Part-time employee Nira Snyder arranges canned goods at the food bank office. Can you imagine providing 27,900 meals? That?s exactly what the Warren County Emergency Food Bank did in 2006. That?s 7,140 more meals than in 2005. In fact, the food bank has experienced an annual increase in the amount of aid requested and delivered…

By DUANE SHERRILL Saying the man who claimed he was intentionally run over with a vehicle is ?crazy,? the driver of the vehicle stood up in court and took responsibility for being behind the wheel, telling lawmen they have the wrong man charged. ?He?s crazy,? said Jose Cruz, pointing to accuser Patrick Lynn Cunningham who…

By DUANE SHERRILL Despite claims that Charles Stewart stepped into a woman?s shower uninvited, circulated naked pictures of her, and even made a call to her employer saying she was on drugs, he walked from the courtroom a free man Tuesday. It was a twisted maze of testimony between Stewart and his ex-girlfriend, Linda Cooper,…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON Cumberland Caverns is one of the premeir tourist attractions in Warren County. After operating under the direction of president Roy Davis for decades, a family from Branson, Missouri purchased controlling interest in the business on Wednesday. Co-founder of Cumberland Caverns Roy Davis announced Wednesday that his friends, Jim Herschend and his…

By DUANE SHERRILL With a state witness claiming two alleged Short Mountain drug dealers trafficked over 100 pounds of marijuana every two weeks for several years, prosecutors are set to close their case against alleged drug kingpins Morris Roller and Jeff Young when trial resumes Tuesday at the federal courthouse in Chattanooga. ?We?ve had a…

By DUANE SHERRILL Too sane for a mental institution, but too insane for a trial by jury, a local man who kidnapped a 4-year-old boy this past summer is free on bond and will likely escape serving any time behind bars. ?What?s going to happen if he decides to do this again?? asked the distraught…

Cumberland Caverns Road resident and Louisville, Ky., native Standiford R. Gorin, 84, died Jan. 31 at River Park Hospital after a short illness. A officer and developer with Cumberland Caverns Inc., he helped develop the tourist destination into a major nationwide public attraction. In addition to his work with Cumberland Caverns, he was a retired…

Woodbury resident and Warren County native Estelle Carrick Fitts, 74, died Jan. 30 at Stones River Hospital after a short illness. A homemaker and a member of the Presbyterian Church, she was the daughter of the late Dallas Bedford and Nettie Lance Carrick and was preceded in death by her husband, Hoyte Fitts Sr.; and…

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Elizabeth Ruth Martin, 73, was born Feb. 16, 1933 and died Jan. 30 at River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. A retired cook with the Warren County School System, she was a member of Clark United Methodist Church. She was married to Charles Martin who preceded her in…

WASHINGTON (AP) ? People once again spent everything they made and then some last year, pushing the personal savings rate to the lowest level since the Great Depression more than seven decades ago. The Commerce Department reported Thursday that the savings rate for all of 2006 was a negative 1 percent, meaning that not only…