By CHARLES W. JOHNSON If you like walking horses, then tonight is the night to come out and see some of the nation’s premiere examples of these beautiful animals at the 44th Annual Warren County Horseman’s Association Walking Horse Show beginning at 6 p.m. at the Warren Co. Saddle Club Arena. The show will be…

By LISA HOBBS Friends, family and guests showed up Tuesday at the Warren County High School auditorium to witness JROTC cadet Jonathan E. Townsend receive a Medal of Heroism Award. The night began with words from senior JROTC instructor and master of ceremonies Col. Mitch Sartain. ‘The things we teach in the JROTC program are…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON Dr. William Rawlings Jr., author of four popular mystery novels, will be at Magness Library this Saturday, July 7. Rawlings has practiced medicine for over 20 years in Sandersville, Ga., the small Southern town that was settled by his family in the late 18th century. Two of Dr. Rawlings novels, ‘The…

By LISA HOBBS McMinnville will be joining the 24th annual National Night Out in 2007. The McMinnville Police Department will be holding a cost-free event Aug. 7. from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Farmers Market. National Night Out, which is sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch, and co-sponsored by local agencies and…

William Collier of Rock Island was recently honored with an award from Tennessee Tech University’s College of Arts and Sciences. Collier, the son of Bonnie and Charles Collier of Rock Island, and Pat and Wes Bryan of McMinnville, received the Ridley Award during the college’s annual spring awards ceremony. He plans to attend graduate school…

Teddy Eldred Hollins, 77, of Rock Island died Sunday, July 1 at River Park Hospital. Born on Jan.1, 1930 in Valley, Neb., he was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force with 20 years of service participating in both the Korean Conflict and Vietnam War, a retired locksmith and owner of Hollins Lock & Key,…

McMinnville resident and Detroit, Mich., native Shirley May English Newby, 68, died July 1 at Centennial Medical Center in Smithville after an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of Central Church of Christ, she was the daughter of Amos and Lalah Egner English. She is survived by her husband, Jack E. Newby; children and…

Rock Island resident and Van Buren County native Floyd Winton Bouldin, 77, died July 2 at his home after a brief illness. A retired employee of the Warren County Sheriff’s Department and Alcoa Aluminum in Lafayette, Ind., he was a member of Romney Masonic Lodge 441 and the Church of Christ. He served his country…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) ‘ The right foot of a 13-year-old girl involved in a gruesome amusement park accident has been reattached, but her left foot was too severely damaged to repair, her family said in a statement Tuesday. Kaitlyn Lasitter of Louisville remained in stable condition at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Dr. Douglas…

ATLANTA (AP) ‘ Pro wrestler Chris Benoit excessively bought injectable steroids before he strangled his wife and son and committed suicide last month, a federal agent said in court papers released Monday as Benoit’s doctor was charged with improperly prescribing drugs to two other people. A Drug Enforcement Administration agent’s affidavit said Dr. Phil Astin…