There are certain Saturdays in the fall when you can find Elaine Neal in Knoxville, wearing orange and cheering on the Tennessee Vols. But as it has been for the past 24 years, you can find Neal at River Park Hospital during the week, working to ensure that high-quality care is provided to patients. For…

By DUANE SHERRILL Mary Winkler puts her head in her hand during the first day of her trial in Selmer. Winkler showed the most emotion during opening arguments. With one of Mary Winkler?s daughters expected to testify against her, the defense for the accused killer went on the attack during the opening day of the…

Magness Library is celebrating its 75th year in its beautiful structure at the corner of West Main and North Chancery streets. It is also celebrating a milestone with the new building addition. Saturday morning, April 14 from 9-11 a.m., Carol Neal will lead an exciting, informative activity time program that will teach, in a very…

By JAMES CLARK Mandylor was one of the lead soccer players in the film ?The Game of Their Lives,? a touching movie by the makers of ?Rudy.? If you?re reading a list of Louis Mandylor?s acting accomplishments, you better give yourself a few minutes. Mandylor has 45 motion picture and TV roles to his credit,…

By DUANE SHERRILL A local mother says she was raped at knife point by an ex-boyfriend who threatened the lives of her and her children if she did not submit to his advances. Meanwhile, the suspect, Richard I. Turner, 46, is facing 15 to 25 years in jail on charges of aggravated rape, but maintains…

By DUANE SHERRILL With the defense claiming Mary Winkler had many times stared down the barrel of the same shotgun she used to kill her husband, two very different pictures were painted of the former preacher?s wife during opening arguments of her murder trial yesterday in Selmer. The state says Winkler was covering for her…

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…

Otelia Kiteley, nee Queen Otelia Curtis, 82, former resident of McMinnville, died May 12, 2006 in Phoenix, Ariz. in the home of her daughter Telia Teresa Kiteley. She is buried in St. Francis Cemetery in Phoenix. Otelia was born in McMinnville on May 21, 1923. Her parents were Aaron Escal Curtis and Victoria (Vickie) Curtis.…

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Mollie C. Simmons, 92, was born Dec. 18, 1914 and died April 11 at NHC Healthcare McMinnville following an extended 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.…

John Rodman Wanamaker, 83, of McMinnville went to be with his Lord on Wednesday, April 11. He was born on July 23, 1923 in Grundy County, and was preceded in death by his parents Elzie and Ida Dunn Wanamaker; brothers, Foster, Woodrow, Malcolm, Nelson, Marvin, and Farris Wanamaker; and sisters, Dottie Coppinger, Ezell Coppinger, and…