NASHVILLE (AP) Tennessee is one step away from becoming the first state to require stores selling beer to check the age of every buyer, even those obviously older than 21. The universal carding legislation sponsored by Rep. Gary Moore, D-Joelton, is on its way to the governor for his signature after passing the House Thursday…

KINGSTON, Tenn. (AP) Two people were killed in a shooting in southern Roane County Thursday evening and one suspect was in custody at a nearby hospital. One of the victims is believed to be a sheriff’s deputy who was responding to a complaint at a home, according to dispatchers and television reports. The man considered…

SMYRNA (AP) ANALYCE Smyrna police searching for a missing 2-year-old girl are denying reports that the child has been taken to Guatemala. Sgt. Ken Hampton, public information officer with the Smyrna Police Department, declined Wednesday to confirm a report on a highway safety Web site that said Analyce Guerra might have been taken out of…

NASHVILLE (AP) Nashville council members, citing safety concerns, are considering a ban on drivers using hand-held cellphones. The proposal, which is set to go before the city council later this month, would only allow drivers to make cellphone calls that don’t require hands to use. The maximum penalty under the law would be a $50…

NASHVILLE (AP) An 11-year-old fifth-grader was arrested Wednesday on charges of bringing a .380-caliber semiautomatic pistol to school, police said. Officers said the unloaded gun belonged to his mother. He showed it to another student on the school bus en route to Mount View Elementary School. The other student told one of his parents, who…

Baby Boy Amy Price and Chase Gannaway are announcing the birth of their son, Brayden Heath Gannaway. He was born April 10 at River Park Hospital weighing 7 pounds, 2 1/2 ounces. He is joined by sisters, Faith Price, 6, and Tamia Gannaway, 14 months. Grandparents include Don and the late Judy Church, Sassy Shell…

WASHINGTON (AP) BUSH Congressional Republicans and Democrats demanded answers from the Bush administration Thursday about a government spy agency secretly collecting records of ordinary Americans? phone calls to build a database of every call made within the country. Facing intense criticism from Congress, President Bush did not confirm the work of the National Security Agency…

James Clark From Pamela Rogers, to illegal immigrants, to The Hot Dog Man, I think I?ve exhausted just about every Warren County topic there is to address. That?s why I thought I?d take a stroll around the region and check out some of the more unusual stories. I just love the news coming out of…

Cokie & Steven Roberts Americans are the most optimistic people in the world. On the eve of the new millennium, 4 out of 5 described themselves as hopeful about the future, and large majorities predicted that the new century would bring cures for cancer, and that we would see humans land on Mars. Almost half…

KNOWLES KNOWLES A movement gaining momentum in Washington holds the prospect of benefiting consumers in Tennessee and elsewhere by encouraging more competition for TV, Internet and other communications services. Legislation proposed nationally and in many states takes into consideration advances in the Internet and digital fiber-optic communications, and calls for updating regulatory policy to reform…