David Collins, Sr., of Oakland Park, Fla. and Marcelle Doris Collins of Boynton Beach, Fla. are announcing the engagement of their daughter Patricia Collins to Richard Wayne Wilt. He is the son of the late John W. Wilt and the late Betty L. Smith-Mathis. Wedding nuptials are planned for August 25 at 2 p.m. at…

Rock Island resident Kimberly Ann Roller, 37, died Aug. 8 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. The secretary for Rocky River Stone Company, she was the daughter of the late Joe Bud and Sandra Sue Sexton Eldridge. She is survived by daughter, Samantha Roller of Smithville; son,…

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Janie Odineal York, 81, was born Dec. 2, 1925 and died Aug. 8 at NHC Healthcare McMinnville following an extended illness. A retired employee of Genesco and a member of Bybee Branch Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late George and Dallie Hendrix Odineal. She was…

Viola resident and native Frank Dome Garretson Sr., 65, was born Jan. 4, 1942 and died Aug. 8 at River Park Hospital following injuries sustained in an automobile accident. The owner of Rocky River Stone Company and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Earl Ross and Julia…

SAN DIEGO (AP) ‘ Three Mexican teenagers won the eighth National Geographic World Championship on Thursday, dethroning the United States, a four-time champion. To win, they had to name the historic site that was carved from sandstone in 1200 B.C. and features two massive temples and statues of an ancient ruler. The teens nailed the…

WASHINGTON (AP) ‘ A week after a deadly bridge collapse in Minneapolis, President Bush on Thursday dismissed raising the federal gasoline tax to repair bridges at least until Congress changes how it spends highway money. ‘The way it seems to have worked is that each member on that (Transportation) committee gets to set his or…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ‘ Searchers found two more bodies Thursday in the wreckage of the interstate bridge, bringing the death toll to seven with at least six missing more than a week after the bridge crumbled into the Mississippi River, authorities said. Crews have been searching the site for the past week for eight people missing…

KNOXVILLE (AP) ‘ A preliminary inspection has found no immediate safety concerns with five Tennessee bridges that were built with a similar design as the Minnesota bridge that collapsed into the Mississippi River. Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner Gerald Nicely ordered inspections of the deck truss structures after the bridge in Minneapolis collapsed Aug. 1,…

NASHVILLE (AP) ‘ Hot, sticky summers have always defined living in the South, but experts believe that injuries and deaths caused by extreme temperatures have been drastically reduced by the wider availability of air conditioning. About 91 percent, or 36 million, of Southern households now have central air conditioning units, a number that has grown…

KINGSTON, Tenn. (AP) ‘ The ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ jailhouse journal kept by a prison nurse who allegedly shot and killed a guard while helping her prisoner husband escape can be used as evidence against them, a judge ruled Thursday. But Criminal Court Judge Eugene Eblen said it’s unlikely a Roane County jury will hear the…