Baby Girl Taliah Sharee Martin was born May 21 at River Park Hospital weighing 6 pounds, 1 ounce. She is the daughter of Taleisha Martin and Felix Bonilla. Grandparents include Nona Martin, Garry Rutledge and Rosa Bonilla Chavez. Baby Girl Jessica and Joseph Anderson of Morrison, are the parents of a daughter, Katelyn Grace Anderson.…

By LISA HOBBS Squeeze until it hurts. A 7-cent tax increase will remain in McMinnville’s budget as city officials try to cut corners to avoid what could have been an even larger tax increase. While going over the 2007-2008 city budget, Finance Committee members made the departmental budgets tighter while making room to pay for…

Warren County is getting a new business called Ironhorse Trailers, which manufactures high-end motorcycle trailers and distributes them throughout the United States and Canada. According to job projections, the company plans to grow its workforce from 14 to 50 in three years. In this photo, a custom-built Ironhorse trailer is shown being towed by a…

By DUANE SHERRILL A Smithville man faces felony charges after he tried to rob a Green Hill home with a stolen gun, his plans foiled after he was unable to kick down the victim’s door. The suspect, Jody Leon King, is charged with multiple offenses including attempted robbery, aggravated burglary, theft and possession of a…

By DUANE SHERRILL Was 6-year-old Cheyenne Delp strangled to death by the woman who took her into her home, or was she being systematically poisoned by the same drugs prescribed to help her? In court documents which just became available, the state’s case against accused murderess Sherri Mathis is spelled out in great detail. Also…

By DUANE SHERRILL Fifty-nine cases were docketed Tuesday and Thursday in General Sessions Court as Judge Larry Ross held arraignment during the week of the Fourth with no trial court held during the two meetings. Included in court action: ‘ Orlando Febus Jr., was ordered to serve 45 days of an 11-29 sentence, pay $600…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON The ‘Race for the 4th’ Fourth of July celebration downtown crossed the finish line in first place this year with its race-themed celebration in honor of The Great Race pit stop in McMinnville on Monday. It was a special event for several local residents who took home some ‘race winnings’ for…

Police inspect the wrecked truck belonging to Drew Parsons after he accidentally ran over an embankment Thursday while leaving Dollar General on Sparta Street. Parsons was uninjured and said he was looking for oncoming traffic as he was about to pull out of the parking lot and rolled into a ditch.

By DUANE SHERRILL WINTON A man who made meth in a hidden room concealed inside his Mt. Leo home correctly predicted Tuesday would be the day authorities would catch him. The suspect, Manuel Dale Winton, 52, reportedly confessed when deputies arrived Tuesday evening, with search warrant in hand, to manufacturing meth inside his home at…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON Former Canadians Dr. Mary Jane Jamieson and husband Robert received their U.S. citizenship May 24 at a ceremony in Chattanooga. American citizenship is something most of us who were born in the good old U.S. of A. take for granted. But for some others, attaining American citizenship is not so easy.…