KNOXVILLE (AP) Tennessee quarterback Rick Clausen has spent most of his football career waiting to play. Not anymore. He stood in line behind his older brother, Casey, in high school. Then he waited at LSU, and he’s been biding his time at Tennessee. It looked like Clausen was in for a longer wait after he…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD Boyd’s Leah Walker drives the paint while Wilson Middle School’s Jessica Maxwell defends during Tuesday night’s game at Boyd. The Lady Broncos defeated the Lady Warriors, 40-26. Tuesday night at Boyd, the Lady Broncos’ junior high team rolled past the Lady Warriors of Wilson Middle School, 40-26. Boyd went to work in…

The first phase of renovations at the University of Tennessee’s Neyland Stadium moved ahead Wednesday after the Board of Trustees approved the plan and other building projects throughout the system. The athletic department can start fund raising for the $107 million five-phase project to upgrade and overhaul parts of the 104,079-seat stadium where the Vols…

Viola and Boyd Christian split a pair of elementary basketball games, with Viola’s Lady Wildcats winning 24-19 while the Broncos rolled to a 50-18 victory. (Nov. 13, 1989) ••• On this date in: 1920 — Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis accepted a contract to become the first baseball commissioner. He became the czar following the Black…

By DUANE SHERRILL A woman confessed to perjury this week after originally claiming her boyfriend held a gun to her head during a domestic dispute. The defendant, Jamie Myers, was given a six-month probationary sentence and must perform 32 hours public service work for her deception in her case against Marquis F. Ingram. Her sentence…

By Margaret hobbs Bobby Ray Memorial principal Bonnie Collier and student Allison Bouldin welcome veteran and honor guard member Manuel Brewer to their Veterans Day program yesterday. Each year, teachers and students at Bobby Ray Memorial Elementary have a special reason to observe Veterans Day. Their school is named for Warren countian Bobby Ray, who…

By AMY SATTERWHITE Main Street work took a turn for the better this week after the first new concrete was poured. Contractors formed the first concrete curbs at the intersection of West Main and Chancery streets, complete with the first-ever engineered storm drainage system, and were also forming the new traffic pole foundations at the…

A 90-person docket was heard Tuesday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Court. Included in court action: • Don Carlos Perry was ordered to serve 120 days of a six-month sentence for vandalism, driving on a suspended license and violation of probation. • Juan H. Padilla was issued a 11-29 judicial diversion and must…

Glenda Woodlee was the grand prize winner in last month’s Farmers Market Fried Pie Contest. To capture the grand prize, Woodlee won first place in two of the three categories, apple pie and peach pie. She also claimed a third-place finish.

Today 8 a.m. – Registration at Hickory Creek Elementary’s parking lot 9 a.m. – Pioneer Lane parade, students and staff escort to Vervilla Road 9:30 a.m. – Water stop, break and turnaround station at Christ’s Family Church on South Chancery Street 10:15 a.m. – Water stop, break, turnaround station at city hall, coming from South…