Former MTSU basketball standout Kim Francis will hold a Fundamentals of Basketball clinic at the Bobby Ray Elementary gym on Saturday, April 30, from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.The camp is for players in grades 3-8, and cost is $35 per camper.Francis and Kay Martin will instruct players in shooting, passing, ball handling, defense, agility…

KNOXVILLE (AP) — Two Tennessee freshmen were charged Tuesday with aggravated assault stemming from several fights that broke out between football players and fraternity members at a party on campus last month. Jerod Mayo and Robert Ayers turned themselves in to authorities and were released on their own recognizance from the Knox County Detention Facility…

KNOXVILLE (AP) — Eleven Tennessee football players have been either arrested or cited for crimes ranging from aggravated assault to underage drinking since February 2004, and administrators and coaches are trying to find out if the rash of incidents is part of a growing trend. Five players who started at least a game last season…

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Ruby Roena Carr, 80, died April 11 at her home after an extended illness.A homemaker, she was preceded in death by parents, Edgar and Lola Davenport Holt; and husband, Franklin H. Carr; and brothers, Lloyd and Floyd Holt.She is survived by sisters, Robbie Omega Jones and Lawanna Dodd, both…

Dibrell resident and Warren County native Kent Daniel Glenn, 44, died April 10 at NHC Healthcare after a nine-month illness.A nurseryman, a member of the Tennessee Nursery Association and a member of Cumberland Presbyterian Church, he was the son of James and Hallie Jean Haley Glenn; and was preceded in death by grandparents, Ike Haley,…

Infant Emma Durden died April 10 at River Park Hospital.The daughter of Melissa and Tyler Durden of McMinnville, she is also survived by sister, Madison Durden of McMinnville; maternal grandparents, Donna and Steven Ruth of Woodbury, Terry and Beverly Taylor of Florida; paternal grandparents, Debbie and Ed Nokes of Lebanon; maternal great-grandparents, Betty and Dale…

Rock Island resident and Van Buren County native Edward McCormick, 73, died April 12 at River Park Hospital after an extended illness.A nursery worker with Summerview Nursery and a member of Shining Light Baptist Church, he was the son of Charlie and Myra Roberts McCormick.He is survived by his wife, Ethel M. Simmons McCormick; daughter,…

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Edrie Hudson Williams, 82, died April 10 at her home after a brief illness.The former owner of Western Auto and a member of First United Methodist Church, she was the daughter of Orbin and Zona Cope Hudson; and was preceded in death by her husband, William Samuel Williams in…

McMinnville resident and Millington native Cassandra Dawn Reneer, 18, died unexpectedly April 9 at River Park Hospital.A waitress, she is survived by her mother, Michelle Lawson of McMinnville; father, Layton Reneer of Santa Barbara, Calif.; sisters, Kendra Lynn Hillis and Rebecca Ann Reneer of McMinnville; maternal grandmother, Linda Olson of Leucadia, Calif.; paternal grandmother, Diana…

ATLANTA (AP) — Lean teenagers are more likely to be the athletes who have a lifestyle that can overcome the effects of hours on the computer or watching TV, a study of Georgia students suggests. Reserchers at the Medical College of Georgia outfitted 421 teens ages 14 to 18 with accelerometers — pedometers that not…