Harold Austin Wheeler Mr. Harold Austin Wheeler, 67, died Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008 at his home in Lewisburg. Mr. Wheeler was a native of Lake Station, Ind., where he retired as an Emergency Medical Technician, a firefighter and EMS director for many years. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of New Chicago... more

A college bookstore had two signs over separate checkout lines. One sign said cash. The other said checks. Students paid with greenbacks in one line and cashiers at the other line accepted bank checks. For the full commentary, see Friday's Tribune. more

More than 200 parents and students met on Silver Street at the George W. Turner Center in Lewisburg to celebrate education and the start of the school year for students. more

Heather Lynn Henderson and Matthew Landon Jones were married on June 14, 2008, at Crieve Hall Church of Christ in Nashville with Bill Watkins officiating. The bride is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Donald T. Henderson of Brentwood; the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Jones of Cleveland, Tn... more

Alvin and Shirley Walker celebrated their 53rd wedding anniversary on Thursday, August 14. They were married in 1955 in Lafayette, N.J. and now live in Lewisburg. The Walkers have four sons, seven grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. What's their secret for staying together? "Never go to bed mad at each other," replied Shirley... more

Mr. and Mrs. John T. Hill, Jr. of Lewisburg are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Sarah Katherine Hill, to Brian Christopher Koster of Charleston, W.Va. more

Charlotte Rose Liggett Joe and Paige Liggett are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Charlotte Rose, on July 5, 2008, at Maury Regional Hospital. Charlotte's grandparents are Brenda Pierce of Columbia, and Sam and Betsy Shelton and Tim and Carol Liggett, all of Lewisburg. Great-grandparents are Madelyn Shelton, Jack and Mary Jo Liggett, and Donna Yoes, all of Lewisburg... more

Second graders at Chapel Hill Elementary School received a lesson last week about the history of the Olympic torch, but more importantly one about the true meaning of friendship. With the start of the 2008 Beijing Games set to open, Mrs. Betsy Bishop coordinated a special presentation on Thursday, Aug. ... more

Deborah Wade was "overjoyed" when she heard that the new director of schools, Dr. Stan Curtis, had decided to make her principal of Marshall Elementary School. She says, "It's a blessing for me to be back with our future -- our little ones -- to prepare them for everything in our beautiful world that is to come."... more

It takes four to five times more gas to mow Kim Owen's lawn in Farmington than what's needed each week for her commute to and from work in Lewisburg. That's because her Longbo scooter gets 70 mph, and she has 12 acres of Bermuda grass. She and her husband, Dino Owen, live in the house with a flood berm near Rock Creek and Horton Highway... more

Marshall County's School Board wants to spend more money than what has been proposed by the County Commission's Budget Committee, leaving the largest chunk of the county budget unresolved. A special session of the commission is set for Monday. "We want our budget to be considered by the full commission," School Board Budget Committee Chairwoman Kristen Gold said Monday night after the board met at the Central Office for more than 2 1/2 hours on the budget and with its attorney, who recommends funding teacher pay raises.. ... more

A factory in Lewisburg that received a property tax break has been found in default of its contract with the city. As a result the city's Industrial Development Board has voted to request payment of what otherwise would have been an annual debt. How much money is at stake is to be determined by at least two people: IDB Attorney Bob Binkley, who explained the situation with Southern Heritage Shutters to the board on Monday, and Marshall County Property Assessor Linda Haislip, the official with records on property values.. ... more

As director of the Marshall County Memorial Library, Jan Allen has had to become adept at making do or simply doing without. For modern day librarians, it's a skill that in many ways has taken on an importance equal to, if not greater than, that of mastering the subtleties of the Dewey Decimal System... more

Marshall County parents who plan to home school their children for the 2008-2009 school year need to register with the Board of Education at 700 Jones Circle, Lewisburg, between now August 15. Classes at the Marshall County Adult Learning Center are re-opening for the fall session. Evening classes started Aug. 7, and will meet from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays. Morning classes meet from 9 to 11:30 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays, starting Aug. 12. For more information, call 359-7609... more

Donald Ray Garrett Donald "Donnie" Ray Garrett, 55, of Lewisburg, died Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008, at Maury Regional Hospital. Mr. Garrett was a native of Carrolton, Ga. He was a self-employed plumber and a member of the Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by his mother, Ruby Cheeves Garrett; brother, Joel Thomas Garrett; and sister, Sue Farrar Garrett... more

Political pollsters are reported as finding that Barack Obama and John McCain are neck and neck in their race for the presidency while both remain the presumptive nominee of their party. National political analysts have been talking lately about how truthful people are when they answer phone calls and are asked for their opinions on various aspects of the race, so the question of accuracy is raised about opinion polls... more

By Pettus Read Guest Columnist Eleven years ago this past July, my family adopted a two-year old Dalmatian from the local animal shelter. We had owned one once before and kept Biff for nine years until we had to give him away due to moving to a smaller place without fencing. That dog was special to my wife and myself because he was a part of our life during the BC years of early married life... more

Like most 5-year-olds, Hayden Johnson has a 1,000-watt smile, a bubbly personality and endless questions about how things work. He also has a "chordoma," a rare type of tumor that is diagnosed in only about 300 people in the United States each year... more

City Police are asking Marshall County's Juvenile Court judge to declare a couple of Lewisburg boys as delinquent as a result of alleged crimes at the Lewisburg Recreation Center on West Commerce Street last month. Jimmy Stitt, the recreation center's aquatics director said, "We had two SunDrop machines raided and a vending machine for snacks broken open. One used a pole to enter. The sad thing is they didn't get the dollar bills out. They just got the change."... more

While the courts gave the School Board 30 days to name a new negotiating team for work contract talks with the Marshall County Education Association, the teachers' group plans to take its time in selecting a successor for a negotiator who retired since the last bargaining session... more