By CHARLES W. JOHNSON Have you ever wanted to pull a really embarrassing prank on a friend but just couldn?t get past the guilty feeling that comes from doing something silly and non-productive? But what if you could come up with a way to prank that friend and support a good cause at the same…

The following is a listing of the names of record of MTSU students from Warren County who graduated during the spring 2007 commencement ceremony held May 5 in Murphy Center on the MTSU campus. ? Bowen Lindsay Clark, BS ? Christopher David George, BA ? Valerie E. Giles, BBA ? Andrea P Gross, BS ?…

On-site registration for summer classes will be held at all Motlow College sites May 23, according to Greer Alsup, director of admissions and records at the college. The college offers students three options when choosing summer classes. They can attend the full summer term, which begins May 29, the first-half session, which also begins May…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON Graduating senior Michael McDaniel pauses before the ceremony to visit with his mom Mildred, holding the solitary rose that, along with the candlelight recessional, has also become a tradition at the graduation. As parents, relatives, teachers and friends looked on, 40 students walked across the stage Friday night at Van Buren…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON An organization that has been known for helping others for over a century now needs your help for its local chapter. Since its humble beginnings in 1887, when a Denver priest, two ministers and a rabbi put their heads together to plan the first united campaign for 10 health and welfare…

TODAY, MAY 20 Highland School reunion will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. For information call 686-2641. The Centertown Cemetery decoration will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. Donations for upkeep may be sent to Yvonne Gunter, 8087 Jacksboro Road, McMinnville, Tenn., 37110. The New Union Cemetery Association will meet at 2:30 p.m.…

By DUANE SHERRILL Boyd Christian School?s class of 2007 will be remembered as one of the most academic ever, with most of its graduating class inducted into the National Honor Society and half boasting a 4.0 GPA. ?This is a very academic-minded class,? said Boyd principal Jeanne Hagar of the 14 graduates who participated in…

By DUANE SHERRILL A woman who decided to rent to pawn instead of renting to own faces charges of hindering secured creditors for absconding with rented property. The defendant, Kimberly Breedlove, 32, is charged with hindering secured creditors, namely Rent-A-Center, and is set for a hearing June 12. Breedlove was charged after she and her…

By DUANE SHERRILL A man who allegedly tried to pick up his grandmother?s prescription three days after she died has been bound to the grand jury on drug fraud charges. The suspect, Jesse Eugene Miller, 22, waived his right to a preliminary hearing before General Sessions Judge Larry Ross Tuesday and was bound to the…

By JAMES CLARK She seemed like a perfectly healthy fourth-grader at Eastside, bouncing around the playground and having fun with her friends. Then about a month ago Preslie Slatton was diagnosed with leukemia. ?You see them every day and you don?t think they can get sick like that,? said Leigh Hillis, one of Preslie?s teachers.…