HUNTINGTON, Utah (AP) ‘ A video camera lowered into a mine where six miners have been missing for more than five days shows ‘survivable space,’ a federal official said Saturday, but attempts to signal the miners were met by silence. The void found by a camera lowered into a new hole showed an intact ceiling…

By Chuck Shepherd Australian Jeffrey Lee is the last surviving member of the clan that controls the Koongarra uranium deposit near Kakadu National Park (east of Darwin), and federal law requires his permission for the French energy company Areva to extract the estimated 14,000 tons, perhaps worth the equivalent of $4.2 billion (U.S.), but Lee…

MEMPHIS (AP) ‘ A 54-year-old Memphis woman found dead in her home was apparently a victim of the heat wave that has pushed temperatures to 100 degrees and higher across much of Tennessee, authorities said Friday. The woman, whose identity was not released, was found dead on Wednesday, the Shelby County Health Department said. Medical…

CHATTANOOGA (AP) ‘ A grand jury decided against charging a father whose 15-month-old son died when he was left in a hot car. ‘They apparently concluded it was not a crime but an accident,’ Hamilton County District Attorney Bill Cox said Thursday. A county grand jury opted earlier this week not to indict Robert Reid,…

By Thomas Vaughn ??Do you often wonder how you really feel about Fred and Hillary? Thanks to polls and pundits aplenty, help is on the way.??The 2008 presidential general elections are roughly fifteen months away.?? The first primaries and caucuses are nearly six months out. Still, public opinion takers and makers are eager to tell…

By Morton Kondracke The collapse of the Minnesota interstate bridge, coupled with the explosion of a steam tunnel in Manhattan, should arouse the country to the need for massive infrastructure investment — and reform of the way it’s financed. It’s a miracle that more people weren’t killed and injured in the two instances — or…

Letter to the Editor TO THE EDITOR: The city of McMinnville joined 10,000 other communities Tuesday night in the 24th annual National Night Out. Citizens, civic groups, businesses, neighborhood organizations and local officials joined the police and other city departments in a very successful effort to heighten crime and drug prevention awareness. With our first…

By Lisa Hobbs As the weather heats up and areas of Tennessee are under a heat advisory, I keep hearing the same warnings over and over. Some don’t bother me and some just get me going, if you know what I mean. If you don’t know what I mean, you are about to find out.…

Calisha Woodlee will be joining her mother-in-law June Huckeby at June’s Beauty Shop in Rock Island. June has been in business over 35 years. Calisha will offer full-service cuts, color, nails, waxing and men’s clipper cuts. Her phone numbers are 668-4538 or 224-7891.

Emily Cope, left, and Michelle Brewer have opened Sweet Escape next to Bill Zechman State Farm on Chancery Street. The first day is Monday. Sweet Escape is a full service salon for men, women and children. To show support for the Pioneers, all Warren County High School football players and their immediate family members will…