By LISA HOBBS Concerned with the thin legal line called the Sunshine Law, McMinnville Mayor Royce Davenport wants to hold a session dedicated to what is legally permissible when it comes to elected officials, particularly when it comes to public meetings. The Sunshine Law prohibits public officials from meeting in secret to make decisions which…

By Bonnie Collier Warren County school board members are interested in questions, ideas, and concerns from our students. In order to ensure the opportunity for scheduled communication with students, members of the board?s Student Advisory Committee, along with their sponsors, Pam Youngblood and Stephanie Hanson, attend and are recognized at monthly school board meetings. Six…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON The Warren County Commission voted unanimously Monday night to issue capital outlay notes not to exceed $390,000 to purchase new school buses for the Warren County School System. This fulfills another of the promises made last year to facilitate a budget plan designed to avoid a property tax increase for the…

A tradition that has spanned over three decades will continue again this year as Morrison Ruritan accepts nominations for its prestigious Citizen of the Year Award. Club president Doug Jacobs has announced March 10 is the deadline for submitting nominations. This will be the 32nd year of the award that was started in 1975. Last…

By DUANE SHERRILL A 56-person docket was heard Tuesday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Court. Included in court action: ? Marcus C. Boren was ordered to serve 45 days of an 11-29 sentence and must stay away from Northside Video for theft and violation of probation. His sentence comes after he broke into…

By LISA HOBBS McMinnville?s Board of Zoning Appeals has paved the way for Gordon McGee Sr., and his family to use the old Powermatic building as a flea market and expo center. McGee family members announced several months ago they would be renovating the building in an attempt to bring new industry into the area.…

By DUANE SHERRILL Freedom was brief for one of the men charged with having a stash of child pornography after more charges were leveled against him and his roommate leading to his re-arrest on the felony counts. Peter Murray Gibson, 40, was taken into custody last week and served with 18 additional counts of exploitation…

Exhausted McMinnville firemen finish extinguishing the blaze which heavily damaged a Towles Avenue house Wednesday morning. No one was at home at the time of the blaze which apparently began in the attic area of the residence, which houses two apartments. The structure had been rebuilt after it burned five years ago.

By LISA HOBBS While some Main Street business owners are complaining about much-needed parking spaces downtown, other downtown merchants are compounding the problem by continuing to park on Main Street. This is a habit that irritates Diamond Jewelry owner Moody Stinson, who can?t understand why a Main Street business employee might steer away a potential…

By DUANE SHERRILL Surviving relatives of a man who died after being in the care of the NHC facility in McMinnville were awarded $4.2 million yesterday after jurors heard three weeks of testimony about the final days in the life of Cheatum Myers. ?What happened to Mr. Myers shouldn?t have happened to an animal,? said…