Stories from Thursday, March 9, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Under the Obama administration, federal agencies violated laws prohibiting them from organizing publicity campaigns for some of the former President’s most controversial initiatives, as well as laws prohibiting unauthorized expenditures...

DEAR ABBY: I read your column all the time. My husband and I have been married for 35 years. My husband has good friends who are women, and I have never objected when he stayed with them when he traveled from our home to Michigan. One of the women he stays with called and they talked for hours. That’s not right is it? My husband says she’s just a good friend and it’s only conversation...

As we enter the start of a new Congress and a new Administration, I will be looking for leaders on Capitol Hill to maintain our progress in the fight to end Alzheimer’s because we cannot afford to lose any ground. Person with the disease (intro/background): I am advocating as a family member and friend to the estimated 5 million Americans and estimated 110,000 Tennesseans that are living with, and I believe that our state and nation face no public health issue more critical than Alzheimer’s disease. ...

We were having a terrific legislative update and community meeting. Our room at the Perry County Chamber was full of constituents—young and old. Chamber Executive Director, Will Nunley, had decided to live stream the conversation via Facebook. Simple task, fool proof, he thought. ...

What is up with the Democrats’ obsession with Russia? With each new day, a new Russian conspiracy theory surfaces. The Democrats’ latest Russian conspiracy is so terrifying, Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) says it’s giving him a “knot” in the pit of his stomach. A knot, because Attorney General Jeff Sessions didn’t live in a bubble as a senator. Rather, the former Alabama senator did what senators sometimes do and met with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak...

The Washington Post headline caught my attention: “Federal workers grow increasingly nervous about Trump’s proposed budget cuts.” That’s a headline that would surely make George Washington smile. He appointed three commissioners who named America’s then-new capital city for him in 1791. They also called its site the Territory of Columbia, which Congress renamed as the District of Columbia in 1871...

NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency announces the availability of grant dollars to assist cities, schools, community organizations, civic groups, watershed organizations, and conservation groups, etc., with stream clean-up projects and planting projects during the 2017-18 fiscal year...

These are the happenings from the Town of Lynnville, Tennessee “where people help people.” Lynnville is guarded to the south by Esau Hill, Dodson Gap to the north, Elk Ridge to the east, and Lynn Creek to the west. A town proud of its southern heritage is Lynnville, Tennessee...

NASHVILLE — The state veterinarian confirms that a strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has sickened a commercial chicken breeder flock in Lincoln County. “Many Tennessee families rely on the poultry industry for their livelihoods, and the state is working closely with local, county and federal partners and the poultry industry to control the situation and protect the flocks that are critical to our state’s economy,” Gov. Bill Haslam said...

The state made Lewisburg an offer they couldn’t refuse. The city just needs to figure out a long-term plan. Andrew Brown from the Tennessee Military Department offered the old National Guard armory building to the city at their Monday work session. The 9,200-square-foot building was built in 1955 on land donated for the purpose at the intersection of Ellington Parkway and Fayetteville Highway. ...

The Marshall County Commission dipped their toe into state level politics at their Monday night meeting. The Commission passed a resolution supporting the passage of the Tennessee Broadband Accessibility Act during this year’s Tennessee General Assembly session...

Former Marshall County school teacher and administrator Dr. Patsey Thomas filed a discrimination suit against the Marshall County Board of Education March 2014, and received a jury verdict and cash awards totaling $518,500 Monday...

Sports Schedule Friday, March 10 Baseball Community at FMS, 4 p.m. CMS at Richland, 5 p.m. LMS at Eagleville, 4:30 p.m. Softball MCHS at Megan McCary Play Day, Hendersonville LMS at Columbia Academy Tournament CMS at Columbia Academy Tournament Saturday, March 11...

Mr. Gordon Lee Foster, age 84, of Eagleville, TN, died Wednesday morning, Mar. 8, 2017, in Murfreesboro,TN. Family members will receive friends on Saturday, Mar. 11, 2017, from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. at Lawrence Funeral Home. Funeral services will follow at 11 a.m. from the Chapel of Lawrence Funeral Home with Jim Lawyer officiating. Burial will follow in Triune Cemetery in Triune, TN...

Danny Wade Tucker, age 59 of Petersburg, died Monday, Mar. 6, 2017, in Marshall Medical Center. Danny was a Marshall County native born on July 7, 1957. His parents were the late Luther and Martha Christopher Tucker. He was a truck driver most of his life...

Linda Ann Ruiz, age 56 passed away at her home on Thursday, Mar. 2, 2017, in Lewisburg, TN. Linda was born in St. Louis, MO on Sept. 7, 1960. She was a Department Manager with the Wal-Mart Corporation. Her interests included the Marshall County Old Car Club, camping, boating and she was crazy about her nine grandchildren. Linda was a cheerful giver in life and in death donating her remains to the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine...