SUNDAY, AUG. 19 Homecoming will be held at Centertown United Methodist Church with lunch following morning service and singing including the Pelham Family and Hart Family at noon. Singers and guest speakers Deeanna Wall and Niki Nunley will be at Faith Full Gospel Church in Campaign across from Campaign Market at 6 p.m. For info…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON The McMinnville Cruisers will be holding its 7th Annual Car, Truck & Motorcycle show on August 25 at Three Star Mall. This year’s show will be an official Warren County Bicentennial event Registration will be from 8 a.m. to 12 noon, and drive-through judging will begin as soon as vehicles are…

By Duane Sherrill Six people were sentenced recently by Judge Bart Stanley in Circuit Court criminal division. The sentences include a package deal for a man charged with crimes ranging from driving on a suspended license to statutory rape. Murray Heraud was issued a three-year sentence to be served after time he owes for violation…

By Lisa Hobbs McMinnville Digs History. A new exhibit by the Preservation Council will prove that not only do members dig it, they dig preserving it. The Preservation Council was established by the city of McMinnville before the Downtown Economic Revitalization Project began. Its goal was to make photographic and videographic records as well as…

By DUANE SHERRILL Two prisoners who last month became the first inmates to escape the new Warren County Jail have been indicted on felony escape charges for their short taste of freedom. The escapees, Susej Riddle, 19, and Michael Wright Jr., 18, were indicted on charges of escape during the most recent session of the…

The games and activities at the Main Street Pioneer Tailgate Party Friday night kept the kids happy and raised some much-needed funds for various programs, like the band and football teams. Here Arianna Hutchins, 7, tries her hand with the ducks.

By Duane Sherrill A father who led lawmen on a high-speed chase with his 6-year-old son in the car and then left the boy behind when he ditched his vehicle faces reckless endangerment charges. The suspect, Randy Ray Murphy, 28, is charged with reckless endangerment, evading arrest and driving without a license, as well as…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON Plans for the E911 center’s expansion The Warren County E911 system has begun an expansion that is designed to make the facility resistant to damage from weather and other disasters and keep it online and operational during the most hazardous of situations. The expansion, which will run from $800,000 to $1…

By Lisa Hobbs Once again, Warren County finds itself with too many unwanted animals and not enough space as both the Warren County Animal Control Center and Viola Valley Dogs are full. ‘We have too many now and we just can’t take anymore,’ said Linda Coursey of Viola Valley Dogs, a no-kill rescue shelter. ‘People…

By Duane Sherrill The newest member of the Warren County School Board will avoid trial while his father is asking for the same treatment in connection with an alleged fistfight inside Furniture Depot which ended when a gun was pulled. The court has ordered prosecutors to give 1st District School Board member Gordon McGee Jr.,…