By DUANE SHERRILL A 65-person docket was heard Thursday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Traffic Court. Included in traffic court action: ? Adam Ware was given an 11-month, 29-day sentence for fourth-offense driving on a suspended license, evading arrest and possession of drugs. ? Simon R. Castillo was ordered to serve 11 days…

By DUANE SHERRILL Eighteen people were sentenced this past week by Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley. Included in Circuit Court action: ? Myrna Michelle Byars was ordered to serve 350 days of a 10-year sentence on numerous counts of theft and forgery. She will be allowed to enter the drug court program instead of prison;…

The Ben Lomand Garden Club and the First United Methodist Church joined with others to ?Keep Tennessee Beautiful.? The day was spent cleaning downtown. By the end of the day, 25 bags of litter and a numerous amount of cigarette butts were collected by 18 children and seven adults. Pictured, from left, are Harley Davis,…

WASHINGTON (AP) – Marie Jordan Speer and Jessica Byrd each sent a husband to war. Each became a widow in her early 20s. Speer had a 1-year-old son. Byrd was pregnant with her son. Suddenly on their own, both women were again dependent on their families. The biggest difference between their plights is 60 years…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD Tryouts were held this past week for six athletic teams at the Warren County High School. Coaches graded players on speed, agility and ball handling skills. Coach David Upton kept a roster of 17 players for his Lady Pioneer softball team with four seniors to lead the way. The remaining of the…

By ROB NUNLEY The five-team youth division of the 2007 Warren County Church League opened its season this week, with Friendship jumping out to an early 2-0 record with a pair of blowout victories. On Tuesday night, the league leaders cruised past New Hope 26-3, with Montgomery Basham finishing 4-for-4 with a home run to…

By ROB NUNLEY Who says being a ?misfit? is a bad thing? The Baptist Misfits came through when it counted Tuesday night, scoring two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning on an inside-the-park homer from Kayla Young to hand the Church Ladies a narrow 14-12 loss in the women?s division of the Warren…

Johnathan Anderson of Parsley Trucking throws out a runner Thursday night at the Morrison ballpark. Two undefeated teams went head-to-head in the senior slow-pitch league Thursday, when Parsley Trucking and Tommy?s Hardwood Flooring battled it out to see who would remain on top of the league standings. Tommy?s Hardwood jumped out to an early 10-0…

By ROB NUNLEY The 2007 men?s divisions of Warren County Church League Softball got under way this week at the fairgrounds, and Hebron got off to a quick start, picking up a pair of wins including a 29-19 victory over Apostolic Faith Tuesday night. A nine-run second helped key the victory for Hebron, which capped…

By Art Larson Sr. Today is the day for the serious race fan to sit back and enjoy 1,100 laps of racing. Hopefully all the ?honey do?s? are done, snacks are made and the cooler is full. The day starts off at noon with the 91st running of the Indy 500. Sadly, actor-entertainer Jim Nabors…