By DUANE SHERRILL There was no honor among thieves Wednesday as a confessed burglar testified against his alleged partner in crime. However, the testimony was not enough to convict the accused accomplice in last year’s Powermatic break-in. The defendant on trial Wednesday, Stephen West, was acquitted on charges of theft, vandalism and burglary, brought against…

By JAMES CLARK Rachel Bell, the 4-year-old granddaughter of fair president Steve Grandey and fair treasurer Carol Grandey, climbs on the Civil War cannon donated to Warren County in the 1920s. Have your ride tickets handy and get ready for some cotton candy. The 54th annual Warren County A&L Fair begins tonight at 6 p.m.…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON GLENN A basic difference in interpretation of county road regulations has placed county government, Road Superintendent Harold Glenn and the Planning Commission in conflict with local businessman Dwight O’Neal, of The Reserve at Collins River, who is asking the county to tar and chip an .8-mile section of county road that…

McMinnville resident and Grundy County native Nettie Mae Clemons, 100, was born Dec. 28, 1906 and died Sept. 5 at NHC Healthcare McMinnville. A homemaker and a member of Smyrna Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late James Nelson ‘Jim’ and Mary Elizabeth Savage Hobbs. She was married to Thomas Lee Clemons,…

Mary Helen Crouch, 78, of Columbia died Tuesday, Sept. 4 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. Born on Oct. 21, 1928 in Marietta, Ga., she was a retired educator with the Maury County School System and member of Highland Park Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School. Mrs. Crouch was preceded in death by…

McMinnville resident and Grundy County native Jim Houston Killian, 86, was born June 1, 1921 and died Sept. 5 at River Park Hospital following a brief illness. A retired employee of Caterpillar where he was an iron pourer, a United States Army veteran of WWII, and a member of the Church of Christ, he was…

McMinnville resident and Warren County native James R. Eaton Sr., 79, was born Sept. 11, 1927 and died Sept. 6 at River Park Hospital following a one-month illness. A self-employed truck operator, a United States Navy veteran of WWII, and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Clyde…

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Jackie Leona Bess, 82, was born June 9, 1925 and died Sept. 5 at Life Care Center of Sparta in Sparta following an extended illness. A retired LPN at McMinnville Healthcare and a member of Pleasant Cove Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Edward Dison…

Sparta resident and Davidson County native Donna Elaine Harris, 33, was born July 30, 1974 and died Sept. 4 at White County Community Hospital in Sparta following a sudden illness. A homemaker and a member of Black Oak Church of God in Sparta, she was the daughter of Hansel Levoy Cantrell and Dean Simpson Cantrell.…

Morrison resident and Warren County native Christine Lefevers, 85, was born June 22, 1922 and died Sept. 5 at her residence following an extended illness. A seamstress and homemaker and a member of Shady Grove Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late H.J. and Sarah Walker Stanley. She was married April 2,…