By LISA HOBBS The school system?s leadership team is ready to say farewell after a successful year. The team has spent most of the 2006-2007 school year working to make a difference for school-age children of Warren County. ?This is the first year for several members of this team,? said professional and community development coordinator…

By LISA HOBBS The overwhelming and long-reaching effects of domestic violence and stalking was on the agenda Thursday night for the members of the Citizens Police Academy. The class addressed misunderstood and easily overlooked acts in today?s society. Domestic violence it is not confined to any ethnicity or socio-economic levels. It is not isolated to…

By DUANE SHERRILL As the nation?s attention was focused on Selmer last week, the woman who first brought CNN cameras and the media spotlight to the front lawn of Warren County Courthouse nearly 12 years ago was released from prison without herald. Jennie Bain Ducker, 32, was released last week after serving over 11 years…

By DUANE SHERRILL Weeks after beating charges that he attacked a Warren County jailer, alleged drive-by shooter Deonray Fisk could be looking at significantly more time after more indictments were handed down against him for the holiday ambush which left one man wounded. Fisk, 27, who has been held in lieu of bond at Warren…

By DUANE SHERRILL Saying Tennessee was a rock among a political storm which swept away many Republicans during the midterm elections of 2006, Tennessee Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey envisions widening the GOP majority in the state legislature. Ramsey also touted a presidential bid by Fred Thompson in 2008. ?The Republicans lost the majority in the…

By JAMES CLARK Tennessee?s first sales tax holiday last August saved consumers an estimated $15 million over three days. With back-to-school shopping not such a focus in April, this weekend?s sales tax holiday isn?t expected to create such a stir. But it?s still a way for shoppers to save 9.75 percent on a variety of…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON As members of the National Guard?s 1175th Transportation Company, based out of Tullahoma, prepare for deployment to Iraq, there are many stories of sacrifices made by the families, loved ones and friends who are left behind. But surely one of the most poignant is the story of one soldier who will…

By DUANE SHERRILL A masked gunman targeted a store in one of the busiest parts of McMinnville Monday night and escaped with hundreds of dollars in cash after robbing the Shell Station on North Chancery Street. The heist happened just after 9 p.m. at the convenience store across from Wal-Mart and just down from a…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON After a year of work and preparation, including negotiating a plant site, Warren County will be welcoming a new industry into the community. Thermo Flex, a subsidiary of PolyFlex Products, will be opening a plant in one of the buildings located at the Carrier complex in Morrison with plans to eventually…

McMinnville resident Paulette Hubert, 73, died April 23 at NHC Healthcare after a sudden illness. A homemaker and a member of St. Catherine?s Catholic Church and a lay Salvatorian, she was preceded in death by her parents, Frantisek and Skolastika Kuricowa Strateny; two brothers and one sister. She is survived by her husband, Bernard Hubert;…