Stories from Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Beautiful weather, big crowds, champion goats, and big-name entertainment added up to another successful Goats, Music, and More Festival. Lewisburg City Recorder Pam Davis, who also co-chairs the annual event, was very pleased with 15th edition of Lewisburg’s signature event...

The Marshall County School District is getting closer to one of its goals. Director of Schools Jacob Sorrells shared the county’s ACT scores with the Board of Education at their monthly meeting Monday night. Last year’s senior class posted a 20.1 average ACT score, placing the district second in the region behind Tullahoma City Schools with a 21.5 composite score...

City residents have an opportunity to hear what the city has accomplished over the past year and what directions it could head in the next 12 months. The City of Lewisburg will hold their annual Town Hall meeting on Thursday, Oct. 19, at 6 p.m. The meeting, in the large conference room at the Lewisburg Recreation Center, is held each year to provide an update on the city’s progress with implementing the Lewisburg 2035 Vision Plan...

If you’ve ever thought it’d be nice to have a drink and listen to some music on the square, the Lewisburg Downtown Alliance is trying to make that dream a reality for you. The LDA announced a series of monthly “meet and greets” designed to keep the downtown area central in the minds of Lewisburg residents...

The Tennessee Department of Agriculture Division of Forestry is observing National Fire Prevention Week (Oct. 8-14) by reminding citizens to follow simple safety practices to prevent wildfires. The official start of wildfire season in Tennessee is Oct. 15...

PULASKI, Tenn. – This year, Martin Methodist College (MMC) opted to modify the traditional Shakespeare on the Green play by branching out to give actors the chance to do productions of other classic plays and modern plays that relate in some way to William Shakespeare or verse drama. This year’s newly revised Shakespeare and Friends on the Green will feature the Greek tragedy “Medea.”...

From the banks of Robertson Fork Creek, we bring greetings of the historic, southern town of Lynnville, Tennessee. If you have the time, drive to Lynnville and see the pretty fall decorations that have been put up on the town square. The store building that once housed Gilbreath Grocery, Gregg and Son, Don and Peggy’s Grocery, R. ...

From the banks of Robertson Fork Creek, we bring greetings of the historic, southern town of Lynnville, Tennessee. If you have the time, drive to Lynnville and see the pretty fall decorations that have been put up on the town square. The store building that once housed Gilbreath Grocery, Gregg and Son, Don and Peggy’s Grocery, R. ...

DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend of two years will be attending a bachelor party in Las Vegas. We’ve never had any issues of infidelity, yet I can’t help but feel anxious about his upcoming trip. I know the scene that exists in Vegas -- I’m in my mid-20s and I enjoyed my trips there when I was younger and single...

Since October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, the Cornersville High School hosted a “Pink Out” during the football game against the Richland Raiders October 6. The event, sponsored by the Marshall County Cancer Foundation, helped kick off fund-raising efforts. All money raised from the sale of Pink Out t-shirts, money raised at the football game and other donations are earmarked to stay in Marshall County to help cancer patients actively going through treatment...

LEWISBURG, Tenn. — Breast cancer is the second most common type of cancer among women in the United States. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) estimates that more than 250,000 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in 2017. Marshall Medical Center (MMC) recommends annual screenings to provide the best chance of finding breast cancer in its early stages when treatment can be more successful...

• Every 3 minutes, a woman in the United States is diagnosed with breast cancer. • Every 13 minutes a woman in the United States dies from breast cancer. • Breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women, except for skin cancers. About 1 in 8 (12%) of women in the US will develop invasive breast cancer during their lifetime...

The Marshall County Tigers grabbed a stranglehold on the Region 4-4A top spot with a tough 34-27 win over Spring Hill (4-4, 2-2) Friday night at Preston Hopkins Field in Lewisburg. “We were down 14-7 at halftime and we talked about doing a bunch of good things on offense, but we kind of punished ourselves,” MCHS coach Thomas Osteen said. “We talked about starting the second half fast and boy we did.” The Tigers (6-2, 4-0) kept their 15-game region winning streak alive and can claim a third consecutive region crown with a Maplewood (5-3, 2-1) win at Nolensville (3-5, 2-1) on Friday night.

After going undefeated in 2015 and winning the Duck River Valley Conference (DRVC) title, Forrest Middle School has been in an all-out battle with Fayetteville Middle School for the last two seasons. The two squads have been the class of the DRVC over the two campaigns with the Rockets only four losses coming at the hands of the Tigers, who came into Monday night’s DRVC title game at Fayetteville riding a 17-game unbeaten streak. The Rockets had a game plan, stop Fayetteville’s standout running back Graham Pace.

On Saturday, the FMS cross country team competed in the Regionals at the Nashville Youth Athletics Course at Percy Warner Park. Abby Davenport, Jaedyn Stalnecker, and Micah Reasonover placed in the Top 25 and will be going to the State Tournament on Saturday, October 21 at Knoxville...