By LISA HOBBS Don’t leave a tire too low. The generosity of Bridgestone Firestone has helped eliminate the inconvenience of finding a free air station around town. Several air stations have been conveniently placed ‘ with more on the way. Bridgestone Firestone plant manager Ron Brooks made an offer to donate at least five free…

By DUANE SHERRILL A 72-person docket was heard Tuesday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Court. Included in court action: ‘ Katie D. Fults was bound to the grand jury on the charge of rape of a child. She is an 18-year-old accused of having sex with a 12-year-old boy at a party. ‘…

By DUANE SHERRILL SULLIVAN An alleged hooker convicted of luring her john into an ambush that ultimately led to his murder got no help from her partner in crime this week as her associate pleaded the Fifth when called to testify. The defendant, Margie Farley, 36, was in court asking Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley…

‘Do you wanna’ go faster’? Anaston Chisam, 8, and her mom Nicole flash flying hair and excited smiles as they zoom around in one of the traditional fair favorites, the Himalaya.

By DUANE SHERRILL The first of six suspects in the home invasion earlier this year in which a woman was allegedly raped has taken a deal. The defendant, Dustin Couch, 19, entered a guilty plea to the lesser charge of attempted kidnapping and was ordered to serve 240 days of a six-year sentence. His plea…

By JAMES CLARK State Sen. Jerry Cooper will have to answer to the state Registry of Election Finance about his reported transfer of $95,000 from his campaign account to a personal account. Registry officials said Wednesday they want Cooper to appear at their November meeting to explain his use of campaign money. Cooper faces no…

Virginia Alene Farless, 79, of McMinnville died Wednesday, Sept. 12 at River Park Hospital after an extended illness. Mrs. Farless was born on Aug. 22, 1928 in Bledsoe County. She retired from Oster after 20 years of service and was a member of the Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Lester…

Smithville resident and Muncie, Ind., native James David Little, 48, was born April 12, 1959 and died Sept. 10 at River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. A law enforcement officer, last serving in Sacramento, Calif., and a U.S. Army veteran, he was the son of the late Linville Eugene and Sara Margaret Polson Little.…

Morrison resident and Gunter native Harley Reed Smith, 75, was born Oct. 15, 1931 and died Sept. 12 at his residence following an extended illness. A retired steam plant operator at AEDC, a United States Air Force veteran of Korea and a member of Morrison Masonic Lodge No. 381, he attended Morrison United Methodist Church.…

Sparta resident and Warren County native Glenn Dale Brady, 63, was born Jan. 21, 1944 and died Sept. 11 at White County Community Hospital in Sparta. A highway construction worker and a member of the Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Walter Thomas and Mary Ethel Christian Brady. In addition to his…