By DALE STUBBLEFIELD In the Gold and Silver Bowling league, Jones Twins Beauty Salon still holds on to the No.1 spot with a two-point lead over Security Federal, which has 43 points. Holder Realty is in third place with 41.5 points, followed by Dr Pepper with 40.5 and B&H Supply with 39.5. McMinnville Lanes has…

Vince Young finds open ground on a touchdown run earlier this season. Young was named the Associated Press Offensive Rookie of the Year on Wednesday. NASHVILLE (AP) ? The question almost angered Vince Young. Is he an athlete first and a quarterback second? ?I want to change the game a little bit. They say quarterbacks…

By ROB NUNLEY The Pioneer and Lady Pioneer basketball teams return to their regular-season schedule tonight, beginning a stretch of 11 games in 26 days with a district doubleheader at Sparta. But for the girls? squad, their thoughts will not only be on White County, they?ll also be with an injured teammate. Senior post Elizabeth…

By Rob Nunley Broken any resolutions yet? Yes, it?s early in 2007. But five days is still plenty of time for you fine, intelligent readers out there to have made, and broken, a few promises you made in the early hours of the new year. As for this friendly neighborhood sports columnist, I?ve used the…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD Tuesday afternoon at Boyd Christian, the Lady Broncos took on Monticello High School from Kentucky. What was supposed to be a varsity matchup between the two teams ended up with the Lady Broncos taking on the Lady Trojans? junior varsity squad, which rolled to a 54-34 win. The Lady Trojans were hot…

McMinnville resident and DeKalb County native Vada Pauline Walker Cutts, 84, was born Jan. 24, 1922 and died Jan. 1 at River Park Hospital following a lingering illness. A retired employee of McMinnville Garment Company and a member of Westside Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late William Troy and Nettie Elizabeth Mullican…

Tullahoma resident and Manilla, Philippines native Richard Lee (Dick) Wilson, 81, died Jan. 1 in Tullahoma after a long battle with lung disease. A graduate of Wisconsin Engineering School, he moved to New Jersey where he married his first wife, Caroline Olson, who preceded him in death in 1994. He served his country in World…

McMinnville resident Nina R. Self, 57, died Jan. 4 at her home. A factory worker and a member of the Baptist Church, she is survived by her husband, Jimmy L. Self; father and stepmother, Alton and Elizabeth Bain of Smithville; sons, Timmy L. Bain and Thomas Cripps, both of McMinnville; stepdaughter, Luann Cantrell of Lebanon;…

Rock Island resident Margret Ann McKeehan, 48, died Jan. 1 at St. Thomas Hospital after an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Jack Frank and Samantha Green McKeehan; and was preceded in death by daughter, Stephanie Cantrell. She is survived by daughter, Bridgett…

McMinnville resident and Putnam County native Margie Lou Frazier, 98, was born Aug. 31, 1908 and died Jan. 2 at NHC Healthcare Smithville following an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of the Grange Hall Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late James Dow and Virgie Caline Davis Allison. She was…