By DUANE SHERRILL A man in jail for molesting his 12-year-old stepdaughter has asked the court to allow him around children when he is released from custody. The defendant, former youth basketball coach Mark DiChristina, 40, is serving one year of a 10-year sentence after entering a no-contest plea this past August to two counts…

By JAMES CLARK Michelle Kirby had 28 tickets heading into Thursday night?s car giveaway at Three Star Mall. In dividing the tickets among family members, she gave her nephew seven. Had she given him one more, there would be a different winner of the 2006 Chevy Cobalt. ?When I tore them off, I stopped right…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON Lighthouse Ministries, a local organization dedicated to providing recreation for local kids in a Christian atmosphere, took to the air to celebrate the Christmas season Thursday night with a get-together at its new home located inside the old Northgate Skate Center. Local officials were on hand, including County Executive John Pelham…

By DUANE SHERRILL The mother who fought with a school resource officer last month in the halls of Warren County High School was ordered to serve 48 hours behind bars for the altercation. The mother, Sadie Tanner, 50, entered a guilty plea to the charge of assault on an officer and was ordered by General…

By LISA HOBBS FOSTER McMinnville?s Regional Planning Commission has given three approvals and one disapproval for annexing four areas into the city. The area not recommended for annexation is near Jackson Street and consists of 31 acres. City water is provided there and some of the area has sewer. Annexing the area would give those…

By JAMES CLARK Lyle Cox is in charge of displaying religious messages on the marquee at Jesus Name Pentecostal Church on the corner of Mullican Street and the bypass. The marquee outside Dayspring Community Church on Smithville Highway has a fitting message this time of year: ?Put Christ back in Xmas.? So does the sign…

Titans running back Travis Henry looks for running room. Henry described being replaced by Willis McGahee and later traded from the Bills as a ?slap in the face,? and will be looking to show his former team what it gave up when Tennessee visits Buffalo. ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) ? In Travis Henry?s never-ending search…

Gage Wanamaker killed this 8-pointer while hunting with his dad, Matthew, and grandpa Bill Wanamaker Nov. 24 in the Irving College area.

JOHNSON CITY (AP) ? East Tennessee State University will restart its football program in 2010 if $300,000 can be raised by March, students vote in April to pay an athletic fee and the Tennessee Board of Regents approves, the president said Friday. Citing a report from a Football Task Force, ETSU President Paul E. Stanton…

NASHVILLE (AP) ? Bud Adams proclaimed that ?VY is my guy? after his Tennessee Titans made Vince Young the first quarterback taken in the NFL Draft. He promised he?d never seen someone who could run and pass like the Texas Longhorns? star. A few months and some stunning comeback victories later, Adams doesn?t have to…