By LISA HOBBS Getting the most out of high school students may be as simple as offering the right incentives. With that in mind, the Warren County High School PTO Pride and the Yorozu Corporation have teamed up to give teens just that ? an incentive program for good grades, behavior and attendance. ?This is…

Sharon Patricia Data, 60, died Jan. 16. The daughter of the late John Batiste an Grace E. Karr Data, she was also preceded in death by brother, James Data. She was a graduate of West Lafayette High School in Indiana, received her bachelor degree in political science from Purdue and her law degree from Northwestern.…

Detroit, Mich., resident and Warren County native Mary Ellen Melton, age 88, was born April 4, 1918 and died Jan. 8 at Garden City Hospital in Detroit. A retired employee of Ford Motor Company and a member of the Assembly of God, she was the daughter of the late Franklin and Josie Smith Ritchey. She…

Spencer resident and White County native Marlon Brice (Ajack) McClure, 72, died Jan. 18 at White County Hospital. A nursery worker, he was the son of Raymond Brice and Ophia Elizabeth Johnson McClure and was preceded in death by son, Hoppie McClure and sister, Diana Rainwater. He is survived by daughters and sons-in-law, Beverly and…

McMinnville native and Beaumont, Texas resident James Frederick Boyd, 74, died Nov. 13, 2006. The son of the late A. Frederick Boyd and the late Judith Elizabeth Yager Boyd Davis, he was preceded in death by his wife, Betty Ann McLinn; sister, Judith Ann Davis Shain Turner; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. F.C. Boyd Sr. and…

George Washington Fulp, 81, died Jan 16 in Nashville. He was born in High Point, N.C., Feb. 22, 1925 to the late Floyd and Eugenia Jones Fulp. He was also preceded in death by brother, Maylon Fulp and sisters, Alma Cox and Alva Lee Cox. He is survived by wife Alberta Kirby Fulp of McMinnville;…

McMinnville resident and Lexington, Ky., native Alexander Clarke Reed III, 53, was born Oct. 14, 1953 and passed away Jan. 17 at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga after suffering a ruptured brain aneurysm. A network manager for BellSouth in Manchester, he is survived by his wife, Sandra Margrave Reed of McMinnville; son, Alexander Clarke Reed…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ? A woman who competed in a radio station’s contest to see how much water she could drink without going to the bathroom died of water intoxication, the coroner’s office said Saturday. Jennifer Strange, 28, was found dead Friday in her suburban Rancho Cordova home hours after taking part in the “Hold…

AMERICAN FORK, Utah (AP) ? Three pregnant teens living in a group home whacked the director in the head with a frying pan, tied her up and then fled in a stolen minivan, police said. The director, who was tied up with power cords Tuesday, eventually broke free and called police, police Sgt. Shauna Greening…

UNION, Mo. (AP) ? The parents of a Missouri teen told Oprah Winfrey in a show airing yesterday that their son hasn’t told them directly but they believe he was sexually abused during the more than four years he was missing. “OK, I’m going to go there and ask you, what do you think happened?…