Marshall County Tribune: News

Trash service prices said lower than expected (02/06/10)
Trash disposal costs appeared lower than expected on Friday morning when bids were opened in Lewisburg City Hall in anticipation of their review Tuesday night when the City Council receives a report on the prices.

Guardsmen redeploying against terror (02/05/10)
More than 3,000 Tennessee National Guardsmen, including about 50 who left Lewisburg a few days after Christmas, are being deployed to Iraq today, according to Gov. Phil Bredesen. They include: Marshall County Commissioner Larry McKnight's son, Sgt. Maj. Jared McKnight; their family friend, Sgt. Maj. Tracy McDow of Culleoka; and a Lewisburg father of three who's been celebrating a daughter's third birthday with his wife in a motel near Camp Shelby at Hattiesburg, Miss...

Batch of letters split on landfill (02/05/10)
While the first five comments to the state about Cedar Ridge Landfill opposed Waste Management's request for permission to expand the facility, the latest batch of letters appears evenly split on the issue. Supporting expansion are Lewisburg Mayor Barbara Woods, County Commissioner Dean Delk and county residents Roger and DeAnn Haack. Opposing expansion are Leslie Colley, director of the Nature Conservancy's Duck River Program, Bobby Bills of Cornersville and Carol Foreman of Lynnwood Avenue...

Catalpa Cooking (02/05/10)

Man gets 12-year sentence (02/05/10)
A Marshall County man was sentenced last week to a total of 12 years in prison after being found guilty by a jury in early December. Ellis R. "Toby" Darnell, 34, of Spring Place Road, was sentenced by Circuit Court judge Robert Crigler to nine years for manufacturing methamphetamine, and three years for possession of a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony. ...

Briefs (02/05/10)
Chapel Hill Soccer, a TSSA league, will hold sign-ups for spring soccer from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday Feb. 6 and Feb. 13, at the Chapel Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church (in front of Forrest School). Children ages 4-14 can sign up and all Marshall County children interested in playing are welcome. For more information, please call 364-4985 or e-mail jaws0217@yahoo.com...

Catalpa news (02/05/10)
Greetings again! Snow, snow everywhere, but thankfully we didn't get as much ice as they thought we would get. It could have been worse, but I guess the kids will be glad to get another day off from school. Services were called off at Catalpa Sunday due to the hill being so slick. Several went to Cane Creek and other places...

Crime reports (02/05/10)

Seventeen apply to be schools director (02/05/10)
In the last week before the deadline, 11 more applications for the position of director of schools were received at Central Office, bringing the total to 17. Among them are four current employees of the Marshall County School System: Six applicants have Tennessee addresses:...

Capt. Ray running for MC Sheriff (02/05/10)
The election campaign for Marshall County Sheriff might have four candidates instead of maybe three, now that a career Lewisburg Police leader has thrown his hat into the ring. Capt. David Ray will run for sheriff in the Aug. 5 election, he said Tuesday. Ray picked up a petition to be named on the ballot and he says the deadline to file is in line with his retirement plans...

Local man in Afghanistan as air advisor (02/05/10)
A Marshall County man has been training Afghanistan National Army Air Corps commandos, security forces, and presidential pilots how to control and communicate with Russian-made helicopters, according to a spokeswoman for the U.S. Air Force. USAF Technical Sgt. ...

Briefs (02/03/10)
Elyse Thomas, the daughter of Rev. Steve and Paula Thomas of Lewisburg, has qualified for the Fall 2009 Dean's List at Belmont University. She is majoring in Spanish and minoring in education, and plans to teach English language learners after graduation...

Principals seek stricter cell-phone policy (02/03/10)
A high school principal made a heart-felt plea to the school board's policy committee last week for stricter regulation of "personal communication devices" at school. All the high school principals had been invited to the policy committee's meeting Thursday night, but only Larry Miller from Forrest School was able to attend...

Snow puts on quite a show (02/03/10)
The five inches of snow that started falling here Friday closed schools, cost road budgets overtime, delayed some mail, caused many wrecks, worried folks, but entertained kids and the young at heart. And yet, the snow could have been deeper if it weren't for Tennessee's winter bugaboo - ice, according to veteran meteorologist Bobby Boyd of the National Weather Service who said, "We lost some of the depth because of the sleet and freezing rain...

Unemployment highest in state (02/03/10)
The unemployment rate in Marshall County more than doubled in 12 months to a new high of 18.9 percent, the highest rate in Tennessee, state and local officials have announced. "As of Thursday, it was 18.9 percent," Mike Wiles, executive director of the Joint Economic and Community Development Board, reported to Lewisburg's Industrial Development Board on Monday. "We're tied with Lauderdale County."...

Water monitor goes 'haywire' (02/03/10)
PETERSBURG -- Water in the town's reservoir is measured by a device that's been reporting there's plenty of water to fight a fire when there's not and the tank needs more water when it's overflowing. "The water system's telemetric system is one of the biggest problems we have now," Mayor James Owen said during a recent public hearing that's required before the town may apply for a federal grant to pay for a new monitoring system...

Meter struck, gas sprayed, city response avoided fire (02/03/10)
A truck driver backed into a natural gas meter on the Southern Logistics property in Lewisburg's Industrial Park recently, but a city gas department official cut service and prevented an explosion. "Gas, police and fire departments responded together," Lewisburg Fire Chief Larry Williams said of the tense situation at 841 Industrial Drive on Friday, Jan. 22, in the morning. "The gas department was in before we got there. We had one crew go in with the gas department. Police blocked roads."...

Pierce guilty on three counts (02/03/10)
A local man was pronounced guilty on all counts Thursday evening, after a three-day trial. A jury of seven women and five men deliberated for about two hours before returning a guilty verdict for Tyrone Pierce Jr., 34, formerly of Columbia, who has been in jail since he was arrested on Feb. 13, 2009...

County schools reopen (02/02/10)
After three days of suspended classes, Marshall County student, teachers and school personnel are to return to their normal schedule on Wednesday.

BREAKING: No school Tuesday (Updated) (02/02/10)

Guilty verdict delivered in drug trial (01/30/10)
A Marshall County Circuit Court jury on Thursday delivered a guilty verdict for a Lewisburg man who was on trial charged with sale and delivery of crack cocaine.

UPDATE: Winter Storm Warning still under way (01/29/10)

Police Board abolished; both sides cite Charter, duties (01/29/10)
An "undercurrent" of unrest surrounds City Hall, Lewisburg's senior councilman said Tuesday night after a 3-2 City Council vote to abolish the Police Advisory Board. "There's an undercurrent that I can't put my finger on," Councilman Hershel Davis said, explaining his vote against the board Tuesday was with 60 percent of the people who called him and shared their opinions about the board...

MES may get sixth grade next year (01/29/10)
If the school board agrees with its technology and curriculum committee, there will be 6th grade at Marshall Elementary School next year. After a lengthy discussion, committee member Mike Keny moved to, "Stay on the path we're on and have 6th grade at MES next year."...

Tea Party Movement In Tennessee Unifies (01/29/10)
In a historic move, Tea Party groups from across the state of Tennessee have formed the Tennessee Tea Party Coalition (TNTPC). Fifty-eight delegates representing thirty-four active Tennessee Tea Party groups with a collective membership totaling more than eighteen thousand concerned citizens caucused in Nashville this past weekend...