By DALE STUBBLEFIELD Tyler Hillis hits a runner during Tuesday?s second half. Hillis finished with 22 points, but the Broncos lost to their guests from Community. In District 9-A action Tuesday night at Boyd Christian, the Broncos took on Unionville?s Community High School. Despite a solid performance from the Broncos and a 22-point game from…

By ROB NUNLEY Momentum swung like a pendulum Monday night in Winchester, when the Warren County Middle School team took on Franklin County South in boys? Central Tennessee Conference action. But when the final horn sounded, the Pioneers came out on top, downing the Trojans by a 35-31 final. WCMS went up big during the…

By ROB NUNLEY The Pioneers? latest shot at ending their district losing streak faded away in the closing minutes of Tuesday?s game, with Cookeville escaping Dalton Gym with a 43-36 victory. The Cavaliers, who came back from a narrow halftime deficit to lead by five after three quarters, saw their advantage cut to a single…

McMinnville?s Noon Exchange Club celebrated its 15th anniversary this week, honoring its charter members who began the service organization in 1992. ?Noon Exchange has come a long way since they were chartered back in 1992,? said Exchange Club district director and keynote speaker Boyd Ramsey addressing the club Tuesday. ?Your club is now involved in…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON The county?s Faith in Action CARES organization has received a $10,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to help fund the program, which provides in-home help and visitation for the elderly and disabled. Warren County Faith in Action CARES (Caring About Rural Elderly Society) began in July 2005 with Tish…

By LISA HOBBS Bring on the competition! McMinnville?s Building and Grounds Committee has decided, although not unanimously, to interview two more people for the city?s urban forester/horticulturist position. ?I not convinced that any one of those are exactly who we are looking for,? said Alderman Jimmy Haley. ?There are one or two on the list…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON Are you an avid reader who has a badly sprained ankle or perhaps had surgery that precludes a visit to the library? Are you disabled or home bound? Caring for a homebound relative? Or maybe you?re just unable to visit the library during regular hours because of the nature of your…

Let there be lettering – Work is currently under way to paint ?McMinnville? on the downtown water tower three times. Initial plans were to paint ?City of McMinnville? on the water tower until elected officials determined the first two words were unnecessary.

By DUANE SHERRILL A 39-person docket was heard Tuesday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Court. Included in court action: ? Josh Dennis Foster was instructed to serve 30 days of an 11-29 sentence and pay $750 plus costs for simple possession of drugs. ? Sherry Moore was directed to serve 30 days for…

By DUANE SHERRILL From representing the accused to being one of the accused, a man facing a mountain of forgery charges revealed he was stopped just months short of becoming a lawyer, something he told the court Tuesday won?t stop him from representing himself ? and winning. ?To you I may just be another guy…