Jimmy Lee Miller, 49 passed away Jan. 26 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center in Florida from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Mr. Miller worked as a diesel mechanic for Hicks Industries in Mulberry, Fla. Jimmy was an avid motorcycle rider. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Tami Miller; daughter, Joy Scriven and her…

Rock Island resident and Van Buren County native Ethel Mae Simmons McCormick, 69, was born May 6, 1937 and died Feb. 4 at her residence following an extended illness. A homemaker and member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Henry and Nettie Lou Mooneyham Simmons. She was married first…

Franklin resident and Warren County native Edith Faye Grizzell Bowling, 98, died Feb. 3. A member of Kingwood Heights Church of Christ and a retired registered nurse, she worked as a psychiatric nurse at the VA Hospital in Murfreesboro for over 25 years and was an avid gardener and rose grower. The daughter of the…

Blues Hill resident and Woodbury native Cherrie Northcutt McMahan, 48, died Feb. 4 at Erlanger Hospital after a short illness. She was a member of the 7th Day Adventist and owner of McMahan Trucking Company. She is survived by her mother, Edith Marshall Northcutt of Woodbury; husband, Bobby McMahan of Centertown; daughter, Dena (Tim) Thomas…

Morrison resident and Warren County native Amon McCormick Jr., 78, was born May 15, 1928 and died Feb. 5 at River Park Hospital following a lingering illness. An employee of Boyd Nursery, a United States Army veteran of the Korean War and a member of the Baptist Church, he was the son of the late…

BARDSTOWN, Ky. (AP) ? Fire swept through a one-story house early Tuesday, killing 10 people ? six of them children ? and leaving two others hospitalized, authorities said. Most of the victims were dead by the time firefighters reached them, Nelson County coroner Field Houghlin said. The last two bodies discovered in the charred brick…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ? A NASA astronaut accused of trying to kidnap a romantic rival for a space shuttle pilot?s affections was charged with attempted first-degree murder Tuesday and will remain jailed. “The intent was there to do serious bodily injury or death,” said Orlando Police Sgt. Barb Jones, referring to a new steel mallet,…

NASHVILLE (AP) ? Gov. Phil Bredesen on Monday proposed tripling the state?s tax on cigarettes to 60 cents a pack to pay for the bulk of a $343 million education package. Bredesen said the new tax could generate more than $200 million to pay for the increased costs of educating children from poor families, to…

By William Rusher I will confess that, as a conservative with Republican leanings, I have long nurtured a healthy fear of John Edwards. As a former senator from North Carolina, who burst onto the political scene after amassing a huge fortune as a trial lawyer, Edwards has always seemed (not least to himself) destined for…

By Morton Kondracke America desperately needs a universal health insurance plan, but political realities suggest Congress will move toward it incrementally. The demand for universal coverage, quality improvements and cost containment is mounting across the political spectrum, and every 2008 presidential candidate will have to have a plan. The demand is fueled by the steadily…