McMinnville resident and Cleveland, Ohio native Pandora (Penny) Turner, 48, died June 4 at River Park Hospital.A homemaker, she was the daughter of Sue Hampton of Doyle and Richard Tallent of Chattanooga.She is survived by her husband, Tom Turner; daughters, Angela Gail Sanders and Leann Brooks, all of McMinnville; son, Christopher Michael Raper of Murfreesboro;…

Jacksboro resident and Van Buren County native Murphy Argo, 84, died June 8 at St. Mary’s Health and Rehab in LaFollette.A coal miner and a member of the Church of Christ, he served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II.The son of Hiram (Tot) and Orpha Maynard Argo, he was preceded in…

Charles Creek community resident and Warren County native Lydia Leona Knight, 94, died June 5 at NHC Healthcare.A retired factory worker, homemaker and member of Charles Creek The Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Calvin Leland and Nellie Wilson Tubb; and was preceded in death by her husband, Elbert Grady Knight; brothers,…

NEW YORK (AP) — Editors at about one in four newspapers who responded to a survey say they never allow reporters to quote anonymous sources, and most others have policies designed to limit the practice. One editor said his paper’s rules are so strict they would have disqualified Deep Throat as a source. The use…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hispanics accounted for half the 2.9 million U.S. population growth from 2003 to 2004 and now constitute one-seventh of all people in the United States. A Census Bureau report issued Thursday said that trend probably will continue because of immigration and a Hispanic birth rate outstripping non-Hispanic blacks and whites. The agency…

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — A grand jury refused to indict former chicken plant workers who kicked and stomped live birds while being filmed undercover by an animal rights group. Special prosecutor Ginny Conley had previously said she had no evidence to warrant criminal charges, but said Wednesday that more evidence had been found that persuaded…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Activists on the right and left are priming for a battle supreme. If President Bush nominates the first new Supreme Court justice in more than a decade, a fight is expected to break out within hours of an announcement. Overnight, the Internet will buzz with e-mails, pro and con. Radio and television…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush is pressuring Congress to renew the Patriot Act by highlighting the actions of Ohio police who helped catch a man accused of plotting attacks on the Brooklyn Bridge and a Midwest shopping mall. Portions of the Patriot Act — signed into law six weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army appears likely to fall short of its full-year recruiting goal for the first time since 1999, raising longer-term questions about a military embroiled in its first protracted wars since switching from the draft to a volunteer force 32 years ago. Many young people and their parents have grown more wary…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean on Wednesday defended his recent harsh criticism of Republicans, including his observation that they are “pretty much a white, Christian party.” Dean noted that he, too, is a white Christian. But he said the GOP is too narrow in its scope and the Democratic Party is far…