JAMES CLARK First Sgt. Ernest Brewington gives commands to Warren County High School JROTC students during a drill. The school board has granted its approval for continuing the JROTC program next year. The school system isn?t ready to wave a white flag and surrender its JROTC program. Last week the school board OK?d the high…

DUANE SHERRILL Former Central Church of Christ youth minister Matt Winkler, front left, is shown in this group photo during a Central church gathering. His wife, Mary Winkler, is pictured in the middle of the second row wearing blue suspenders. She has confessed to his Why did Mary Winkler gun down her husband of 10…

Charlie Johnson It?s amazing how words, phrases and old sayings seem to find a way into our language and then hang on forever. What?s even more fascinating is that, though most of us know exactly what they mean in common usage, many times we have no idea where they came from. Their origins seem to…

Thomas Vaughn President Bush continues to crisscross the country on a crusade to shore up flagging public support for the war in Iraq.? He remains resolved to winning that war, despite growing pessimism, at home and abroad. More than three years into the war, parts of Iraq are still a cauldron of chaos and carnage.?Despite…

James Clark If today?s Business Pulse isn?t quite up to its usual standards (and I?m not sure what those standards are), can I blame it on postpartum depression? OK, so that probably wouldn?t work for me, but it?s sure becoming a convenient excuse for the female criminals of the world. Drown your children and blame…

Bruce Williams DEAR BRUCE: My mom passed away some years ago and left her home to my siblings and me. However, we gave her brother, our uncle, life rights to continue living there. The home is in good condition, he pays all the bills and generally we all get along well with him. The problem…

DETROIT (AP) In one of the largest buyout programs ever, more than 125,000 hourly workers of General Motors Corp. and auto supplier Delphi Corp. are being offered up to $140,000 to give up their jobs to help cut the companies’ crippling labor costs. GM did not say how many workers it expected to accept the…

Dave Ramsey Dear Dave, My wife and I are $60,000 in debt, and all of our credit cards are maxed out. I make $30,000 a year, and we?ve got virtually no savings or emergency fund. The other day I took all the cards and cut them up and closed the accounts. She?s a little angry…

Candice Michelle Matheny and Charles Michel Allen will marry in Eads on June 24. The engagement of Candice Michelle Matheny of Cordova and Charles Michael Allen of Millington is being announced. The betrothed couple will wed June 24 at Carahills Estate in Eads. The bride-elect is the daughter of CDR Paul and Victoria Matheny of…

GTE retired employees met recently for their yearly get-together. They are, from left, Whitson Burton, Louise Burton, Annie Ellen Curtis, Barbara Scott, Dorothy Arrington, Rosemary Craven, Marie Sadler, Helen Moore and Clyde Moore. Standing is Jim Weaver and Betty Turner.