By DUANE SHERRILL A man and his dog escaped this fiery crash in Jacksboro relatively unharmed but the community remains a bad spot for significant car accidents. While curve-laden roads such as Nashville Highway have accounted for many serious crashes over the past five years, one of the county’s straightest roads, New Smithville Highway, statistically…

By DUANE SHERRILL The district attorney is questioning why animal shelter officials are hiding behind their lawyer, effectively stalling an investigation into who recently burglarized the facility. The investigation, District Attorney General Dale Potter said in a letter sent to all members of the Warren County Commission, comes after dogs, which are the center of…

File photo Smithville Highway’s intersection with Este Griffith Road near General Equipment has been a common place for collisions. The intersection has improved, however, since a turn lane was recently added.

By AMY SATTERWHITE City Administrator Herb Llewellyn enjoys McMinnville’s new Web site. If you’re not from around here, it can be difficult to learn about McMinnville proper. Officials are working to improve accessibility to information about the city after launching the city’s first Web site recently. While there is a Web site for the area…

Amy Satterwhite photo Carolyn Rankhorn of the Warren County chapter of the American Red Cross displays some poinsettias on sale for a fund raiser. The poinsettias sell for $10 each. To help with this fund raiser, call the Red Cross at 473-2595.

By AMY SATTERWHITE As founders of Healing Hearts of Tennessee in McMinnville, Sandy Epperson and Dede Vines are no strangers to sacrifice. Both have given up their homes and altered their lives for the purpose of helping people, and are currently offering counseling services at their newly opened office on Morford Street. One day, their…

By AMY SATTERWHITE Pacesetters employee Leland Miles works at city hall in a job he has enjoyed over the past year. Miles is described as always happy to be at work by his supervisors. Miles is one person you would never find opting out of a day of work for something minor. In fact, administrators…

By AMY SATTERWHITE Rob Wolford hasn’t been as active in the toy ride this year since suffering injuries in an automobile accident. Rob Wolford was fearful this year’s sixth annual Warren County Toy Ride would not happen, but he need not have worried. As the chairman and founder of the annual fund raiser designed to…

William Edward Brown, 28, joined the national guard four years ago making him the third generation in his family to serve in the military. He is following in his grandfather, Willard Brown’s, footsteps, as well as his father’s, Willard Clayton Brown. They served, respectively, in World War II and the Korean Conflict. “There have been…

James Clark photo Getting ready for the annual Toy Ride which leaves the Lowe’s parking lot at 1 p.m. Dec. 11 are, front row, from left, Hannah Richardson with baby Justin, Josh Cantrell, Christian Turner and Blake Walker. Back row, Scott Cantrell and Ralph Pierce.