In this digital age, it’s easier than ever for would-be thieves to steal and profit from your personal information. Credit card numbers can be stolen from online shopping sites, bank account information can be lifted from unsecured pay-by-phone or online services, and all it takes is an overheard phone conversation on a cell phone for…

Photo provided The wedding of Kerrie Elizabeth Barnes and Matthew Paul Shockey will take place July 2 in Athens. Plans for the forthcoming marriage of Kerrie Elizabeth Barnes and Matthew Paul Shockey of Athens are being revealed. The betrothed couple will exchange nuptial vows July 2 in the community room of SouthEast Bank and Trust…

Hickory Creek FCEC met June 1 at the Extension office. Beulah McBee conducted the meeting and offered a devotional from Luke: 12-67. McBee called the meeting to order and Victoria led the ?Pledge of Allegiance.? Roll call was answered with ?If I had a house pet, it would be. . . ? A financial report…

Photo provided The Farm Bureau Women?s committee sponsored a countywide poster and essay contest for students. Winners include, from left, Katelyn Vickers, Centertown essay winner; Nealie West, Irving College poster winner; Coby Spicer, Eastside grand poster winner and Will Whitlock, Morrison runner-up. Students received certificates and a $50 savings bond by women?s chairmen, Evelyn Wade…

Photo provided The community is welcome to First Baptist Church tonight at 6 p.m. for the presentation of Coro Sinfonico. The group comes from Recife, Brazil, features 37 singers, and is under the direction of Dr. Tony Cunha. They plan to sing at several churches in Tennessee and Kentucky on their way to the Southern…

Bread is back. Like a pop star re-emerging from public hiatus, popularity of the soft stuff has returned with its innovative, reinvented self image. Americans are leaving the low-carb craze behind and embracing their undeniable urge for the ultimate comfort food. In fact, 98 percent of households nationwide include bread at the center of the…

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Roger Cook For quite sometime I have been thinking about something that has been on a lot of folks? mind for quite a while. The reason I have never mentioned anything about it is that when something is said, especially by President Bush, it?s like touching someone?s sore boil that is in a very sensitive…

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) Dale Jarrett could have been home cooking steaks before the halfway mark of the Coca-Cola 600. A wreck on the first lap of the race ended his night before he even settled into the driver?s seat. Elliott Sadler, his teammate, wasn?t much luckier. He was stuck at the track, nursing an ill-handling…

Duane Sherrill With camps in full swing around the league we can let the speculation begin as to who will be heirs to the Steeler?s throne this year. As per normal, most folks will likely pick the past winners as their favorites. However, I don?t have either the Steelers nor the Seahawks in my top…