By LISA HOBBS Cars crept bumper to bumper through the Civic Center parking lot Wednesday morning as hundreds of families picked up their Share A Christmas Dinner food boxes. A majority of the 525 families who received food boxes this year came to the Civic Center distribution site where Southern Standard employees, WCHS Interact Club…

Thelma B. ?Lubby? Glenn, 89, of McMinnville died Dec. 18 at NHC Health Care in Smithville after an extended illness. Mrs. Glenn was a member of Bybee Branch Church of Christ and was a homemaker and factory worker. She was preceded in death by husband Walter L. Glenn, parents, H.B. and Maggie Thompson Stiles, four…

WARNER ROBINS, Ga. (AP) ? As he marched up and down a busy road wearing a placard proclaiming ?I AM A LIAR,? Craig Breuwet endured a painfully public punishment for lying to police. ?I?ve learned my lesson,? said Breuwet, who added that he had never been more embarrassed or humiliated. The 33-year-old Warner Robins man…

DENVER (AP) ? Nearly 5,000 travelers who mistakenly thought they were beating the Christmas rush struggled to find a hotel room or faced another night on the hard floor at Denver’s snowbound airport Thursday after a blizzard paralyzed the city. The storm blanketed most of Colorado under 2 feet of snow, bringing businesses, government and…

By Bonnie Collier When you think of nurses, do you picture your doctor?s office or maybe the hospital? How about your child?s school? Thirteen registered nurses (RN) and one licensed practical nurse (LPN) are employed by the school system through funding from state and federal grants. According to Health Services director Sonja Walker, RN, school…

Dibrell principal Robbie Hitchcock, left, congratulates Glenda Roberts on being named the Warren County Board of Education?s Employee of the Month. Roberts was recognized for her exemplary performance and has been a teacher?s assistant at Dibrell for 15 years.

Here are the Bobby Ray Memorial Elementary honor rolls for the second nine weeks grading period: First Honor Roll Third Grade ? Laura Hale, Nathan Jaco, Shana Mason, Ethan Phillips, Austin Mize, Madison Weeter, Cody Frisby, Eden Fryar, Ivy Johnson, Annie Wilcher, Peyton Boren, Trey Burks, Jack Davidson and Abby Hutchins. Fourth Grade ? Kareena…

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Ralph Lindon Hillis, 82, was born July 15, 1924 and died Dec. 19 at River Park Hospital following a three-month illness. A retired line foreman with Caney Fork Electric Cooperative, a United States Army veteran of World War II and a member of Pleasant Cove Church of Christ, he…

Maylaya Joy Knowles, the 7-month-old daughter of Brandon and Angela Dillon Knowles was born April 20, 2006 and died Dec.17 at River Park Hospital. She was preceded in death by her great-grandparents, Inez and Charlie Earnest. In addition to her parents, she is survived by one sister, Aryona Knowles of McMinnville; grandparents, Mattie Stewart of…

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Josie P. Warren, 90, died Dec. 19 at NHC Healthcare after an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of East End Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late John Thomas and Mollie Martin McGregor; and was preceded in death by her husband, Will Edd Warren…