Crossville resident and Van Buren County native Juanita W. Medley, 85, died June 14 at her home after an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late John Walker and Zettie Prater Walker Boyd; and was preceded in death by her husband, Carroll Medley; son,…

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Helen Louise Brown, 82, was born Dec. 13, 1923 and died June 12 at River Park Hospital following a lingering illness. A housekeeper and a member of East End Drive Church of Christ, she attended Bernard High School and was the daughter of the late William Lawrence and Fannie…

Franklin Delano (Frank) Russell, 73, of McMinnville died Tuesday, June 13 at his residence following a short illness. He was born on Sept.4, 1932 in DeKalb County, was a security guard with A. O. Smith, former member of the Moose Lodge, and a member of Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mr. Russell was preceded in death…

Photo provided Gov. Phil Bredesen was surrounded by legislators when he signed the Cover Tennessee Act into law Monday. Pictured, from left, are Rep. Johnny Shaw, Rep. Kim McMillan, Rep. Richard Montgomery, Sen. Roy Herron, Sen. Jerry Cooper, Sen. Mike Williams and Sen. Gov. Phil Bredesen visited a Nashville-based small business Monday to sign into…

Presented by the Department of Urban Forestry, 474-TREE In commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the Lewis and Clark expedition, this week?s plant, the Oregon grapeholly, is the best known of all the 178 new plants that the expedition collected. Neither Lewis nor Clark were well versed in plants, so President Jefferson sent them to…

The Warren County Farm Service Agency (FSA) County Committee is gearing up for the 2006 election. This year?s election will involve the Local Administrative Area (LAA) No. 2. LAA No. 2 is the area North of McMinnville along Highway 56 and eastward to a line between State Highway 30 and Highway 8. The LAA No.…

Mark Halcomb UT Nursery Specialist Leafhoppers are really busy on red maples. I can recognize the cupped foliage and short internodes from the truck seat; plus some browning to explain why the symptoms are referred to as ?hopper burn.? Dr. Frank Hale recommends Sevin, Diazinon, Dursban, Talstar, Tempo, Decathlon and Scimitar in his publication. It…

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) Fruit and vegetable growers in the Pacific Northwest want access to new markets and more money for research, rather than direct subsidies to stay afloat, a panel of farmers from Washington and Oregon told members of a congressional committee. Their voices marked what could be the beginning of a fractious debate over…

Detroit Tigers designated hitter Dmitri Young did not appear at a scheduled court hearing to face a domestic violence charge Tuesday, leading a judge to require his lawyer to provide documentation of the player’s whereabouts by the end of the day. Young was accused of choking a woman on April 14 at the Townsend Hotel…

By ROB NUNLEY Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Rotary Club had its hands full with First National Bank last Sunday, but held on to its lead in the Babe Ruth baseball league with a 6-5 victory. The win began a busy week for the league, which was kept off the field for much of…