Duane Sherrill Who asks for a pay raise in an election year? Well, it could be that your county commission may come hat in hand, amid 10.6 percent unemployment in Warren County, and order their own pay raise. Under a proposed amendment to the pay scale, commissioners may soon vote on a measure which would…

There has been talk among school board members of revising the school system?s cellphone policy before the next school year. While it never hurts to consider ways to tweak and improve existing rules, by and large the school board can pat itself on the back for having a sound policy in place. By board policy,…

ST. LOUIS (AP) Going to the hospital is rarely fun. If you weigh over 300 pounds like Beth Henk, it can be embarrassing. ?I?ve flipped an exam table ? I sat on the end of it and it just flipped up,? said Henk, whose weight peaked at 745. When her son was born three years…

Chuck Shepherd Chuck Shepherd You Might Want to Do Your Shoplifting Elsewhere: Increasingly, police departments and government offices (customs agencies, NASA, even the FBI) rely on state-of-the-art investigation support from the Target Corp. (as in Target department stores), according to a January Washington Post report. Target’s world-class forensics lab in Minneapolis is the first choice…

Diana West As one of those American rarities — a Los Angeles native — I looked at recent, mainly Mexican protests against proposed restrictions on illegal immigration with more than just outrage over lost U.S. sovereignty. I was also reflexively examining aerial photos to pinpoint where in Los Angeles those hundreds of thousands of Mexican-flag-waving…

By State Rep. Judd Matheny MATHENY Thanks to some vigorous fighting from our rural senators and representatives, the state of Tennessee has made some remarkable progress in the war on methamphetamine. With our Meth Offender Registry, coupled with our ban on large purchases of ephedrine and pseudophedrine, we arguably have the toughest laws in the…

Lisa Hobbs There is so little time and so much to vote for, or at least voice my opinion about. Everyone seems to be jumping right onto the banning-wagon feet first. To be more specific, is it just me or does it just seem like there?s a lot of banning, or talk about banning, going…

Thomas Vaughn President Bush was in Mexico last week meeting with President Fox on immigration reform.?Meanwhile, members of Congress took to the floor and demonstrators took to the streets on this same issue. Illegal immigration has become a hydra-headed monster in the United States in recent years.?The numbers alone boggle the mind. Some 11 to…

James Clark Certified building inspector Jerry Fox looks underneath the food bar at the former Shoney?s restaurant to check its condition. Fox said overall the building is in solid shape. I was watching Jay Leno?s monologue the other night when he came across with some startling news. He said that after three years in business,…

Dave Ramsey Dear Dave, My wife makes $40,000 a year, and has been working at the same company for the last 20 years. She can take retirement in nine years with full benefits, but we?re thinking it might be a good idea for her to quit now and stay home with our pre-school kids. We?re…