Warren County resident and native Hazel Williamson Martin, 90, died Jan. 11 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville. A retired supervisor at McMinnville Garment Company and a member of Central Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Henry J. and Lillie Herndon Williamson. She was also preceded in death by husband John Thomas…

Birdia June Boren, 70, of the Green Hill community died Wednesday, Jan. 10 at her residence. She was born on June 2, 1936 in Van Buren County and was preceded in death by parents, John Thomas and Birdia Belle Tippitte Miller; husband, Nelson Boren; sister, Betty Stovall; and brother Haskel Miller. Mrs. Boren was a…

Franklin resident and DeKalb County native Alton May Burbage, 86, died Jan. 8 at Bethany Healthcare in Nashville after a brief illness. A retired employee of Mary?s Greenhouse and a member of Franklin First Baptist Church and former member of Gath Baptist Church, she was the daughter of Joseph McKinley and Clara Hale Smith; and…

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Seventy percent of Americans oppose sending more troops to Iraq, according to a new poll that provides a devastatingly blunt response to President Bush’s plan to bolster military forces there. All sides in the Iraq debate are keenly aware of mounting public dissatisfaction with the situation: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said…

FORT BENNING, Ga. (AP) ? President Bush touted his new Iraq war strategy Thursday to an audience of people under orders to support it ? the troops under his command. As debate over Bush’s military buildup intensified in Washington, the president made his case at Fort Benning, which is now poised to send a combat…

COLUMBIA, Tenn. (AP) ? A man who was hit in the head with an ax died Thursday from his wounds, and his father-in-law was charged in the attack. Timothy Michael Fuller, 31, died at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville after being flown there following the attack late Wednesday night. Randy Clayton Norman, 51, was…

By Cokie & Steven Roberts When Saddam Hussein was hanged, no one in the unruly crowd shouted “Long live Iraq!” or mentioned the president of the country, Nuri al-Maliki. Instead they chanted “Moktada! Moktada! Moktada!,” the name of the radical Shiite cleric, Moktada al-Sadr. That moment symbolizes the dismal failure of President Bush’s attempts to…

By Gene Lyons Game definitely on. With Democrats assuming control of Congress, the pieces are in place for a struggle that could redefine American politics for a generation or longer. Personally, I’ve always opposed impeaching President Bush. After the Republicans’ ludicrous attempts to remove Bill Clinton, for Democrats to “normalize” the practice by appearing to…

Editorial – Our Viewpoint It took months of negotiations and a federal mediator to hammer out the final details, but in the end the teacher?s union and school board produced a pay raise package that benefits everyone involved. The teachers can be pleased because they get a raise and that?s something our hard-working educators certainly…

Editorial – Our Viewpoint Local law enforcement officials should be commended for their second successful undercover beer-buying operation in the past 18 months. The two operations have resulted in 30 arrests and shown just how easy it is to buy beer in Warren County ? even if you?re not 21. For anyone keeping track of…