Nashville Zoo’s sixth annual Easter celebration, Eggstravaganzoo, will be held from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, April 10. Zoo officials expect about 7,000 guests to attend this celebration of spring.One highlight of this event is the Easter egg hunt for children ages 2-10. Nashville Zoo will be distributing 30,000 plastic eggs for the children to find…

Cumberland County Playhouse is offering free audition workshops on April 4 for kids, teens and adults interested in performing in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast during Summer 2004. Children 8 to 12 are asked to attend from 1 to 3 p.m., with adults and teens invited from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Director Jim Crabtree will…

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Vonso Savage, 99, died March 24 at Raintree Manor after an extended illness.A retired employee of Yager Grocery, Black’s Feed Mill and Cumberland Lumber, he was a member of East End Drive Church of Christ.The son of Hugh and Laura Spurlock Savage, he was preceded in death by his…

Beersheba Springs resident and Wisconsin native Shirley Ann Campbell, 68, died March 28 at Life Care Center of Tullahoma.A member of the Ladies Auxiliary of VFW 915 in Cicero, Ill., she was the daughter of the late John and Irene Waszak; and was preceded in death by sister, Marie Brady.She is survived by her husband,…

McMinnville resident and Cannon County native Patsy Elaine Prater Owens, 42, died March 28 at her home after an extended illness.A retired factory worker and homemaker and a member of Center Hill Baptist Church, she was preceded in death by brother and sister-in-law, Gary and Ida Mae Prater.She is survived by her parents, Sammie and…

NASHVILLE (AP) — State Rep. Jim Vincent of Soddy-Daisy said Tuesday he will not seek re-election this fall, making him the eighth Republican House member to announce plans to give up their seats. Two are seeking higher office: Reps. Jamie Hagood of Knoxville and Diane Black of Gallatin are running for the state Senate. The…

By MIKE RAMSEY / Associated Press Writer DETROIT (AP) — Tom Redmond has plenty of ideas about how to make things better. Now one of them might actually come to fruition. The Franklin, Tenn., man owns a land surveying company. He heard auto parts giant Dana Corp. was asking people to submit their inventions for…

CHATTANOOGA (AP) — TennCare enrollees who hit the jackpot playing the Tennessee Lottery may not be as lucky as they think. Winnings over $600 must be reported to the state’s health care program for the poor and disabled, or the enrollee risks a fraud investigation. “People need to know that lottery winnings count as income,”…

NASHVILLE (AP) — A 4-year-old child found wandering alone in a parking lot Tuesday afternoon apparently left a condominium without her parent’s knowledge, police said. Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron said it appears the girl, Hannah Marie Stimac, wandered out of an apartment while under the care of her stepmother. Aaron said the stepmother has…

KNOXVILLE (AP) — The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals will hear arguments in a Knox County case challenging the constitutionality of parts of a 1990 law that targets child pornography. It will be the first time Tennessee’s appellate court has reviewed the state law since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down two major sections of…