Stories from Tuesday, January 24, 2012

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Lewisburg's Water and Sewer Department will have water quality tests conducted for three households on Rock Crusher Road the utility's board decided last week after hearing from a couple living there. "We'll let someone from TDEC (the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation) pull the sample," said utility Superintendent Kenneth Carr, explaining the samples would be sent to Environmental Science Lab at Mt. Juliet for analysis...

WASHINGTON -- Failure to pass a budget should cost congressmen their pay, according to U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais, the man who will represent Marshall County if he's re-elected in November. DesJarlais, a Republican, on Tuesday signed onto a bill by Rep. ...