Patty McGiboney Hash, 60, of Rock Island died Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. Born on June 19, 1945 in Warren County, she was preceded in death by her father, Orion D. McGiboney and was a self-employed child care provider. Ms. Hash was a member of Friendship The Baptist Church. Survivors…

Hendersonville resident and Warren County native Clarence Wayne Sellars, age 94, was born Dec. 20, 1911 and died May 31, 2006 at Outlook Pointe of Hendersonville following an extended illness. A retired employee of Westinghouse Electric in the light division and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late…

NEW YORK (AP) Defense lawyers for a writer accused of posing as a firefighter and sexually abusing a woman on Halloween night filed two reports Thursday suggesting that the defendant is a mentally ill schizophrenic. One of Peter Braunstein’s lawyers, Robert Gottlieb, had to submit the reports after notifying the court in May that his…

WASHINGTON (AP) BUSH President Bush will promote a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage on Monday, the eve of a scheduled Senate vote on the cause that is dear to his conservative backers. The amendment would prohibit states from recognizing same-sex marriages. To become law, the proposal would need two-thirds support in the Senate and House,…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) An attorney who was rescued by police nearly nine hours after she was carjacked at gunpoint outside her downtown apartment was in surprisingly good spirits following the ordeal, her law partner said Thursday. Marcus A. Jones III spoke with Sandra Eubank Gregory, 34, after officers stormed a suburban motel, freeing her and…

NASHVILLE (AP) Two pipe bombs, bomb-making materials and five gun silencers were found in a suburban Nashville home on Wednesday by police acting on a tip. Police were told there may have been explosives at the property by the wife of William Matthews, 55, the department said in a news release. It was not clear…

NASHVILLE (AP) BREDESEN Gov. Phil Bredesen has asked the commander of Tennessee’s National Guard units to examine whether it has the resources to support a limited deployment of troops to patrol the Mexican border, as proposed by President Bush. As part of a national address earlier this month, Bush outlined his plan for curbing illegal…

KNOXVILLE (AP) A teacher was not to blame for a student fainting after seeing a bloody first-aid video, an appeals court ruled in overturning a decision that awarded $32,000 in damages to the student. Circuit Court Judge Dale Workman last year decided in favor of Brooke Rathnow, who sued for medical and future expenses after…

Mike Vinson The first time I heard the term “Southern Rock” was in the early seventies, when it was applied to music being played by the Allman Brothers Band (now a member of the Rock ?n? Roll Hall of Fame). According to a documentary titled ?Southern Rock Revolution? this is how the Allman Brothers Band…

Jim Mullen The Stanley Cup playoffs are in full swing, the baseball season is well underway; the hottest story in golf is 16-year-old Michelle Wie, who wants to play against the men in the PGA. The basketball season is winding down; the World Cup soccer playoffs are winding up; Justin Gatlin just ran the 100-meter…