Stories from Thursday, April 6, 2017

DEAR ABBY: I have been married for three years. We are both retired. Five months after the wedding, my husband let me know that he wasn’t interested in having sex anymore. We no longer share a bedroom. He’s overweight, not in the best of health, and refuses to change his diet or exercise...

“If it saves me money and everyone has coverage, I have no problem with it.” Not a surprising response to the idea that President Trump might embrace Democrats lobbying for a “Medicare for All” universal health care plan. “I’m a contractor. I’m a Republican,” the caller offered on my radio program...

Get this: More people are fleeing big cities for rural areas and some are doing so because they fear a major financial collapse is imminent. According to U.S. Census Bureau estimates, big cities are losing population at a rapid clip. Chicago’s Cook County saw 66,000 people move out in 2016...

I know an 8-year-old boy who likes all sorts of reptiles. There is, however, one particular stuffed snake that collects dust in the corner of the toy room. The reason this snake is python non grata is that it is pink. I made the mistake of picking up a girl snake, to which the young man replied with all the indignation an 8-year-old can muster, “Boys do not play with pink snakes.”...

A power bill payment scam has hit the Columbia area of Duck River Electric Membership Corporation’s service area. This fraud appears to be aimed at small businesses, especially gas stations, small markets, and convenience stores. Owners and employees are informed by the caller that their DREMC bill is overdue, and the service is subject to immediate disconnection unless they pay via credit or debit card over the phone. ...

April 10 – 14, 2017 ALL MENUS SUBJECT TO CHANGE Breakfast Monday: Honey Bun or Cereal w/Cheese Stick, Fresh Fruit, Juice, Choice of Milk Tuesday: Sausage & Biscuit or Cereal w/Cheese Stick, Fresh Fruit, Juice, Choice of Milk Wednesday: French Toast or Cereal w/Cheese Stick , Fruit, Juice, Choice of Milk...

Water still flows gently along the West Fork of Rock Creek, but the bustling grist mill that stood there 140 years ago has long since vanished. Rock Creek runs through the sleepy little hamlet of Verona, Tenn., an unincorporated wide spot on State Route 272 that lies north of Lewisburg in Marshall County. The mill at Verona was owned by brothers J.A. Regen and J.S. Regen, according to the 1880 Industrial Census of Marshall County that year...

Marshall County got to see what a 21st century library system in the future could look like. Consultant Maureen Arndt, hired to develop a 10-year strategic plan for the Marshall County Memorial Library, presented her conclusions to the public on March 29...

As many as 300 children in Marshall County could lose their after-school programs if the proposed federal budget passes in its current form. On the chopping block is the 21st Century Community Learning Centers grant program, which funds after-school learning at four county schools...

It might have been the day before April Fools Day, but the scene enacted at Marshall County High School on Friday was deadly serious. It was the annual “car crash” scenario, played out for the seniors to teach them about safe driving. Teacher Kim Anderson and her Future Business Leaders of America group presented the program, aimed at the dangers of texting and driving...

Dorothy Lily Sowell Dobbs, age 93 of Nashville, formerly of Cornersville, died Monday, April 3, 2017, at her residence. Ms. Dobbs was a native of Marshall County, TN, and daughter of the late Walter and Pauline Kennedy Sowell. She was an employee of Rhea’s Shoe Store in Lewisburg for several years and retired after twenty-two years as the Manager of Family Bootery in Nashville. She was a member of Franklin First Presbyterian Church...