By ROB NUNLEY Members of the Lady Pioneer varsity team recognized during Sunday?s banquet for their effort during the 2006-2007 season were, from left, Brittany Frazier, Sarah Roller and Brooke Bowman. Warren County High School?s basketball programs recognized several players for their efforts Sunday, as freshman and varsity awards were doled out at the teams?…

By Art Larson Sr. Justin Allgaier, left, is pictured after capturing a third-place finish at Chili Bowl in Tulsa, Okla., in January 2007. He is pictured with race winner and past NASCAR champion Tony Stewart, center, and and current NASCAR driver J.J. Yeley. I?m proud to say I?m a close friend of the Allgaier Motorsports…

By ROB NUNLEY Jon Bryant delivers a pitch during the second inning of Monday?s game. The Bronco baseball team was firing on all cylinders Monday afternoon at Edley Newman Field, during their game against the St. Andrew?s-Sewanee Mountain Lions. Boyd posted three runs in each of Monday?s first three innings, and blew the game open…

By Dale Stubblefield There?s only one thing a golf enthusiast needs to hear to know spring has sprung, ?A tradition unlike any other ? The Masters.? Such simple words to describe an architectural masterpiece, which was designed more than 70 years ago by Bobby Jones and Alister Mackenzie. Jones and Mackenzie collaborated on the design…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD Mio Nakagawa delivers a forehand during her 8-2 win over Blackman?s Candice Cutlip Monday at the Civic Center Courts. The Lady Pioneer tennis team won its match 4-3. The winning streak continued for the Pioneer tennis team Monday, as Warren County?s boys rolled past Blackman 5-2 in District 7-AAA action at the…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON The 2005 Leadership McMinnville class recently made a significant donation to Magness Library which, as part of a new fundraising effort by the library, will be designated to help furnish and equip the library?s new expansion which is currently in progress. The $2,500 donation will be used to purchase equipment to…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON Minor improvements to Warren County Jail are being proposed in an effort to pave the way for the facility to achieve state certification. The original booking section and sally-port designed into the jail are still not being utilized due to staffing and some security concerns from Sheriff Jackie Matheny. The improvements,…

By LISA HOBBS An important aspect of the district attorney?s office may be the least known. The child support division serves Warren and Van Buren counties with little to no recognition for what they do. Even though the division currently handles 2,868 active cases and is run by assistant district attorney Joshua Crain and his…

By JAMES CLARK The verdict is in. Warren County High School?s mock trial team is No. 1 in its district and 15th best in the state. The ruling comes after WCHS competed in the 27th annual Tennessee State High School Mock Trial Competition at the end of March after winning its district competition in February.…

McMinnville resident and White County native William Ernest (Ernie) Roberts, 57, died March 27 at River Park Hospital. A retired machinist at DeZurik, he was preceded in death by his father, James Robert Roberts, his sister, Elizabeth Bradley and stepfather, Robert Crump. He is survived by his wife, Deborah Roberts; sons and daughter-in-law, Donovan Roberts,…