By DUANE SHERRILL An 87-person docket was heard Thursday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Traffic Court. Included in traffic court action: ? Dewey Randolph was ordered to serve 120 days of an 11-29 sentence and must pay $1,100 plus costs and lose his license for three years for third-offense DUI. ? Charlie King…

By DUANE SHERRILL Three drunk men joyriding on the back of a stolen lawnmower face felony charges after they allegedly traded the stolen mower for a bag of marijuana and were caught smoking up their profits. Dustin Lee Cope, Floyd Wayne Craven and Ronnie A. Craven were all bound to the grand jury on charges…

By LISA HOBBS With summer right around the corner, gas prices are once again on the move so summer vacation plans might be placed on hold or dampened altogether. Gas prices rose 10 to 14 cents again Friday, placing the local cost between $2.53 to $2.69 per gallon ? and all signs point to a…

Scout Sullivan, 7, begins breaking apart one of the many eggs he collected yesterday morning during the Jaycee Egg Hunt at Pistole Park. Toboggans and heavy coats were a common sight as children bundled up to stay warm with temperatures in the low 30s.

Those interested in the trial of accused killer Mary Winkler will have to go no further than their couch to see gavel-to-gavel coverage on TV as NewsChannel 5 has announced plans to cover the entire trial on its sister station. The trial will be seen live on NewsChannel 5+ (Channel 50 on Charter and Comcast…

By LISA HOBBS Citizens Police Academy members got more rare insight into the world of law enforcement Thursday night. They came face to face with a police officer?s worst nightmare ? to shoot, or not to shoot. For the demonstration, Major Bryan Denton taped scenarios where police officers are commonly called to the scene. Volunteers…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON Dowie and Amy Green stand among the remains of their home days after it was leveled by a tornado which ripped through the northern part of the county. There are many stories generated by the devastating storms that ripped through Warren County last April, leaving behind three deaths and millions of…

By DUANE SHERRILL Two weeks after the accident that nearly claimed their lives, two local teens remain critical, both under treatment at Erlanger Medical Center with their families waiting nearby for any change in their conditions. The victims, Cody Allen Smith, 19, and Charles McBride, 19, are listed in critical condition in the trauma intensive…

Altamont resident and native Timmie L. Rollings, 98, died 16 days before her 99th birthday April 4. The daughter of John and Bertha Freuderburg Scruggs, she was a member of the Baptist faith and was preceded in death by her husband, Frank E. Rollings; brothers, Tom, Robert and Clarence Scruggs; sisters, Addie Scruggs, Ada Payne…

McMinnville resident and Putnam County native Nickie Dwayne Smartt Jr., 30, died unexpectedly April 4. A carpenter and a member of the Baptist Church, he was the son of Nickie and Linda Smartt of McMinnville and is survived by daughter, Faith Nichole Smartt of McMinnville; stepdaughter, Katlyn Sharp of McMinnville; sister and brother-in-law, Denise and…