By ROB NUNLEY The second-straight day of action for the Warren County Middle School tennis programs produced a similar result to the previous one, as the teams split in their Tuesday afternoon trip to Siegel. The Pioneer boys came away from Murfreesboro with a narrow 8-7 win, improving to 5-1 on the year, while the…

By Joey Wray The TWRA has announced that it is undertaking a full redesign of the official hunting and trapping, fishing and waterfowl hunting regulation guides for 2007/2008. The publications, which have traditionally been printed on newsprint, will be completely redesigned. The new layout and design will result in an easier to read publication with…

By ROB NUNLEY A winless regular season came to an end for the Boyd high school soccer team Tuesday, as they were handed an 8-0 defeat by Marshall County at Pistole Park. The youthful Bronco squad struggled to control the ball throughout the game, and Marshall County?s Tigers took advantage, keeping Boyd busy on the…

McMinnville native and resident Robert Louis McKinley, 46, died Sunday, April 29 at River Park Hospital. He was born Feb. 19, 1961, the son of Bobby and Linda Rutledge, who survive. He was a member of the Church of Christ and a factory worker. Other survivors include wife Lisa Kay McKinley of Freemont, Ohio, daughter…

Baxter resident and Cookeville native Paul Wayne Allison, 65, died April 27. A nursery owner and a member of Hickory Grove the Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Virdie Douglas Allison and Irene Maxwell Davis and was preceded in death by stepfather, Frank Davis. He is survived by his wife, Adelle Allison;…

East Ridge resident Lloyd H. Boren, 87, died May 2. A member of Simpson Memorial Methodist Church, he was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and a member of VFW Post 1289. He worked as a welder with Simplicity System and had worked at Combustion Engineering, the Herman Gann Company and with Bi-Lo.…

Lincoln Park, Mich., resident Kathleen R. Taylor, 48, died May 1. She is survived by her husband, Dennis; children and their spouses, Shannon and Thomas Dunne, Ann and Mike Beckenridge, Amy Alame and Randy Taylor; seven grandchildren; her father, Donald McGuire; mother-in-law, Faye Sowell; brother and sister-in-law, Donald and Stormy McGuire; sisters and brothers-in-law, Sandy…

McMinnville resident and Grundy County native Alva Hembree Tate, 101, was born Oct. 10, 1905 and died May 1 at his residence following an extended illness. A self-employed nurseryman and a member of the Methodist Church, he was the son of the late Willie Clyde and Bessie Dagma Morton Tate. He was married to Novella…

WASHINGTON (AP) ? A bid to allow lower-priced drugs to be imported from Canada and elsewhere survived a challenge in the Senate on Thursday, making approval likely early next week despite the Bush administration?s opposition. The Senate, on a 63-28 vote, effectively endorsed the measure as an amendment to legislation related to the Food and…

WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Bush?s top aides sat down with Democrats on Capitol Hill Thursday to discuss the Iraq war in the first serious overture by both sides to cooperate. Both sides came armed with ideas and notebooks and talked for some 45 minutes. They agreed to meet again early next week and not to…