By James Clark Mike Crowe is the new owner of Depot Bottom Country Store, which for years was the home of Hubert Hillis Grocery. Mike has been open a little over a week and has already drawn some pretty good-sized crowds from folks wanting to eat his bologna sandwiches. There won’t be another man like…

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By DAVID ESPO / AP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — With John Kerry’s presidential campaign lagging in the polls last fall, fellow Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy paid an unannounced visit to headquarters to bolster a dispirited staff. Recalling his own race for the White House in 1980, Kennedy said: “Let me tell you, at…

By MIKE GLOVER / Associated Press Writer QUINCY, Ill. (AP) — In the city that saw a historic 19th century debate, John Kerry called for monthly debates with President Bush to elevate the tenor of a campaign that’s opened with a relentlessly negative tone. “Surely, if the attack ads can start now, at least we…

McMinnville resident and Van Buren County native Lorene R. Rigsby, 79, died March 12 at NHC after a six-month illness.A greeter at Wal-Mart and a member of the Baptist House of Prayer, she was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary for many years.The daughter of the late Elzie and Reecie Witt Russell, she was preceded…

Open the doors extra wide for Clifford the Big Red Dog — Live!, coming to Nashville’s Municipal Auditorium March 26-28. Clifford the Big Red Dog and all his pals from Birdwell Island, including Emily Elizabeth, Cleo, T-Bone, Jetta and Charlie, will take the stage for the first time ever in a fun musical adventure for…

The Shake Stuff Up Tour arrives in Nashville March 27, encouraging teens (and adults) to participate in fun, interactive music-themed activities. Participants will vote for the winning local teen band in an American Idol-like “Battle of the Bands;” an audition to select the next milk mustache model to appear in Rolling Stone magazine as part…

The Southern Appalachia Railway Museum in Knoxville is having an open house and photography weekend from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. March 27. The event includes a display of the Museum’s equipment, with free tours. Visitors can see how railroad equipment is restored by the Museum’s volunteers. The photography event includes two train rides with special trains…

The American Performing Arts Network proudly presents Nashville’s Most Photogenic Baby of 2004, an annual contest to benefit Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital. This event will be held Thursday, March 18, through Sunday, March 21, at CoolSprings Galleria in the lower-level Parisian wing. Infants through 5-year-olds can participate in four categories: precious, comical, beautiful and fashionable.Parents can…