By DUANE SHERRILL A long-standing feud which escalated to a gunfight on the busiest road in McMinnville ‘ next to an elementary school ‘ has left two men behind bars. The combatants, Calvin D. Ramsey and Gregory Johnson, are both charged with reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon for the shootout which happened Wednesday around…

World War II veteran, McMinnville resident and Warren County native, Charles Lee Grove, 90, was born on June 17, 1917 and passed from this life at his home on July 13. While in the Army, he received the WWII Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, American Theater Ribbon, AP Theater Ribbon and two Bronze Service Stars, Philippine…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) ‘ A Louisville teenager has been released from a Tennessee hospital, three weeks after her feet were cut off in an amusement park accident. Kaitlyn Lasitter, 13, was discharged from Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville, the hospital said in a written statement on behalf of the girl’s family…

ALBION, Ill. (AP) ‘ Investigators in Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Indiana and elsewhere pored over unsolved murder cases to see if they are linked to an Illinois truck driver suspected of killing at least six women near truck stops over the last year. Bruce Mendenhall, a 56-year-old truck driver, is charged in only one slaying,…

By Chuck Shepherd Africa’s largely primitive Hadzabe people, down to their last 1,500 members after surviving thousands of years of disease, famine and encroaching civilization, fear their final blow will be the recent deal that Tanzania made to turn the tribe’s prime hunting grounds over to United Arab Emirates royalty for private safaris. The land…

NASHVILLE (AP) ‘ Tennessee lawmakers say they share Gov. Phil Bredesen’s concerns over the proliferation of specialty license plates, which have grown to more than a hundred since they began two decades ago. Earlier this week, the governor allowed a bill creating 17 more specialty plates to become law without his signature. ‘I am allowing…

By Cokie & Steven Roberts “Winning hearts and minds” is an ancient cliche in Washington. During the Cold War, it meant convincing folks in places like Vietnam and Nicaragua to reject communism. Today, it means combating the spread of radical Islam from Iran to Indonesia. But the real fight in the capital today is for…

By Thomas Vaughn The White House theme song last week might well have been Anne Murray’s ‘Sure Could Use a Little Good News Today.’?? Unfortunately, good news for President Bush seems hard to find. Already facing fierce Democratic opposition to his ‘surge’ strategy in Iraq, President Bush is now seeing more Republicans defecting, not in…

By Lisa Hobbs What I really wanted to write about was the puppy I found abandoned recently with a broken leg, but maybe next time. As unlucky as this puppy was, the Historic Zoning Commission seems to be worse off. I think it might be time to re-evaluate the Historic Downtown District as well as…

Whether you’re updating your appliances or planning a full kitchen remodel, seeing past the hype can be rough when everything looks so good. Mistakes can be costly as well as disappointing because the most loudly hawked products are often expensive. To help you avoid these nightmares while assembling your dream kitchen, Consumer Reports has compiled…