Penny Lee receives a special hug from 5-year-old daughter, Hannah. The pair enjoyed a Mother?s Day Tea at Westwood Day School Friday. Little boys often want to ?marry their mommies.? Even after they outgrow the infatuation stage, ?Mom? certainly sets the standard for the other women in their lives. Mother-daughter relationships have perhaps even more…

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) ? New NASCAR owner Bobby Ginn plans to pursue Dale Earnhardt Jr. ? with every intent of landing him ? as soon as Junior is ready to hear offers. ?We would stretch as hard as we could stretch to do it,? Ginn said by telephone Friday night. ?You want the best, the…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ? Speeds were slower than expected, but there was no lack of drama Saturday on the opening day of qualifications for the 91st Indianapolis 500. IRL president Brian Barnhardt couldn?t wait to try out the new qualifying procedure for the 500. And, after rain washed out the opening day of time trials the…

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) ? Denny Hamlin won the Diamond Hill Plywood 200 for the second straight year Friday night, again surviving a wreck-filled Busch Series event at historic Darlington Raceway. Hamlin, a Virginia native, then paid tribute to the victims of the Virginia Tech massacre, taking a school flag along for his victory lap. Hamlin…

Tommy Urbanski, the bouncer paralyzed in a Vegas club shooting which followed an incident involving the Titans? Adam ?Pacman? Jones, is comforted in his hospital bed by his wife, Kathy. Urbanski has a 9mm bullet permanently lodged in his spine. DENVER (AP) ? Tommy Urbanski fidgets in his electronic wheelchair, trying to find a comfortable…

For his final year as a racer in the Junior 10-14 category at last weekend?s Highland Rim Cycling Classic, local racer Robby Judkins took second place in the road race and fourth in the time trial, finishing it in 17 minutes, 25 seconds ? 31 seconds better than his time from last year?s race. Next…

Security Federal Tennis Tournament The Security Federal Savings Bank tennis tournament is scheduled for June 5-9 at the McMinnville Civic Center tennis courts. Entry fee is $15 per person for singles and $15 per person for doubles, except for members of MTA, whose fee is $10 per event. Men?s singles and Ladies singles, with A,…

In the boys 9- and 10-year-old baseball league BLC Braves slipped past L&C Custom Homes 12-11 in five innings. Dylan Bond and Christian Wilkinson worked the mound for the Braves. Bond gave up one hit in two innings of work, while Wilkinson worked three innings and allowed just one hit. The Braves scored three runs…

Bobby Ray Elementary first-grader Angela Pruitt shows the flower pot she decorated for her mother. After decorating the pots, students added soil and flower seeds.

By DUANE SHERRILL A woman who allegedly tried to run down her live-in boyfriend with the car he helped pay for was bound to the grand jury after the victim testified the whole incident wasn?t really that bad. The defendant, Amanda Rose Womack, 20, was bound to the grand jury on the charge of aggravated…