McMinnville resident and Van Buren County native Wilma Ray Shockley Luna, 80, died Aug. 23 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville after an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of Indian Mound the Baptist Church in DeKalb County, she was the daughter of David Ray and Edna Mae Hillis Shockley and was preceded in death…

James D. (J.D.) George, 86, of Madison Ohio, formerly of Spencer, Bone Cave, passed from this life, Tuesday, Aug. 21 at University Hospital of Cleveland in Ohio. He is the widower of Lillian (Mills) George, he was a retired press operator at Ohio Rubber and a member of S. Ridge Church of Christ in Madison,…

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Dorris V. Joines Sr., 74, was born May 1, 1933 and died Aug. 22 at Alvin C. York VA Medical Center in Murfreesboro following an extended illness. A retired employee of Genesco and Findley, a member of the U.S. Army, and a member of the Church of Christ, he…

WASHINGTON (AP) ‘ The stories seem strange but riveting. A heart attack victim recalls floating in the air, watching paramedics revive him. A surgical patient remembers hovering, watching the doctors operate. Such widely reported out-of-body experiences have long been the territory of theology, philosophy and scary movies. Now scientists have turned their attention to the…

FINDLAY, Ohio (AP) ‘ Peeking into her waterlogged basement, Gail Leatherman didn’t break down until she saw a soggy photo of her and her husband, taken for their 17th wedding anniversary. She salvaged the picture, but not her treasured Christmas decorations. Next door, her son lost all of his 1-year-old boy’s winter clothes. And that…

SPRING CITY, Tenn. (AP) ‘ The Tennessee Valley Authority is vying to host a national demonstration project for recycling spent nuclear fuel, U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp said Thursday. “I believe TVA is going to … prove to our country that you can deal with the No. 1 liability associated with the nuclear industry and that…

CHATTANOOGA (AP) ‘ Police say a man who waved a gun at several people inside a university student center turned himself in Thursday morning. Police said several witnesses at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga saw Lonzo Aben Richmond Jr., 23, get into an argument with another person inside the campus food court Wednesday afternoon.…

CHATTANOOGA (AP) ‘ Four out of five lawmakers convicted in the federal Tennessee Waltz corruption sting will still collect state pensions. They are eligible for the pensions because they joined the state retirement system before the law was changed to strip convicted lawmakers of the benefit. The four former state senators and the amounts of…

By Cokie & Steven Roberts Of course George Bush is a lame duck. His poll numbers are dreadful, a hostile Democratic leadership runs Congress and core advisers like Karl Rove are checking out. But any president — even one this diminished — retains enormous power to shape public policy. And every sign indicates that Bush…

By Diana West Remember when we heard that if only our leaders had known how to “connect the dots,” the 9/11 attacks could have been prevented? After nearly six years without a similar attack, the government has learned much about detecting the outlines of jihadist terror plots before they take shape. As a result —…