Robert Warf, who has represented District 8 on Marshall County’s Board of Education since 2016, experiences the workings of a school system on a daily basis; Warf, a deputy with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department, is the Student Resource Officer (SRO) at Lewisburg Middle School... more

The Chapel Hill Police Department would like to congratulate Ethan Evans on his graduation from Columbia State with his Associate Degree in Criminal Justice. Evans conducted his internship with the Chapel Hill Police Department for his final semester in the criminal justice program... more

NASHVILLE – Speaker Beth Harwell (R-Nashville) and Representative Dan Howell (R-Georgetown) today filed legislation that directs the commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration to file for a waiver instituting work requirements for TennCare. The bill comes as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued new guidelines for states, allowing them to implement work requirements... more

Chapel Hill Police responded to a home on North Horton Parkway at approximately 4:15 p.m. on Dec. 28 after a report of an unknown woman entering the residence. According to the complainant, she was in bed when a woman, later identified as Leotie Kuhns, entered her bedroom and began to jump on the bed... more

The war on opioid addiction took another step forward last Wednesday, and Marshall County found itself on the front line. District Attorney General Robert Carter, along with four other Tennessee district attorneys, filed a civil suit targeting area “pill mills” and leading opioid manufacturers... more

A head-on collision on State Highway 64 claimed the life of a Bedford County man on Friday. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol investigation, at approximately 5 p.m. at the intersection of Shelbyville Highway and Hunter Road, a westbound vehicle driven by James H. King, 40, of Culleoka, crossed the center line and struck the truck driven by Grady Lee Flippo, 52, of Wheel, head on... more

The Associated Press' Top 10 The Associated Press' Top 10 teams in each of Tennessee's three Division I non-financial aid classifications and in the combined Division II financial aid classification as selected by Tennessee AP-member sportswriters and broadcasters. With first-place votes in parentheses, records through January 9, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote: more

NASHVILLE – On January 1, 2018, Tennessee employers began paying less in unemployment insurance premiums when the taxable wage base decreased from $8,000 to $7,000. The taxable wage base is the annual amount of wages paid to an employee, which is subject to state unemployment tax... more

Memorials for November/ December 2017 Baucom, Jimmy Donation to the Book Fund given by Gradean Davis. Donation to the Book Fund given by Tom Sumners. Edde, Doris Jean “The Mr. X Stitch Guide to Cross Stitch”; given by Jim & Vernetta Watson. Hargrove, Hershel... more

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Ava is the new number one name for baby girls born in Tennessee, rising to the top of the list of the most popular names for babies born in 2017. William maintains the number one spot as the most popular name chosen for baby boys in Tennessee for the 11th straight year... more

The Lewisburg City Council recognized city employees as well as high school seniors at their monthly meeting on Tuesday evening. The recognitions filled the bulk of the meeting as the council honored city employees who had reached service milestones in their time with Lewisburg... more

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — When Tennessee House members and staffers gathered Wednesday for their first-ever in-person training on sexual harassment, one female lawmaker said women should mind how they dress and a male lawmaker jokingly said a male colleague was harassing him... more

The state wants you to concentrate on the road instead of your conversation when in a school zone. While it is already illegal to text and drive, state lawmakers have officially banned cellphones in active school zones. School zones differ in each county, but typically start at 7-8:45 a.m. and 2:15-4 p.m... more

Commercial: Sweet & Southern Boutique 111 North Horton Pkwy Best Mailbox: Sheila Porter 408 Morningside Dr. Traditional Décor: Kris Holton 416 North Horton Pkwy Children’s Fairy Land: Howard McCoy Old Hwy 99 Traditional Lights: Christopher Garner 308 Bell St... more

Greetings from the banks of Robertson Fork Creek from the historic town of Lynnville, Tennessee. Happy New Year for everyone in 2018!!!! To sum up the Christmas Season for 2017 in Lynnville, Tennessee, we consider it to have been a great celebration for a “Small Town Christmas”... more

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers return Tuesday for a session colored by upcoming elections and Gov. Bill Haslam’s final lap before he hits his term limits. This year, the Republican-led General Assembly likely won’t face a monthslong fight over one topic, like the roads-funding package with gas tax hikes and other tax breaks that Haslam ushered into law in 2017... more