AT&T presented a $5,000 contribution to Columbia State Community College today to support non-traditional, underserved students preparing for jobs requiring technology-based skills in Tennessee community colleges. The donation will fund scholarships to help students begin a path toward completing their college degrees... more

Memorials Allen, Eldred: Christmas in the Barn; given by Dawn Barron. Cooksey, Debbie: "How to Celebrate Everything"; given by Steve & Jane Jones. Ogilvie, Betty Ann: Donation to the Book Fund; given by the MCHS Class of 1950. Rogers, David W.: Donation to the Book Fund; given by Tom Sumners... more

President of the United States U.S. House District 4 State Senate District 14 State House District 92 County Commissioner District 6 County Commissioner District 8 County Trustee Chapel Hill Wine in Stores Chapel Hill Consumption on Premises Mayor Town of Cornersville... more

Thursday's Republican primary proved the adage that every vote counts. Rick Tillis defeated Mike Waggoner by 40 votes in the Republican primary to replace Billy Spivey as state represtentative for the 92nd District. The final tally for the race was 2,344 for Tillis to 2,304 for Waggoner... more

even errors in the field will cost a team a loss and that's what happened Tuesday in the first game of a doubleheader at Jonathan D. Hollingsworth Field in Lewisburg as the Elks fell 7-6 to A-Plus Collision Center. Raymond Cooksey battled hard on the mound for the Elks, going all seven innings in a game he should have been the winning pitcher, instead he became the tough luck loser. more

On March 28, at around 5:30 a.m., a Lewisburg police officer stopped a vehicle traveling at 55 mph in a 30 mph zone on West Commerce Street. The driver of the vehicle, Austin R. Jones, 19, told the officer he had just left work and wanted to get home. The officer cited Jones for reckless driving, speeding and failure to carry proof of insurance... more

Lewisburg police were called to the 500 block of Forrest Street on April 19 on a complaint of loud music. When the officer arrived they found 58-year-old Paul F. Terry standing on his front porch his stereo "playing very loudly," according to the police report. At first, Terry reportedly refused to turn the music down but he complied after police told him about the city's noise ordinance... more

The Rock Creek Bible Society will hold their 202nd Annual Meeting at Bethbirei Presbyterian Church, on Bethbirei Road, Lewisburg, at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 7. The speaker for the occasion will be Rev. Charles 'Buddy' Pope, pastor of the Richland Cumberland Presbyterian Church, better known as Spring Place. Pope is the Stated Clerk of the Columbia Presbytery and serves on the Denomination Board of Stewardship... more

Tickets are on sale now for "The Foreigner" playing at the Fly Arts Center on May 6, 7, 13, 14 and 15. The comedy is set in a rural Georgia fishing lodge, where two friends have gone for a few days. Charlie is having a few problems at home and his friend Froggy wants to cheer him up. ... more

Forrest High School graduate Brooks Lamb recently was awarded a Truman Scholarship. Brooks is a history major at Rhodes College in Memphis. The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation recently announced the names of 54 exceptional college juniors out of 775 candidates selected as 2016 Truman Scholars... more

The Marshall County General Election will see only two contested races this year. The August 4 ballot contains school board and assessor races for Marshall County, aldermen seats in Chapel Hill and Petersburg, and party primaries for the Tennessee General Assembly and United States House of Representatives... more

The Marshall County Board of Education looked within to find the next Director of Schools. The board voted on Monday to appoint Deputy Director of Schools Jacob Sorrells to replace Jackie Abernathy, who gave notice of her retirement at last month's board meeting... more

Police blotter Lewisburg police served the following warrants recently. Joshua M. Reilly, 24, failure to appear, $1,000 bond; Zebariah Hall, 23, violation of probation, bond set at $1,000; Kelley M. Tidwell, 35, violation of probation on an original charge of shoplifting; bond set at $1,000; Cherlynn Jean Ellis, 62, violation of probation with a bond of $500; Shannon M. ... more

Police are investigating incidents on Lewisburg's walking trail along Big Rock Creek during which women were approached by a man whose strange behavior caused them to fear for their safety. Police are investigating 31-year-old Joshua Daniel Nail for possible charges of harassment/stalking and public indecency... more

A trailer full of scrap metal dumped its load onto the side of Ellington Parkway Thursday. While turning from Nashville Highway the load shifted and tipped the trailer on its side. The accident closed one lane of the bypass. No injuries were reported... more

Spivey Withdraws By Scott Pearson Staff Writer. State Representative Billy Spivey withdrew his name from the August Republican primary race on Thursday. In a phone interview with the Tribune, the two-term Lewisburg Republican cited a desire to step away from the demands of the General Assembly in order to devote more time to his family, church and work... more