CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) ? President Bush on Saturday called for the release of 15 British sailors and marines being held by Iran, calling their capture by Tehran “inexcusable behavior.” “Iran must give back the hostages,” Bush said. “They’re innocent, they did nothing wrong, and they were summarily plucked out of waters.” Bush also said…

NASHVILLE (AP) ? A Tennessee Army National Guard company will start its second deployment overseas in about three weeks, a spokesman said. Maj. Gen. Gus Hargett, Tennessee?s adjutant general, announced Friday that 299 soldiers from the 1175th Transportation Company will deploy, but the location of their deployment and exact date were not released. The three…

By Thomas Vaughn Last week, I extolled the virtues of Unity08, the new movement to ?take our country back? from the politics of excessive partisanship and polarization.?Unity08?s immediate goal is to recruit delegates to nominate a bipartisan presidential ticket for 2008, and to do so online. Despite this noble goal, Unity08 faces a number of…

By Diana West Quick — somebody promote Lt. Cmdr. Erik Horner for good instincts. “We not only have a right to self-defense but also an obligation to self-defense,” the second-in-command officer of the USS Underwood said, referring to the surrender by 15 British sailors in Iraqi waters to Iranian forces last week. “(The British) had…

Letter to the Editor TO THE EDITOR: Do you think it is important for your children to study music or other arts? These are being taken out of the high school curriculum. Chorus has been dropped. Art II, Art III and Art IV are gone and now Theatre Arts is being canceled. All the curriculum…

By Lisa Hobbs While visiting a local restaurant over the weekend, I met a couple that was on their first visit to the restaurant with their three children. The children all looked under the age of 6 or 7. The children seemed really excited which caught the attention of me and my husband. I guess…

Hilary S. Fann became the bride of Christopher M. Pilcher March 26 in a private afternoon ceremony at the office of County Court Clerk Lisa Scott.

Members of the Lucky-Northside FCE met March 22 in the Magnolia Room for their monthly meeting. President Sandra Griffith recognized members of the Lucky Homemakers to the meeting, as well as two guests. Ila Vae Boren read for the devotional, a piece on Easter titled, ?Jesus Lives.? Roll call was answered with ?A bread I…

By DUANE SHERRILL A 146-person docket was heard Thursday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Traffic Court. Included in traffic court: ? Melanie Brimer was bound over to the grand jury on charges of fifth-offense DUI and second-offense driving on a revoked license. She must serve the balance of her former sentence for violation…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON Get ready for some picking and grinning as some of Warren County?s most talented musical performers are scheduled to take the stage when Families in Crisis presents the 7th annual Songwriter?s Night to be held Friday, April 13 at McMinnville Civic Center. The event is from 5-9:30 p.m. Wayne Wolford of…