Letter to the Editor To the Editor: I just want everyone to know not all the people in Warren County are supporting Mary Winkler. I, as well as others, have seen Mary out and about and we can tell you all that this is a woman with no remorse at all. I myself watched her…

By Duane Sherrill Is there another place in this whole country where a woman who confessed to killing her preacher husband by shooting him in the back while he slept would be so readily accepted into a community? The recent stir over the Mary Winkler case came last week when photos of her enjoying herself…

BALTIMORE (AP) ? A state buyout program and an industry change to raising tobacco on contract for the cigarette industry mean Maryland is facing its first spring since 1939 without a tobacco auction. Farmers used to haul loads to warehouses where auctioneers dealt their crops to cigarette makers and other buyers. But with only about…

NASHVILLE (AP) ? Fourteen former Nashville Kats cheerleaders who claimed they were videotaped with a hidden camera as they changed clothes in a dressing room received $762,500 in a settlement with the firm that runs the arena. Terms of the December 2004 agreement were made public Friday, according to The Tennessean newspaper, which fought for…

By Thomas Vaughn Last year, leading Democrats promised if they gained control of Congress, they would move quickly to require the government to negotiate the prices on pharmaceuticals covered by the new Medicare drug benefit. Last month, House Democrats made good on their campaign promises by passing Bill HR4 to do just that.?Their rationale is…

Cokie & Steven Roberts Often a speech is significant for what it leaves out. In his State of the Union address, President Bush never mentioned the word “abortion,” even though the 34th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision was only days away. What a relief. For many years, the abortion issue has taken up…

Letter to the Editor TO THE EDITOR: It saddens me about what happened to Mary Winkler on New Year?s?Eve.?Apparently two people made a point to go over to her table, taunt her, take pictures of her and then make sure those pictures got to the news.? For what? Their few minutes in the spotlight, or…

Letter to the Editor TO THE EDITOR: I would just like to express my opinion and comments on the news story aired on Channel 4 on Feb. 1 by the I-Team on Mary Winkler. This story was appalling and disgusting. First of all, Mary was not breaking any laws or doing anything wrong. Mary has…

By Lisa Hobbs OK, I give. I wasn?t going to use this week?s column to discuss the Mary Winkler developments but I guess with all the phone calls, discussions and news crews around town, I will. This has become a really dirty game of ?Who?s seen Waldo? and I just have to say, ?Who hasn?t…

ATLANTA (AP) ? A federal jury convicted a former Coca-Cola secretary Friday of conspiring to steal trade secrets from the beverage giant in an effort to sell them to rival Pepsi. Joya Williams faces up to 10 years in prison. No sentencing date was immediately set. The jury of seven women and five men deliberated…