By CHARLES W. JOHNSON Southern Creations owner Sue Taylor shows some of the beautiful and colorful items available in her shop for Valentine?s Day giving. Most people would agree that Valentine?s Day is all about flowers, even though other items, like candy and jewelry, do figure into the holiday gift giving as well. But flowers…

The internationally-acclaimed human rights exhibition ?Speak Truth to Power? will be on display at the Tennessee State Museum through Feb. 28. Based upon the book ?Speak Truth to Power,? which sparked the formation of a non-profit group of the same name that promotes human rights around the world, the exhibition at the museum features 50…

Linda Schlimmer and Irene Fuston were the hostesses for the February meeting of the Midway FCE. They met at the community center, with Hilda Lytle visiting the group. President Zella Cook officiated at the meeting, Jean Cantrell read from Matthew 5:1-13. The group recited the Pledge of Allegiance to our flag. Roll call was answered…

The Frist Center for the Visual Arts presents the exhibition Matisse, Picasso, and the School of Paris: Masterpieces from The Baltimore Museum of Art, opening March 2. While 27 works by Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso form the core of this remarkable exhibition and give the show its name, signature works by predecessors Claude Monet,…

By Margo Howard Dear Margo: My wife and I have been married for 18 years. We have an 18-year-old daughter together, and my wife has a 22-year-old daughter by someone else. The stepdaughter and I get along reasonably well. Last year she decided a black man was her choice for a partner. They moved in…

By Margaret hobbs Little Miss Valentine royal court includes, from left, Macy Harrell, Miss Congenality; Rylie Lee Crawford, first runner-up; Shelby Jo Ann Miller, 2007 Little Miss Valentine; Michaela Pleasant, 2006 Little Miss; and Eden Mikayla Parsons, second runner-up. From a field of 29 little ?sweethearts,? Shelby Jo Ann Miller, rose to the top with…

Wrestling has historically been a game of black and white, good and bad, heel versus babyface, with the audience groomed to support the good guy and hope the bad guy gets what?s coming to him in the end. Throughout history we?ve had these polar opposites from Hogan and the Iron Sheik all the way to…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD Monday night in the Charlie Dalton gym, the Dibrell Wildcats rolled to a 39-17 win over Irving College in the consolation game of the Warren County Elementary tournament. Dibrell was off and running in the first period, with five straight points coming from Kris Callender and Timothy Conley. The Tigers? only basket…

By Dale Stubblefield There?s a super bug out there and it?s lurking in locker rooms. Today?s athletes just don?t have to worry about playing the game, but they need to be aware of what might be waiting for them off the field. Staph infections are popping up all across the country in athletic locker rooms,…

By ROB NUNLEY The Pioneers? chance at completing a Senior Night sweep was just off the mark Saturday night. A potential game-winning shot and game-tying putback attempt both rimmed out, allowing DeKalb County to escape with a 45-43 win in Warren County?s regular season finale. With the loss, Warren County wrapped up its season with…