By Lisa Hobbs Will it be a go for red-light cameras in McMinnville? City officials will begin discussing this topic Tuesday at 6 p.m. during a Finance Committee meeting. After sitting through a presentation by RedFlex Traffic Systems two weeks ago, Finance Committee members were asked to consider installing the camera systems. The system was…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON The Tennessee Department of Education has released its annual progress report and the Warren County School System has met the majority of performance standards for the 2006-07 school year. Only one school, Eastside, fell behind in one subject in accordance with No Child Left Behind and adequate yearly progress (AYP) benchmarks.…

By Charlie Johnson Warren County will be holding a special Bicentennial Volunteer Banquet at McMinnville Civic Center on Saturday, Sept. 29 to honor the county’s rural volunteer fire departments, community improvement clubs, the fair board and the Warren County Rescue Squad. A BBQ supper will be served, and entertainment is being sponsored by Ben Lomand…

Sally Pack, assistant director of student services at the Motlow College McMinnville Center, helps students register for classes during a recent orientation session. Enrolling for fall classes are Warren County High School graduates Hunter Urtubees, left, and Adrian Mendoza. Students can still register for classes from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Aug. 22 at…

By Duane Sherrill Police are looking for long-haired, bearded gunman with bad teeth who smelled like he hadn’t bathed in weeks when he robbed the Amerigas office in Plaza Shopping Center Friday morning. The man fled the business office just before 9 a.m. Friday with over $2,000 in cash and checks, cutting the phone line…

Wesley Pepper, left, and Brady Gross perch atop a John Deere tractor at Viola Valley Homecoming yesterday. The parade featured a number of classic tractors.

By Duane Sherrill A fender bender at the intersection of Spring Street and the bypass Friday night set off a chain of events which left a motorcyclist seriously injured when he was sandwiched between two cars. The injured motorcyclist, Carl W. Surles Jr., 44, is under treatment at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga after he…

By James Clark She’s on her way out and she’s coming to live in Warren County. Mary Winkler has fulfilled her obligation to the state and will be released from a mental health facility Monday at midnight, according to friend and employer Paul Pillow. Winkler will serve the rest of her three-year sentence on probation.…

By DUANE SHERRILL Firefighters converged on WastAway on Friday and quickly extinguished a fire at the facility. Morrison Fire Chief Mark Parker reports the three departments worked smoothly together. Damage was limited Friday in a three-alarm fire inside the WastAway plant as firemen battling the sweltering summer conditions and flames were able to spare the…

By James Clark Not so fast. State Sen. Jerry Cooper isn’t out of his recent minefield of trouble just yet. It appears Cooper will have to answer to allegations he deposited $95,004 from his campaign fund to his personal bank account. A Nashville-based watchdog group called the Tennessee Center for Policy Research filed a formal…