By JAMES CLARK Editor for the Southern Standard Goody?s Family Clothing is stocking up for Tennessee?s sales tax free holiday next weekend. Pictured is Daniel Powers stocking shoes. The chance to go back-to-school shopping without paying sales tax will arrive next weekend. Beginning Friday, Aug. 4, all state residents will have this opportunity when Tennessee…

WASHINGTON (AP) Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, under investigation for selling his stock in HCA Inc., said Tuesday he didn’t know in advance the hospital chain founded by his family planned to go private. Frist, who is considering a 2008 presidential bid, also said he hopes the investigation into the sale of his stock last…

Q: When is the sales tax holiday? A: For 2006, the holiday will start at 12:01 a.m. on Aug. 4 and end at 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 6. Q: What items qualify for the sales tax holiday? A: During the holiday, the following items are exempt from sales and use tax: 1) clothing with a…

CHATTANOOGA (AP) T. AUYER A federal judge handed out light prison sentences to an Alabama couple in a land fraud scheme linked to state Sen. Jerry Cooper and told a prosecutor he was ?bothered? instigators in the case could go unpunished. Anthony C. Auyer and Teresa R. Auyer of Huntsville, Ala., were sentenced after a…

Diana West A thought-provoking sideshow to Israel’s war on Hezbollah — and what a precious gift Israel would bestow on the Free World by destroying the Hezbollah mini-state — is the effort to extract “foreign nationals” from Lebanon, some of whom have had summer vacations in Hezbollah strongholds interrupted by war. Who are these people…

William Rusher Matters have flared to a thoroughgoing boil in the Middle East, and it is important that we sort out the players and the prospects. The overarching fact is the war against the Western world that radical Islamists began waging nearly two decades ago, and that was declared officially by Osama bin Laden’s attack…

TO THE EDITOR: I am one of numerous people here that now own a flex car that can use either gasoline or E85 ethanol blend. The closest place to purchase E85 is in Nashville. I contacted the local Farmers Co-op because I thought they would want to support the American farmers by selling the E85…

TO THE EDITOR: I would like to thank all the wonderful people who have been so supportive and encouraging over the past several months in the dealings with the city of McMinnville. When situations were discouraging, you were there with encouragement. It blessed me to see how many of you signed the petitions. Special thanks…

Duane Sherrill Flashing and blinking, blinking and flashing, flashing and blinking. When will it all stop! How do I stop all this flashing and blinking! For the name of all that is good, will somebody tell me how to stop all this flashing and blinking! See, that?s my problem. I can?t walk off from the…

Presented by the Department of Urban Forestry, 474-TREE Long blooming is what comes to mind when talking about this week?s plant. Originally from Italy and introduced to the US in 1886, Glossy Abelia, especially in eastern and southern gardens, is a low maintenance, semi-evergreen shrub that never fails to have persistent blooms from late May…