Morrison resident and Cannon County native William (Bill) Lefevers, 90, died Feb. 10 at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. A retired farmer and a member of Shady Grove Church of Christ, he was the son of Benjamin Franklin and Dora Todd Lefevers; and was preceded in death by grandsons, Bobby Lefevers Jr. and John David…

Westmoreland resident and McMinnville native CSM Robert Morris Couch, 80, died Feb. 11 at his home after an extended illness. A U.S. Army veteran serving 20 years including five tours in Germany, three in Vietnam and two in Korea, he was raised in Warren County on the Higgenbotham family farm. He is survived by his…

McMinnville resident Jackie Wayne Bandy, 54, died at his home Feb. 6. He served his country and community with 22 years of active service in the Tennessee Army National Guard, 278 ACR, prior to retiring as Sergeant First Class. The son of the late Hebron and Frances Bandy, he is survived by his wife, Bridget…

McMinnville resident and Rock Island County, Ill., native Gary William Audas, Sr., 64, was born April 24, 1942 and died Feb. 11 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness. He was a retired truck driver and the son of the late Rufus William and Viola Marie Schukman Audas. He was married to Elizabeth Pascale…

Morrison resident and Warren County native Delorise Newberry Barnes, age 58, was born June 4, 1948 and died Feb. 10 at Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro following an extended illness. An employee of Oster Corporation and a member of the Covenant Fellowship Church, she was the daughter of the late Glyn and Annie Richardson…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) ? An off-duty police officer having an early Valentine’s Day dinner with his wife was credited Tuesday with helping stop a rampage in a crowded shopping mall by an 18-year-old gunman who shot five people to death before he was killed by police. A day after the shooting, investigators struggled to…

Letter to the Editor TO THE EDITOR: I know that with all that?s going on in our lives today and the seriousness of the many things we have to worry about this may seem pale and way down on the list, but it is a problem we can do something about. When I was returning…

By Charlie Johnson Since there?s really nothing going on right now to inspire a theme-based word column, I?m just going to choose some random words and terms that have piqued my fancy over the years. Hopefully readers will find them interesting as well. The first is a phrase that may be seen in more than…

ATLANTA (AP) ? The head of the Cartoon Network resigned Friday over a publicity stunt that caused a terrorism scare in Boston. In a memo to staff members, Jim Samples, general manager and executive vice president, said he regretted the incident and felt “compelled to step down, effective immediately, in recognition of the gravity of…

Microwave ovens seem to get more complex each year. Sales-hungry manufacturers are heating up their product lines with greater capacity, convection cooking, and other features — such as grilling and browning — aimed at homeowners who want a second oven without having to remodel. But when it comes to performance, not every model shines like…