Another Marshall County woman has pleaded guilty in connection with TennCare fraud charges announced last year by the state inspector general assigned to crack down on abuse of the public health insurance system. Pamela Shantel Jett Roden, 23, of Cornersville, pleaded guilty of fraudulently obtaining benefits with forged prescriptions and then using her TennCare benefits to pay the pharmacy, according to an agreement announced in circuit court on Wednesday... more

Water and sewer rates appear headed upward this summer in Chapel Hill as the Board of Mayor and Aldermen are voting on their annual budgets. "Marshall County's Board of Public Utilities built a [water pipe] line around the town and now buys water from Lewisburg," Town Administrator Mike Hatten said yesterday... more

Recently Marshall County freshman Elliott Gordon was on stage along with other band members and students who were selected by Evan Margol, a senior at at the School of Music at Belmont University. Margol is a student of Mr. Stan Lassiter and this recital was a partial fulfillment of the requirements for he Bachelor of Music degree. Gordon performed during the selection 'For the Love of God' by Steve Vai... more

Cedar Ridge Landfill may eventually get to use an 11-acre section of its repository for solid waste because of an 11-7 vote Monday night by Marshall County commissioners. Now, officials with Waste Management Inc. face what they've described as a yearlong process of having to prove to the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation that they should be permitted to use more land at Cedar Ridge... more

Julie Shadrick has faced some hard times. She did not finish high school. Her academics were good, but she lived in fear of gang violence in Gulf Port, Miss. and dropped out at the age of 16. She was ambitious, often working two jobs to make ends meet, but she longed for something better... more

A Marshall County jury deliberated the fate of a Bear Creek Road man for several hours Friday night with a final vote at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday, officials said. William Allen (Willie) Watson, 25, faced charges in three cases that were combined. They started with a domestic matter. The situation escalated when a warrant was to be served and Watson fled... more

Hundreds of people went to Cedar Ridge Landfill on Saturday for Gussie Up Marshall County day to drop off hazardous household items and hard to dispose of items. The program, conducted by Marshall County Solid Waste Director Morgan Thomas in conjunction with the county's Beautification Committee, was dubbed Gussie Up Marshall County and it was just in time for spring cleaning... more

Marshall County grand jurors will probably be considering an attempted homicide case next Wednesday. After a hearing on probable cause Tuesday, Judge Steve Bowden bound the case over to the grand jury and set bond at $250,000. Horatio Lewis Rice, 25, 1044 Cornersville Road, was arrested by Lewisburg Police on Feb. 22 for allegedly shooting Frankie M. Brown, 42, 535 2nd Ave., on Feb. 15... more

A fire erupted from the boiler room at CalsonicKansei of North America this morning in the Industrial Park of Lewisburg. According to Lewisburg Fire Chief Larry Williams, the Lewisburg Fire Department received a call at 10:10 a.m. on Thursday, April 19, 2007 of a fire at CKNA of Lewisburg. ... more

Senior Staff Writer Marshall County planning commissioners this week approved two housing subdivision plans that could result in the construction of 41 homes, according to the county building official and his records. The largest of the two is Stammer Glen on Eagleville Pike where developer Ron Lampley has been consulting with Chapel Hill officials about annexation of the proposed 33-lot subdivision that abuts the town line, Building Official Don Nelson said... more

Subfreezing temperatures devastate orchard crops more

Uncertainty continued Monday on whether Cedar Ridge Landfill may be able to deposit solid waste on 11-acres of unused landfill property west of Lewisburg where residents complain of foul odors and fear water pollution while industrialists see it as a needed facility... more

Senior Staff Writer Interest in Lewisburg's city council election extends beyond the borders of the two wards where votes will be counted for the May 1 race, according to remarks at the Marshall County election office this week. At least one voter who is a resident of the city's Second Ward and the county's Fifth District showed up on Wednesday, asking to vote in the Ward 5 race, and Elections Administrator Jo Ann Henry says, "We've had people to come in who don't live in the city."... more

Tennessee Code Annotated 67-1-202 (a) (1) Requires that the State of Tennessee Division of Property Assessments, (DPA) supervise and direct all reappraisal programs and revaluations. Reappraisal year for Marshall County is 2007, meaning that under the direction of the state, Marshall County Assessor; Linda Haislip must revalue all properties in the county at the current market value. Linda Haislip states that she and her staff along with DPA have completed inspecting Marshall County properties, building base rates and establishing new land values based on sales for the reappraisal. According to state law if the Assessor does not complete a reappraisal every fiv more

Early voting continues at election headquarters As Lewisburg voters continue to vote early in their May 1st city council election, the local economy was clearly the chief issue as mentioned by at least half the candidates running in the Wards 1 and 5 races... more

Bystanders were unable to rescue a Lewisburg man from his burning car after it ran off a road in northwestern Bedford County, struck a culvert and landed in a shallow ditch late Monday afternoon. Frank Bahou, 32, died in his smashed Buick LeSabre moments after the crash at about 5:30 p.m. on Longview Road just south of the Kingdom Road intersection northeast of Unionville, State Trooper Tommie Boleyn said... more

The weather is warming and the grass is growing in Lewisburg and that means mowing lawns and yard sales. The City of Lewisburg and Codes Enforcement Officer Greg Lowe encourages all property owners this summer to abide by the rules regulations to help keep the people of Lewisburg safe and the City looking clean and neat... more

Competition for cable TV customers lowered rates elsewhere and Marshall County's state senator is sponsoring legislation to create statewide franchising for televised programming delivered by wires, he said Friday evening in Lewisburg. "This bill just passed in Georgia, and in other states we've seen, on average, a reduction of $25 a month," Sen. ... more

Child succumbs to lack of oxygen after pool accident Miranda Lamoreaux has made the toughest decision of her life - to have her child taken off of life support. Yet the Chapel Hill woman summoned inner strength on Wednesday to talk publicly about the chain of events that led to such a difficult decision on Tuesday afternoon... more