Stories from Friday, March 20, 2015

After a season opening 9-3 loss to Columbia Academy on March 14, the Forrest Rockets have won three games in row under first-year coach Jimmy Nave. Rockets ace pitcher Logan Hollingsworth tossed just one-inning on the hill in the loss to the Bulldogs before coming back two days later with a solid five-inning effort at Community, evening his record at 1-1.

Big bats, solid pitching, and great defense usually turns in to wins on the softball diamond. The Forrest Lady Rockets have all three, plus a deep bench that has translated in to a 3-0 start for Becky Cheatham's squad.

he Marshall County Tigers opened the season with a 4-0 win on Cascade's pitch on Tuesday.

Prep Schedule Friday, March 20 Baseball High School Forrest vs. Lincoln County MCHS vs. Rossview at Independence Cornersville vs. Fayetteville Softball Forrest at Spring Hill Cornersville vs. Culleoka CMS at Liberty LMS vs. Spring Hill

NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is announcing that the 2015 Spring Turkey Quota Hunt application results are now available. The results can be found on the TWRA's website at www.tnwildlife.org.

William Edwin Scott, 94, of Lewisburg, died Tuesday, March 17, 2015, in NHC Columbia. Mr. Scott was born and raised in Petersburg, the son of the late James Cecil and Georgia Lee Fowler Scott. He was proud of his education and experiences at Petersburg's Morgan School and he loved working on his farm on Fishing Ford Road...

Paul Frank Cherry, 67, of Lewisburg, passed away on Monday, March 16, 2015, at his residence. Mr. Cherry was a native of Marshall County, the son of the late Joe Frank Cherry and Betty June Bennett Cozart. Paul worked as an experienced tool and die machinist with Reliance Machine Works when he retired and was of the Baptist faith...

By Erik Schelzig and Lucas L. Johnson II Associated Press NASHVILLE (AP) -- Tennessee House committees are increasingly gathering in cramped, tucked-away conference rooms in the legislative office complex to hold secret "pre-meetings" to discuss pending legislation. The public isn't informed or invited...

From Staff Reports Over the past several months, information related to illegal drug activity in Marshall County has been obtained from from law enforcement officers of all agencies in the county, as well as from concerned citizens of our communities...

By Ivory Riner Staff Writer The school board approved plans for renovations to the Forrest School gymnasium at a specially called meeting Monday night. "The old gym is in shambles. You can stand in the middle of it and see outside all of the way around where the roof and walls meet," Director of Schools Jackie Abernathy said...

By Ivory Riner Staff Writer Frances Cutler-Hahn, a courageous woman who escaped the Holocaust in the 1940s, spoke to Marshall County High School students Tuesday. Hahn was born in 1938 in Paris, France, a period where anti-semitism, a prejudice against, hatred of, or discrimination against Jews, was rampant...