The Goats, Music and More Festival has announced three new upcoming artists that will perform at Goat Fest: Tyler Farr, Jimmie Allen and Craig Campbell. This new lineup represents a departure from past festival line ups that heavily featured more classic country acts... more

On July 3, officers responded to a call at Studio 20 Salon in reference to stolen items from a purse. The owner reported that she was getting ready to go to lunch around 12:30 p.m. when two people entered the store. The owner placed her purse behind the counter so she could assist them... more

The Marshall County Commission approved several key measures at their monthly meeting last week. The Marshall County Commission unanimously approved the county’s budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year, beginning July 1. The budget includes more than $16 million for general government and $45 million for Marshall County Schools, representing the two largest funds... more

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Requirements aimed at curbing Tennessee’s opioid epidemic are among more than 150 new laws that kick in Sunday. Many laws take effect on July 1 each year, when a new state budget year begins, and some of the highest profile ones this time around are part of Republican Gov. Bill Haslam’s “TN Together” opioid plan... more

Shyann Miller is Miss Marshall County 2018. Miller was crowned last Saturday, poolside at the Lewisburg Rec Center, after the traditional pageant, sponsored by the Marshall County Chamber of Commerce. Also winning titles on Saturday were Zeidan Cobble as Little Mr. Marshall County 2018 and Little Miss Marshall County 2018 Isabella Bennett... more

Every 60 seconds, the American Red Cross assists 53 people—people just like you. At the Church Street Church of Christ Annex last Saturday in Lewisburg, the Red Cross team set up an open house to talk about what they do and how you can help. People know that the American Red Cross steps up when disasters happen like household fires or destructive weather... more

Beauty queens and political candidates. Fire trucks and sports cars and antique tractors. Lewisburg got to see all of the above on display on Wednesday in the Marshall County Chamber of Commerce 4th of July parade. more

The Marshall County Chamber of Commerce kicked off a busy fortnight of activities with something new on Thursday. The chamber held a legislative coffee at the Lewisburg Rec Center, featuring an update from the county’s two elected representatives in the General Assembly, the announcement of the citizen of the year, and introductions of the current title holders and the contestants for the upcoming Miss Marshall County pageants... more

Local law enforcement scoured the county Wednesday evening searching for a suspect in a shooting on Bob Hopkins Road. At approximately 9:30 p.m., Marshall County Sheriff’s deputies responded to Belfast Farmington Road after Christopher Keith Blackwell, 47, reported that he had been shot earlier in the evening by Joshua Scott Dodson, 36... more

Four months after Calsonic Kansei company officials asked for an $8 million break on their property taxes, the company is planning to move some of its Shelbyville operations to Mexico, a move that will result in the loss of 56 jobs at its plant on Stanley Boulevard... more

The 4th of July is always a big holiday in Marshall County and, this year, with the date falling on a Wednesday, events have spread out over an entire week. Kicking off the celebrations are the Miss Marshall County and related Chamber of Commerce sponsored pageants on Saturday, June 30, at the Lewisburg Recreation Center... more

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips announced today unemployment rates in nearly every Tennessee county remained under 5 percent during May 2018. Ninety-three of Tennessee’s 95 counties recorded a rate in May that was less than 5 percent. Unemployment in two counties was 5 percent or greater during the time period... more