By ROB NUNLEY Both Stewart and Saul Simpson, shown above during a 2006 game, have agreed to play their college soccer for the FHU Lions. The Pioneer soccer season is still weeks away from its official kick-off, but already two members of this year?s senior class have made plans to continue their playing careers at…

Art Larson, Sr. That was quite a race last week. The final 50 laps were as good as it gets. Of course NASCAR has to create controversy as it did on the final lap by not throwing the caution flag immediately following the crash off turn 4. If NASCAR had thrown the flag, Mark Martin…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD After two weeks of practice the Warren County High School Pioneer soccer team wanted to test their skills. Friday night at the WCHS soccer field the Pioneers did just that against one of the state?s top programs. Brentwood, currently ranked No.6 in pre-season polls, got more than they bargained for from Warren…

By DUANE SHERRILL A man who stole from his own grandmother brought the ire of Judge Larry Ross last week when the victim asked the court for leniency on her grandson. ?You stole from your own grandmother,? Ross exclaimed when first told about the plea agreement which would release suspect Paul Allan Parson on time…

Moore stationed in Fort Gordon, Ga. PFC Joshua E. Moore joined the U.S. Army in September and left for basic training in October in Fort Jackson, S.C. His unit was the first in the history of the Army to graduate the nine-week basic training course in only seven weeks with 100 percent of the unit…

By LISA HOBBS The first class of the Citizens Police Academy held by McMinnville Police Department was Thursday night. The class, the idea of Police Chief Charlie Sewell, is meant to build a positive relationship between citizens and police officers. ?Policing is a partnership,? said Sewell. ?You have the same ability as a police officer.…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON Black History Month, held in February each year, provides an opportunity for communities around the nation to spotlight the contributions black Americans have made to government, education, industry, technology and science, as well as culture and the arts. Local resident Wayne Wolford has been a student of black culture and history…

The National Security Alliance?s Kid Safe Network Division is pleased to announce Paul Byars of Gary Steele Karate has been appointed to the position of field agent. The Kid Safe Network is a non-profit children?s safety and danger awareness organization that provides free child safety and danger awareness seminars, fairs and family workshops across the…

By DUANE SHERRILL A man who claimed he was only doing what he was told by an officer of the law will serve 90 days in jail after he opted not to test his version of the story on a jury. The defendant, William Rains of Chattanooga, entered a guilty plea before Circuit Court Judge…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON An Adult Oriented Business Board, created in 2004 at the request of then-County Executive Kenneth Rogers and approved by the Warren County Commission, apparently never had anyone appointed to serve on it. The board was established after county officials were contacted by individuals expressing an interest in starting an adult oriented…