By Margaret Hobbs Thrift shopper Alice L. Graves checks out a nice jacket with the enticing ticket price of $4.99. She is a long-time thrift shopper and is always looking for a good deal. When you think of a thrift shop, one immediately thinks about saving money, something we all strive to do. Finding a…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ? Ohio State finally found an SEC team it could beat. With Greg Oden playing his most dominating game so far ? 24 points, 15 rebounds and numerous shots altered on defense ? the fifth-ranked Buckeyes defeated No. 16 Tennessee 68-66 on Saturday. Ron Lewis? 3-pointer with 11.2 seconds left gave the…

Big rack – Eli Maples, left, and T. Maples, along with their father Tim Maples, show off this nine-pointer killed over the holiday weekend in the Bonecave area.

Polar Bear Days The McMinnville Parks and Recreation is hosting a Polar Bear 5K run and a Polar Bear one-mile walk and the opportunity to suit up and take a Polar Bear Plunge into the Gilley Pool on Saturday, Jan. 20, at 11 a.m. Registration fee is $5 and you may register at the McMinnville…

The Warren County Pioneerette High School Dance Team competed on Dec. 16 in Gatlinburg at the UDA Christmas Classic and placed first against eight other teams from Kentucky and Tennessee in the Varsity Hip Hop Division. The Dance Team is now preparing to compete in the National Dance Team Championship in Orlando at the Wide…

Monday, Jan. 15 Boyd basketball, at Webb, 6 p.m. WCMS basketball, JV (girls only) at home vs. Coffee County, 4:30 WCMS basketball, varsity at home vs. Coffee County, 6 p.m. WCHS freshman basketball, at Riverdale, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16 WCHS basketball, at home vs. Oakland, 6:30 WCHS wrestling, at Hickory Creek vs. Cookeville, 7…

West Elementary principal Marsha Newman is announcing the honor rolls for the third six weeks: First Honor Roll ? All A?s Third Grade ? Richard Almaguer, Maeghan Bates, Jathon Bouldin, Lorren Cannon, Thomas Cantrell, Reed-Tucker Garrison, Saul Haney, Kaylan Jordan, Ashlee Martin, Shelbie McCormack, Izzy McDonnell, Tyler Mills, Emily Milstead, Kaitlyn Morris, Raylee Pack, Natalie…

Walter Maxwell, 72, of McMinnville died Thursday, Jan. 11 at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville. He was born on Sept. 27, 1934 in DeKalb County. He was preceded in death by his parents Robert Lee Maxwell and Annie Laura Martin Maxwell. Mr. Maxwell was a U.S. Army veteran, a retired machinist with Magnetek Century Electric,…

Morrison resident and Warren County native Mildred Louise Kirby Reed, 73, was born Aug. 30, 1933 and died Jan. 11 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of Providence Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late William H. and Hallie Mae Miller Kirby. She was married to…

McMinnville resident and Warren County native James Clark Butcher, 61, was born Sept. 25, 1945 and died Jan. 11 at the VA Hospital in Nashville following a four-month illness. He was a brick mason, a United States Army veteran of the Vietnam War, attended the Church of Christ and was the son of the late…