To the Editor: The dog attacks resulting in the recent fatality in Franklin County prompts me to write this letter. This is such a senseless and careless act perpetuated by uncaring owners. Every year the Postal Service endures hundreds of attacks resulting in personal injuries and lost work days. Additionally, much suffering and costly medical…

Charlie Johnson Today?s column begins with a question from my nephew, Lee Pedigo, who was in town this weekend taking some time off from his job as a roving insurance adjuster currently working in St. Louis. While having lunch Friday with Lee and his younger brother Patrick, along with his daughter Rachel, the waitress asked…

Morton Kondracke Recent polling and economic studies support President Bush’s moderate approach to immigration. If only he could convince his fellow conservative Republicans. Polling by Time magazine and the liberal Democracy Corps confirm earlier findings that U.S. voters want strict border controls, but also will support work permits and earned citizenship for illegal immigrants. The…

Thomas Vaughn President Bush has made much of our so-called “addiction to oil” recently. He is right, of course. The question is: What do we do about it? As with most addictions, the first obstacle to freeing ourselves is denial that our addiction is a problem. Clearly, this is the case with our addiction to…

Business Highlights from the Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) ? A tablet shown to help more than one in five smokers quit joined the limited number of effective stop-smoking drugs on Thursday, approved by federal regulators. When varenicline goes on sale later this year, it will become the first new prescription drug for smoking cessation approved…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) After building his first skyscraper sandwich in a 1936 Blondie comic strip, Dagwood Bumstead ? well, at least the man behind him ? is finally making his daydream of venturing into the food business come alive. The first in a planned chain of “Dagwood’s Sandwich Shoppes” is due to open in Clearwater,…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard First-week action in the boys? 9- and 10-year-old league on the Hoover Milraney Field saw Superior Walls defeat McBride?s Windows 7-6 on Tuesday. The Cardinals struck for two runs in the top of the first, but the Braves answered with three in the bottom of the…

BATTING AVERAGE: National League McCann, Atlanta, .347; Renteria, Atlanta, .345; MiCabrera, Florida, .336; Vidro, Washington, .333; HaRamirez, Florida, .331; Pujols, St. Louis, .331; Fielder, Milwaukee, .326; Atkins, Colorado, .326. American League Blake, Cleveland, .372; Rios, Toronto, .364; VWells, Toronto, .353; Tejada, Baltimore, .352; LCastillo, Minnesota, .345; Jeter, New York, .341; MYoung, Texas, .340.

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Warren County?s District 7-AAA tournament loss to Lebanon on Thursday brought an end to the high school careers of seniors, from left, MaCall Cooper, Nikki Poe, Emily Smith and Penny Wanamaker. The Warren County Lady Pioneer softball team?s chances of making it to the District 7-AAA…

Joey Wray ?The last trap, located at the site of the recent black bear attack, was removed earlier this week,? according to Les Jones, Area Supervisor, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. ?The site near the Chilhowee campground in the Cherokee National Forest has been closely monitored since the first bear was trapped there, and no further…