When governments engage in "housekeeping," it's to tidy up loose ends of lawmaking, budgeting or daily administration, and so it seemed when Lewisburg's City Council was rezoning land, readjusting its spending and letting a proposed ordinance for landfill control die on the vine... more

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer The exemption granted by Lewisburg's City Council to Cedar Ridge Landfill has been validated by an attorney for the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. TDEC General Counsel E. Joseph Sanders on Friday told Lewisburg City Attorney Bill Haywood that he's advised the department's Solid Waste Management Division of the Council's vote on June 10... more

More than a couple dozen Marshall County residents have recently become trained as the kind of neighbors anybody would want. They've completed a course of study to know how to survive a disaster, rescue others and provide related services until professional help arrives... more

NASHVILLE -- A young man from Middle Tennessee who joined the Tennessee National Guard barely two years ago because he "always had a deep interest in the military" is making his mark among his peers. National Guard Specialist Daril Fannin, 19-year-old son of Edwin and Dardie Fannin of Fayetteville, was recently named Region III National Guard Soldier of the Year, winning out over Guardsmen from 10 states and territories in the Southeast... more

After almost five years of prayer, Pastor Douglas Carnes and the congregation of Grace Church Ministries have found the rock to build their church on. Last Wednesday evening, the congregation met on the construction spot to dedicate the church and anoint the ground with holy oil... more

Centerstone has been serving behavioral health needs in Middle Tennessee for more than 50 years. Centerstone is a not-for-profit organization and the nation's largest provider of community-based behavioral healthcare, offering a full range of mental health services, substance abuse treatment, and related educational services in Indiana and Tennessee... more

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Judiciary Square is more than where local court cases are heard, or a subway stop. It's where the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial is located. During work weeks, lawmen and women, prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, court officers, convicts, clerks, witnesses, reporters, defendants and jurors do their work in one of the three branches of our democracy... more

The North Carolina man who pleaded guilty of stealing a Marshall County ambulance was sentenced this week to six years in the custody of the Tennessee Department of Corrections. Daniel Ray Stewart, 21, of Warsaw, N.C., was sentenced by Marshall County Circuit Court Judge Robert Crigler on charges of theft, forgery and passing worthless checks on Oct. 19, 2007... more

The Marshall County VVA is a non-profit organization dedicated to: Help foster, encourage, and promote the improvement of the condition of the Vietnam veteran. Promote physical and cultural improvement, growth and development, self-respect, self-confidence, and usefulness of Vietnam-era veterans and others... more

Every box of shotgun shells contains about a pound of lead shot, all of which ends up on the ground down-range from where the gun was fired. Over the years that can add up to a lot of lead. After 40 years of skeet and trap shooting, the range at Henry Horton State Park is closed for two weeks while lead shot is removed from the shooting area... more

A new executive director of the state-required panel for economic and community development was elected by an 11-4 vote Tuesday afternoon in Lewisburg City Hall. Mike Wiles, 48, of McBride Road, who's been a human resources generalist at the Calsonic Kansei North America plant here since December 1999 and a plant employee since January 1994, said he's accepting the position... more

Lewisburg City Council members changed their mind this week on having authority over expansion of Cedar Ridge Landfill. They did so out of an apparent concern that if the council voted on landfill expansion after public hearings with 1,000 landfill opponents -- like the county public hearing convened last month at Lewisburg Middle School to discuss a planned new landfill at Cornersville -- then an anti-landfill sentiment would rule... more

Call them the new conservationists. Volunteers who will float down the Duck River nearly two weeks from today, when they will haul trash from an illegitimate repository, get wet in the process and generally have fun. Elsewhere, they call themselves river rats because of their slick manes, wet from the river water. But here in Marshall County and in Bedford and Maury counties, they're participants in a three-county event to clean up the Duck River and its river bank... more

June Dairy Month is more than a date on a calendar. It's a celebration of tradition, hard work and communities. It began 71 years ago in 1937 when it was first called National Milk Month. The 1937 event, sponsored by grocers, was given the theme "Keep Youthful - Drink Milk." Originally supported by the National Dairy Council (NDC), June Dairy Month was established to help stabilize dairy demand during periods of peak production. ... more

NASHVILLE -- Tennessee ranks 42nd in the nation in a new state-by-state study on the well-being of America's children. The 2008 KIDS COUNT Data Book compares states on 10 core indicators of child well-being and shows Tennessee improved on six of the 10 measures... more

The Robert Lewis Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution met in May at Village Manor for lunch and a meeting with hostesses Bonnie Scheuchenzuber and LaQuita Weaver. The guest speaker was Jan Allen, director of the Marshall County Memorial Library, who spoke on literacy. There are several programs already in progress -- or soon will be -- to enhance and encourage literacy, especially with young people... more

NASHVILLE -- As the Tennessee State Museum curators gathered information on historic battle flags for a forthcoming book titled "Volunteer Banners: The Civil War Flags of Tennessee," a mystery unfolded. Where are the banners that were carried by the Tennessee Union troops who fought in the Civil War?... more

Marshall County residents are finding ways of dealing with gasoline prices hovering at $4 a gallon. For example, one man is relying on a rather elaborate bicycle for errands more often than when it was a pleasure ride. He's getting more value out of a bike that cost $8,000... more

CHAPEL HILL -- With more than two dozen people present, Mayor Carl Cooper appointed four new members of the Park and Recreation Board on Monday as town leaders encouraged residents to help that panel develop more playing fields. Perhaps more remarkable than the size of the crowd that was bolstered by children bored with grownup talk, were two reasons given for a better park. ... more