Bush sending National Guard to fight illegal immigration from Mexico
WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate is delving into contentious immigration legislation after a prime time TV prod from President Bush to toughen border security with National Guard troops and find a ?rational middle ground? on citizenship for millions of men and women in the country illegally. Democrats responded with a pledge of cooperation and a barbed…
Read MoreSaying thanks with cookies: Soldiers to receive Girl Scout cookies on return from Iraq
CLARKSVILLE (AP) Whether they like Thin Mints, Samoas or Lemon Coolers, soldiers returning from Iraq will find their favorite Girl Scout cookies when they arrive ? and plenty of them. About 1,400 scout troops from more than 38 Tennessee and Kentucky counties collected the goodies as a part of the Cookies for Soldiers program. The…
Read MoreLottery-funded scholarships would increase under proposal
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) COHEN Lottery-funded scholarships and after-school programs would get a boost under measures advanced by the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday. The measures sponsored by Sen. Steve Cohen would direct more money from state lottery revenues to the two programs. Similar measures have passed the Senate before, but the previously hesitant House has…
Read MoreBredesen grants reprieve to Alley
NASHVILLE (AP) Gov. Phil Bredesen has granted a 15-day reprieve to convicted murderer Sedley Alley, halting his scheduled Wednesday morning execution for a 1985 rape and murder. The governor issued the reprieve eight hours before Alley was scheduled for lethal injection. If the execution had proceeded, it would have been only the second time since…
Read MoreWhat a puppy
Charles W. Johnson photo Tina Lance and her exceptionally cute Yorkie, named, appropriately, Tinkerbell, pose prettily for the camera at a recent Humane Society Sport and Working Dog Show.
Read MoreMuncey indicted for burglaries but won?t identify his partner
By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard MUNCEY A man who police say committed a string of smash-and-grab burglaries over the winter is apparently taking the rap himself as he now stands indicted on a slew of counts while still refusing to give up his partner in crime. The defendant, Joe Muncey, 26,…
Read MoreJudge Ross hears 90-person docket
By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 90-person docket was heard Thursday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Traffic Court. Included in traffic court action: ? Eddie Sullivan Jr. was bound over to the grand jury on charges of reckless endangerment, evading arrest, fourth-offense driving on a revoked license, criminal littering,…
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