Beth Furbush Are you having trouble making your mortgage payments? Are you facing foreclosure on your home? Get all the facts before you pay someone to help you work out your mortgage problems.According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), “bankruptcy foreclosure scams” are targeting consumers whose home mortgages are in trouble. Scam operators advertise…

By James Clark / Business Pulse JACKSON Michael Jackson is a weirdo and America is loving every bit of it. The fact he seems to have lost all common sense is what has captured everyone’s fascination.Since his TV special aired Thursday night, I’ve heard many folks call Michael Jackson a nut who shouldn’t have access…

Charles M. (Charlie) Lance Jr., Rose Katherine Miller Charles M. (Charlie) Lance Jr., 57Centertown resident and Warren County native Charles M. (Charlie) Lance Jr., 57, died Feb. 6 at NHC Healthcare after a one-year illness.A maintenance supervisor with Batesville Casket Company and a member of Bates Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church, he served his country in…

By Joan Ryan / Columnist I passed the “Bingo Tonite 7:15” placard in the lobby and walked to the dining room, where workers at the Redwoods Retirement Center in Mill Valley, Calif., were clearing away dishes from breakfast.“Ruth! Ruth!” a food-service worker called to a woman heading out behind an aluminum walker. “Your pills, sweetie,…

By Ed Kimbrell / Columnist Somehow, as the images float before you, it seems like they aren’t new, just endless reels of the same tragedy.Major broadcast networks and cable news channels drown us in coverage of the seven gifted astronauts whose Columbia spacecraft cut tears into the sky on Saturday. Newspapers, great and small, ran…

By Amy Satterwhite / Columnist What people will do in times of tragedy.We should have known after September 11, when an unscrupulous couple came up with a scam to fake a death and collect insurance money or when funds meant for victims were not being handled properly, that deplorable acts in the face of mass…

Our Viewpoint When accused robber Daniel Whited walked from the courtroom a free man Friday, District Attorney Dale Potter and two key witnesses walked from the courtroom in a state of disgust.The three were bewildered at how Whited could have been found not guilty by a jury of his peers. Potter went so far as…

By Kelly Shires Each year we all tend to set a New Year’s fitness resolution that we can’t keep for more than a few months.Is it even possible to hold on to the dream of being physically fit for more than a few weeks?On day one you cut out all fried potatoes from your morning…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) Morrison’s girls got off to an early start Thursday night on their way to a victory in the semifinals of the Warren County Elementary Tournament.The Lady Eagles used a balanced scoring attack and stifling defense to their advantage, moving on to Saturday night’s…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Warren County Middle’s seventh-graders let a double-digit lead slip away in the second half Thursday night, but still held on to reach the county tournament finals with a 48-44 win over Centertown.On top 24-17 at the halftime break, the Pioneers’ Josh Moore buried a 3-pointer…