GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. ‘ A 12-year-old softball player was knocked unconscious when a ball hit her in the head during practice, and she died a day later, police and family said. Margaret Ruth ‘Maggie’ Hilbrands was hit by a ground ball during a routine infield drill on Monday ‘ a day after the death of…

The McMinnville Aluminum and Vinyl Supplies Cubs finished second in the 7- and 8-year-old coach-pitch rec league state tournament earlier this month at Cookeville. Pictured are, front row, from left, Chance Hobbs, Christian Locke, Samuel Hillis and Isaac Golden. Second row, Ulisses Rios, Tavin Newport, Connor Moore, Nicolas Williamson, A.D. Majors and Gavin Gunter. Back…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD The race for the summer league title in the Gold and Silver bowling league is heating up, and team McMinnville Lanes remains in first place leading the division with 39.5 points. Beacon Federal is trying to close the gap, and after Tuesday’s round finishing with 34 points. Security Federal is in third…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD Caroline Scott returns a serve. Warren County High School and middle school tennis coach David Dunlap closed out his summer tennis youth programs with a camp this week, which ended today. Dunlap, along with several members of the high school tennis team, conducted camp this past week at the McMinnville Civic Center…

By Rob Nunley A proud parent enters a sporting goods store. Sure, the new baby’s only a few weeks old, but Dad’s still going to buy his son or daughter a mitt, a ball, a pair of skates; something fun that might ‘ just might ‘ influence a future in sports. It’s just a symbolic…

By ROB NUNLEY Kade Burnett takes a home run cut, but goes just over the top of an offering from Roller, who struck out seven of the 12 batters he faced. The Custom Collision Reds may have entered the junior league baseball tournament as the No. 4 seed, but after four tournament victories, including a…

By DUANE SHERRILL Two Warren County Jail inmates who became the first to escape the new facility were bound over to the grand jury Tuesday on felony escape charges. The alleged escapees, Susej Riddle and Michael Wright Jr., were both bound to the next term of the grand jury following their preliminary appearances before General…

River Park Hospital Laboratory Services recently underwent review from the American College of Pathologists. The CAP Laboratory Accreditation Program is designed to go well beyond regulatory compliance and helps laboratories achieve the highest standards of excellence to positively impact patient care. The program measures adherence to some 1,500 standards which provide a quality practice blueprint…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON Local horticulturist, consultant, researcher and grower, Dr. Bryson L. James was recently selected as the 2007 B.Y. Morrison Memorial Lecturer by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service , the highest honor offered to a horticulturist in the country. James recently traveled to Scottsdale, Ariz., to present his lecture at…

By DUANE SHERRILL A Bonnaroo visitor gone wild will serve three days in the county jail after he terrorized a local family this summer, subsequently admitting he must have suffered from a case of road rage. ‘I have no excuse,’ said Jason Lee Belt, 31, of Scranton, Pa., as he entered his plea Tuesday to…