By LISA HOBBS Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Water sports enthusiasts could end up in hot water unless no-wake zones are respected at Riverfront Park. Thanks to the hard work of the Parks and Recreation Department, Riverfront Park has become one of many places residents can go to relax, fish and picnic. Riverfront Park…

Duane Sherrill photo Police investigate the Thursday afternoon crash on New Smithville Highway which injured cyclist Jeffery Davis. The car, driven by Charles Cunningham, pulled into his path. Police say Cunningham did not see the cycle because he was shielded by a vehicle turning in front of him.

Photo provided Mother?s Day weekend brought five generations together for photos. Shown are, from left, David Ghist, Virginia Kozak of Sparta, Carole Ghist of Huron Township, Mich., and Stephanie Davis holding Riley Davis.

Duane Sherrill photo The splintered remains of a utility pole rest next to the wreckage of the pickup driven by Lindsey L. Barrett, 20, who was injured when she lost control Tuesday night on rain-slick Bluff Springs Road. Barrett was treated at River Park Hospital while several residents in the North Warren area were without…

NASHVILLE (AP) NAIFEH Despite efforts by Republicans to alter key portions of the bill, Gov. Phil Bredesen?s plan to provide health care access to many uninsured Tennessee workers, children and others passed mostly intact in both houses of the General Assembly on Wednesday. The Democratic governor has touted the Cover Tennessee plan as a market-based…

To the Editor: This letter concerns Campaign First Baptist Church. People from some of the churches and other denominations cannot understand why the church building was sold. Around 25 to 40 people, some of us charter members, wanted the building to have another Southern Baptist Church. Just a few years ago we supported a pastor…

Lisa Hobbs I can?t stand it when people ignore the constitution and laws under it, but the minute they get caught committing something like murder, they try and use what they have been ignoring to help themselves. When it comes to paying for their crimes with their lives, there seems to be one argument that…

TO THE EDITOR: I was reading the paper Friday, May 12, and became upset in doing so. I read Sheriff Jackie Matheny wants more money. I will agree he needs more help, but the help he needs is someone to manage the money he already has. I have a couple of suggestions on how he…

Gene Lyons Bad news for Republicans: the Know-Nothing faction of the party base has already forgotten the “War on Christmas” and other chimerical dangers. As memories of Sept. 11 fade, they may even be losing vigilance in the “War on Terror.” The latest threat to the purity of our precious bodily fluids is brown-skinned Meskins.…

Cokie & Steven Roberts Tourists come to Washington for the museums and monuments and glorious spring blossoms. But this year, it’s hard to smell the flowers. The odor of corruption, spewing out of the House of Representatives, is just too overpowering. What’s worse, lawmakers refuse to stop the stench. A House-passed bill labeled “ethics reform”…