By ROB NUNLEY New Bybees continues to be the only undefeated church league team ‘ in any division ‘ this summer after cruising to a 23-2 win over Pioneer in the women’s championship tournament this week. Eighteen batters went to the plate in the second inning, posting 13 runs, and Kati Sutton finished the night…

BY ROB NUNLEY A father sits with his son at his knee, watching the national pastime together in the not-too-distant future. Suddenly, the son looks up with a question: ‘Hey, Dad? Who was Barry Bonds’? The father looks down with pride at his son, admiring at how even at such a young age, he’s becoming…

The Alzheimer’s Association has created a new Safe Return registration site in Warren County at Riverview Terrace Assisted Living. Safe Return is a nationwide government-funded identification program that facilitates the recovery of individuals with dementia who wander and become lost. ‘Wandering is one of the most frightening and potentially life-threatening behaviors that may accompany Alzheimer’s…

By LISA HOBBS McMinnville’s Public Safety Unit said good-bye to three of its officers Wednesday. The ceremony came with tears and laughter. Lierd Woodlee will be retiring after serving three years. His most memorable moment was when a woman drove straight through McMinnville before stopping and asking him where McMinnville was. She was trying to…

By LISA HOBBS City employees will get a compensation classification plan to replace the old pay scale. The change makes McMinnville more wage competitive with other cities of the same size and gives employees incentives for work performance, officials say. A problem with the pay scale was first noticed during 2007-08 budget talks. While discussing…

By LISA HOBBS Is the Historic Zoning Commission being targeted for extinction? The outline for an ad hoc committee makes it appear so. McMinnville officials approved forming the committee in July after the city received complaints regarding some of its procedures. At that time, the list of complaints included the Historic Zoning Commission, the sign…

By DUANE SHERRILL A Memphis man who had sex with a local teen after meeting her over the Internet will serve 180 days in jail for statutory rape. The defendant, Lorenzo Steele, 25, was ordered to serve 180 days of a four-year sentence on two counts of statutory rape. He was also warned to have…

Andy McElroy, left, was ready to get drenched after playing tennis with Austin Green yesterday in the afternoon heat. As hot as it was locally, the National Weather Service reports that Nashville reached a high of 104 degrees yesterday at 3:54 p.m.

By DUANE SHERRILL Two house cleaners have been charged with cleaning out houses, specifically drug cabinets, and victimizing at least three of their clients before being caught on hidden camera. The alleged thieves, Shonda Lynn Jacobs, 31, and Carol Rigsby, 58, are charged with possession of drugs and multiple counts of theft under $500 for…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON The U.S. Department of Energy has announced the appointment of Rodney Boyd, general manager/CEO of McMinnville Electric System, to the Biodiesel and Other Technologies Independent Review Panel. Boyd will be traveling to the National Renewable Energy Labs in Golden, Colo., for an upcoming meeting ‘ with the U.S. government covering the…