By DUANE SHERRILL A local mother was given probation and must make a public apology for her actions in accosting a high school teacher last year during a dispute involving her daughter?s cellphone. The mother, Tina Marcom, was granted a one-year judicial diversion on the charge of assault, meaning she may have her record erased…

By DUANE SHERRILL A local father will serve 45 days behind bars for slinging a 13-year-old around a room by her ponytail. The defendant, Jeffery David Skiles, 38, was ordered to serve 45 days of a one-year sentence on charges of child abuse for the incident which occurred last year. He will be allowed to…

By DUANE SHERRILL Three teens have been charged for a hate crime after they allegedly opened fire with paintball guns on the historic home of an Irving College man, reportedly targeting him because he is homosexual. The male teens, two age 15 and one 16, are each charged with delinquency to the act of vandalism…

By JAMES CLARK Once in the Middle East, the primary mission of the Tullahoma National Guard unit will be transporting heavy military equipment such as this Bradley Fighting Vehicle pictured near Baqubah, Iraq. Four Warren County residents with the Tullahoma National Guard are expected to receive their mobilization orders next month and be deployed to…

By DUANE SHERRILL Describing a pattern of physical, mental and sexual abuse, the psychologist for Mary Winkler said the accused killer suffered from post-traumatic stress syndrome and was unable to be responsible for her actions when she shot her husband in the back while he slept in their Selmer home last year. ?Significant mental health…

By DUANE SHERRILL MATT WINKLER McMinnville residents took turns with the brush Tuesday and painted former Central Church of Christ youth minister Matthew Winkler as a dominating bully who dictated his wife?s every move. ?He had a reputation as a bully,? testified local resident and longtime Highway Patrol Sgt. Jimmy Jones of his one-time meeting…

Students and faculty at Virginia Tech University were in shock Monday after a gunman shot and killed at least 32 people and injured 21 during the most deadly shooting spree in U.S. history. Federal law enforcement officials said that the 32 dead includes the shooter. Campus police said there was only one shooter responsible for…

McMinnville resident and Cannon County native Velma Jones Davenport, 66, was born April 19, 1940 and died April 12 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville following a short illness. A retired business teacher with the Warren County School System and a member of Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church, she was the daughter of the late…

Patricia Ann Addison, 65, passed away Monday, April 9 at her residence. Born in Dickenson County, she was a daughter of the late Clyde and Elsie Dorton Counts. She had worked for Nationwide Insurance in Grundy for 20 years and was last employed as an agent at Triple A Insurance in Abingdon. She was of…

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Mollie C. Simmons, 92, was born Dec. 18, 1914 and died April 11 at NHC Healthcare McMinnville following a brief illness. A homemaker and a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah?s Witness, she was the daughter of the late Lawson and Sarah Jones Hillis. She was married Oct.…