veterans that applications for honor flights are currently being accepted. Honor Flight is a program that flies veterans, free of charge, to Washington, D.C. to visit their respective war memorials. World War II veterans, being older, are given priority, along with Korean War and terminally ill veterans from all wars... more

UT Extension Marshall County will be offering Pesticide Recertification meetings. These meetings are offered for individuals that certified as a Private Applicator that have a card for the purchasing of restricted pesticides and herbicides. Renewal is every three years and the expiration date is on October 21, 2017... more

Tennova Healthcare in Shelbyville and Dr. Michael C. Good have earned a Center of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecology (COEMIG) designation from the AAGL (American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists) and the Surgical Review Board. With the hospital and Dr. Goods focus on making a healthy difference in the lives of its patients, the COEMIG designation is just one more way we are committed to ensuring that difference... more

The “Helping Hands Golf Classic” has become an annual springtime event for local and regional golfers. It will be held at Saddle Creek Golf Course on Thursday, May 11, 2017 with a 1:00 tee time. Waste Management is committed to being our annual corporate sponsor. Sponsorships are offered at six levels as well as team spots. There are still plenty of spots available at all levels... more

Be sure to check out our new student section in “The Marshall County Shopper” on Saturday. The Tribune staff recently learned that school newspapers, such as the one from Marshall County High School, were no longer published. We wanted to provide a way for our school-age budding journalists to publish their school news and other articles of interest, so we dedicated a page in “The Marshall County Shopper” just for them. ... more

A night of music will soon fill Lewisburg’s Dixie Theatre, but it won’t be another of the theater’s excellent musical productions. Instead, the stage will be home on Thursday, Feb. 23, to a benefit concert for one of Lewisburg’s own, Brandon Bradley... more

Lewisburg police officers arrested three individuals Feb. 5 on possession of heroin charges. According to the arrest report, the department had received tips that a resident of the Peartree Apartments on Nashville Highway, David Brantley, was selling heroin at that location... more

Championship seasons are often put together by everyone and everything falling into the right place at the right time and judging by the outcome of the District 11A Tournament opener against longtime rival Columbia Academy (11-15) at Cornersville on Monday night, the Lady Bulldogs (13-10) seem primed for one of the magical runs. Cornersville, who struggled with its shots and ball control down the stretch to finish in a four-way tie for second place, seemed to put its late season struggles against the top teams in the district into the rear view mirror by taking a convincing 22-7 halftime lead before cruising to a 43-29 victory over Columbia Academy. more

Febrienne Box, Choir Director at Lewisburg Middle School, has a great group of students in her choir. Several students prepared an audition piece in Latin and were recorded. The recordings were taken to a school in Murfreesboro and a panel of choir directors or judges, listened to the auditions. ... more

BELL BUCKLE, Tenn. - On Feb. 20, The Webb School will open its campus for prospective students and their families for the final Visitors’ Day of the school year. The daylong event begins at 9 a.m. with registration and breakfast and concludes at 3 p.m... more

Feb. 20 - 24, 2017 ALL MENUS SUBJECT TO CHANGE LEWISBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL Breakfast Monday: No School Tuesday: Honey Buns, Cereal, Juice, Fresh Fruit, Choice of Milk Wednesday: Sausage Biscuit, Pancake Wrap, Juice, Fresh Fruit, Choice of Milk Thursday: Chicken Biscuit, Cereal & Cheese Stick, Juice, Fresh Fruit, Choice of Milk... more

Appropriate for Valentine’s Day, a recent economic summary of Lewisburg and Marshall County looks rather rosy. Lewisburg’s Director of Economic Development Greg Lowe put together data for 2016 from various state and federal sources that show a strong local economy... more

The former Stone’s Slaughter and Processing in Lynnville, TN. will open under new ownership on March 1. After decades of quality service to the community, the Stone family retired and the plant closed its doors. Ben Neale, the new owner and a native of Lynnville, purchased the business and hired a new operating team... more

State officials made the journey to Lewisburg with $50,000 to improve tourism infrastructure here. Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development Kevin Triplett and Jody Sliger, director of the ThreeStar program for the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development presented the city of Lewisburg with a $50,000 check for improvements to the stage in Rock Creek Park... more

Last week, the first meeting of the legislative task force on opioid and prescription drug abuse kicked off in Nashville, with stakeholders from across the state coming to the Legislative Plaza to speak out about Tennessee’s growing drug epidemic. Speaker Harwell kicked off the meeting with an address to those in attendance. ... more

Marshall County students in the fourth through eighth grades participated in the 4-H Public Speaking Contest throughout the month of January. On the evening of Feb. 6, 39 students gathered to compete for the titles of best public speakers in Marshall County among their peers... more