Eastside community resident and White County native Mary Lucille Hill, 83, died Aug. 31 at River Park Hospital.A homemaker and a member of Jericho Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Sydney Herbert and Dona Belle Williamson Price; and was preceded in death by brother, Harold Gene Price; and daughter-in-law, Betty Grissom…

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Hazel Dodson Hillis, 95, died Sept. 1 at NHC Healthcare after an extended illness.A homemaker and a member of Pleasant Cove Church of Christ, she was the daughter of George and Parritt Turner Dodson; and was preceded in death by her husband, James L. (Dock) Hillis in 1979; daughters,…

Bone Cave resident and Van Buren County native Arzie Cooper Templeton, 80, died Aug. 27 at NHC Healthcare.A retired member for 26 years of the U.S. Air Force, serving his country in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, he was a teacher at Warren County High School.The son of Morris Claude and Hassie Mae Delong…

NEW YORK (AP) — One of the unlikely heroes of this summer’s weak box office is a bicycle-riding electronics salesman who responds to his girlfriend’s in-bed question of whether he has any protection: “I don’t believe in guns.” Steve Carrell’s “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” has led the box office for two weeks running, taking its total…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — How Ellen DeGeneres spent her summer vacation: accepting a bouquet of Daytime Emmys and agreeing to host this month’s prime-time Emmy ceremony. Oh, and reconsidering her trademark dancing on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” That last item could send DeGeneres fans reeling. The comedian’s happy-feet boogie at the start of her syndicated…

NASHVILLE (AP) — Country artist Toby Keith said Wednesday he’s forming his own label, Show Dog Nashville Records, to gain more control over his work. He’s betting he can sell his music at least as well as others have in racking up sales of more than 25 million albums, with 10 going platinum, and 21…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Robert C. Byrd plans to announce his bid to run for a record ninth term in the U.S. Senate next week. “He has every intention to seek re-election,” Byrd spokesman Tom Gavin confirmed Thursday. “But I’m going to let the senator make his own announcement.” In an e-mail to supporters of…

MEMPHIS (AP) — Auditions for the popular TV show “American Idol” scheduled for Monday have been canceled, with producers citing the extensive Hurricane Katrina relief efforts being coordinated in the city. Fox publicist Alex Gillespie said the auditions planned at the FedEx Forum won’t be rescheduled so the city “can focus public safety efforts on…

NEW YORK (AP) — As the week wore on, TV images were more and more chilling, even numbing, in their intensity. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, viewers faced scenes of roads turned to rivers, communities to lakes, buildings to rubble. They saw survivors cling to makeshift rafts. A man on crutches slogged through knee-deep…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The state of Texas agreed Thursday to take in three times more refugees from Hurricane Katrina than officials initially expected, bringing the total number of evacuees to nearly 75,000. Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced that 50,000 more refugees would relocate to Texas, with plans to house 25,000 each in San Antonio…