James Clark photos David Godwin fills an order Friday afternoon at A-Plus Fasteners on Durham Street.

Baby Boy Janice and Duane Sherrill proudly announce the birth of their second son, Henry Jay Sherrill. He arrived April 21 at River Park Hospital weighing 6 pounds, 7 ounces. He is welcomed by brother, Jack. Henry?s grandparents are Kathy J. Collins of Hermitage, John M. Collins of Murfreesboro and Mabel G. and the late…

By MARGARET HOBBS Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Aiden Grisson, 2 1/2 year-old-son of Mike and Shellie Grissom, keeps a watchful eye on an orphaned duckling and a quail. You might envision an elderly lady sitting on a park bench feeding the pigeons peanuts or popcorn ? not so with 82-year-old Evelyn Boyd Byars.…

Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar Dear Annie: I am a 21-year-old mother-to-be, and my husband and I are currently separated by our duty stations in the military, and will be until July. With the impending childbirth this fall, my husband has been acting out of his box, so to speak. He says he’s been thinking…

Photo provided The marriage ceremony of Angela Mae Nunley and Daniel Ray Holland was held April 22 at Bone Cave Church of God of Rock Island. The marriage ceremony of Angela Mae Nunley and Daniel Ray Holland was held April 22 at Bone Cave Church of God of Rock Island. The ceremony was officiated by…

Rock Island resident and Warren County native Willie Everett Fultz, 92, died May 16 at NHC Healthcare after a two-week illness. A carpenter, a veteran, and a member of the Church of God, he was the son of the late Ether and Martha Patrick Fults. He is survived by his wife, Pearl Bess Fultz; daughter,…

Services for Rock Island resident and Bledsoe County native Edith Georgia Howser, 74, will be held at 2 p.m. today at Putman and Reed Funeral Home with burial following at Pikeville Cemetery with Steve Breedlove officiating. A member of Friendship Baptist Church in Rock Island, she was born April 18, 1932, the daughter of the…

OCALA NATIONAL FOREST, Fla. (AP) Wildlife officers captured an alligator Thursday they believe was responsible for fatally attacking a Tennessee woman while she was snorkeling in a secluded recreation area. Trappers caught the 11-foot-4-inch, 407-pound alligator on a baited hook in Juniper Creek, near Lake George, where Annemarie Campbell of Paris, Tenn., was attacked, Florida…

PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. (AP) Investigator Tom Evans of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force came to McMinnville to show how easy it is to make contact with sexual predators online. She quickly gets the attention of others in the Internet chat room after announcing she?s 14 years old and looking for someone to talk…

HOLMES MILL, Ky. (AP) An underground explosion in an eastern Kentucky coal mine killed five miners early Saturday, while a sixth miner walked away from the blast that sprayed an office building with rock and mud 100 yards outside the tunnel’s entrance, Gov. Ernie Fletcher said. The cause of the blast at the Darby Mine…