By Jon David Schwartz Special to the Tribune In April 2000, Stan Butt Jr. and his family joined the Church of Christ in Chapel Hill as the new full-time pulpit preacher. Stan would prove to be a great minister of the Word of God, but he would quickly show us that there was much more to him than just preaching. more

Lewisburg native Jennifer Teague Allen has been promoted to senior account supervisor at Lovell Communications Inc. of Nashville. Allen is a 1993 graduate of Marshall County High School. She is the daughter of Evelyn Teague and the late Jerald Teague, both of Lewisburg, and the granddaughter of R.E. Smith of Columbia and the late Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Teague of Lewisburg. She and her husband Latham reside in Nashville and have a 1-year old son, Reid... more

Nashville attorney Bob Tuke is planning to walk across the state from Memphis to Knoxville. He's campaigning to be chosen as the Democrat best able to oppose Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander in the next election. He plans to walk the 1,100 plus miles in short segments, wearing the boots he wore as a Marine when he fought in Vietnam. He will talk to people as he goes, and hold town hall meetings wherever possible. Friends and fellow veterans will join him... more

Be on the lookout for a large pink die adorned with two pink flamingoes and should it appear under a tree in your front yard consider yourself lucky. You've been chosen to participate in the final Relay for Life fund-raiser for the Lucky Ladies, a group of a dozen or so women who are now in their second year of taking part in the American Cancer Society's annual fund-raiser... more

COLUMBIA -- Start your rising eighth grade or incoming fall 2008 ninth grade student on the right path to college success. Attend Columbia State Community College's College for a Day: Community College Experience workshop on Saturday, May 31, from 8:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m... more

Safe digging is no accident: Always call 811 before you dig. That was the message at a gas safety and awareness meeting Sunday night in the Family Life Center at First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Lewisburg. The meeting was sponsored by the following gas utilities: BP Pipelines, East Tennessee Natural Gas, Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation, Atmos Energy, Lawrenceburg Utility Systems and Lewisburg Gas Department. ... more

David Steely, head coach of the 2007-'08 Class AA state champion Marshall County High School Tigerettes basketball team, resigned from his post early Thursday morning. Steely compiled a record of 160-105 in his nine years at the position, guiding the team back to the pinnacle of the high school basketball, finishing runner-up in 2007 before capturing the title this past season... more

Lewisburg Housing Authority Executive Director Ronald Robinson on Tuesday resigned from the City Council seat to which he was appointed 28 days earlier. While Robinson acknowledged a late April letter from the Memphis office of the U.S. Department of Housing Development indicating he couldn't hold both positions, the Franklin Avenue resident said he wasn't the only man in that position... more

Marshall County is short on money. That's the message from three local leaders who rang the bell of caution during discussions with members of a countywide group that exists to improve the economy here. While no one is predicting one yet, the prospect of an eventual county property tax rate hike to cover debt payments apparently seems realistic to Lewisburg Mayor Bob Phillips, County Mayor Joe Boyd Liggett and Chapel Hill Mayor Carl Cooper. ... more

Inmate passes GED, may be a first locally A Marshall County Jail inmate has apparently achieved something that no other inmate there has ever done while confined as an inmate in Lewisburg. "Claudale Armstrong passed the GED," Marshall County's Adult Learning Center Administrator Sarah Campbell announced to Jail Administrator Sam Bragg in an e-mail last week... more

In an unusual move intended to rush adoption of a state law on landfills, Lewisburg's City Council has scheduled two special meetings for next Tuesday afternoon. Councilwoman Quinn Brandon asked her fellow council members to adopt the Jackson Law on the first of three votes aimed at incorporating standards for landfill approval into city code as an ordinance instead of by one vote for a resolution... more

Two Middle Tennessee gospel groups are performing this weekend with four others at the Shelbyville Bluegrass Gospel Festival on Friday and Saturday in H.V. Griffin Park. "You can expect lively and uplifting toe-taping music," says Vicky Loder, the sister and aunt to the musicians in CrossPoint String Band. "We're looking forward to meeting you in person and hoping that you will bring a whole bunch of your friends and neighbors to enjoy Shelbyville's family-oriented music festival."... more

To the Editor: The community looks to its public library for information. Often young people come to their library to learn of pertinent community events. That's why the Firefly Project has turned to our public libraries for help with this year's lightning bug collections... more

A mistrial was declared Thursday afternoon in Marshall County Circuit Court where a juror was quoted as saying she thought the defendant looked guilty. Potential jurors Russell West and Jacqueline Welch testified to Judge Robert Crigler that they heard juror Angela Gugger make the remarks during jury selection for the trial of Victor Lynn Pigg, 30 of Brentwood... more

Lawrence County may be proud of recycling 35 percent of its household waste, but they have a long way to go to catch up with the Germans, who recycle an amazing 75 percent. In the state of Bavaria, this is estimated to work out at 708 pounds per person per year... more

A bronze bust of Marine Staff Sgt. Marc Golczynski, who was killed during combat last spring in Al-Aanbar Province, Iraq, is to be unveiled and presented to his family during the Memorial Day weekend here. The bust is to be placed in Marshall County High School... more

As Lewisburg Police continue to look for a suspect accused of shooting another Lewisburg man on early Sunday morning, the county jail administrator says the incident should never have happened. And not just for the reasons that police used to file an attempted murder charge announced Monday for Jonathan Doran Tears, 29, of Seventh Avenue North. He's accused of shooting Gary Dejuan O'Neal, 27, of Monroe Street... more

The Marshall County School Summer Youth Enrichment Program (formerly Silver Street Summer Youth Enrichment Program) will be held June 9 through June 24 at the George W. Turner Center. Pre-registration will take place at the Center on May 20 and 22 between the hours of 3:30 p.m. and 5 p.m... more