By DUANE SHERRILL GLENN Well-known local businesswoman Delores Glenn was injured Thursday evening when she pulled into the path of a utility truck in front of the country store she used to own. Glenn, 72, is recovering at home after being airlifted to Erlanger Medical Center from the scene. She was released from the Chattanooga…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON McMinnville-Warren County Industrial Development Board chairman Jeff Golden, left, presents the 2007 Industry of the Year Award to Greg Sweeton, local Oster plant manager. Jarden Consumer Solutions (Oster) was presented the second annual Industry of the Year Award on Thursday by the McMinnville-Warren County Industrial Development Board. The IDB developed the…

Mary Winkler was supposed to see her three girls for the first time in over a year yesterday. However, on Friday an appeals court blocked the supervised visit in a last-minute ruling Winkler’s attorney called ‘devastating.’ The visit had been scheduled to take place in or around Carroll County, Tenn. The court issued a stay…

By DUANE SHERRILL A special education teacher and mother of seven is being mourned after she was killed Friday in a one-vehicle crash on a foggy West Green Hill Road. The victim, Patsy Ann Rachel, 53, died at the scene of the morning crash near the intersection of Green Hill and Foster Road after her…

By DUANE SHERRILL Inmates in two cell blocks rioted Friday morning at Warren County Jail, leaving thousands of dollars in damage and at least one lawman injured during the three-hour standoff. ‘What we had was seven or eight inmates stirring it up in the C and D pods,’ said sheriff’s chief deputy Danice Taylor. ‘We…

Dickson resident G.B. Watson, 66, died Sept. 26 at the VA Hospital in Murfreesboro after an extended illness. The son of Lula Lorene Songer Miller of Spencer and the late Charles Edward Watson, he worked as a deputy sheriff, a water plant operator and as a security officer. He was a member of the Church…

Mrs. Alba M. Gibson, 90, of McMinnville (Green Hill community) died Sept. 27 at her daughter’s residence. Born Nov. 2, 1916 in Darden, Tenn., she was a retired sales clerk in fabrics at the local Wal-Mart in McMinnville and was preceded in death by husband Denton Gibson, parents James A. and Vic Parks Maxwell, and…

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) ‘ The Tennessee Valley Authority plans to increase rates, likely between 6 and 9 percent, under a $9.7 billion approved unanimously by its board of directors on Thursday. The increase will be used mostly to offset increases in costs for coal and power purchased from other sources during peak demand periods. TVA…

Will the 16th annual Great Pumpkin Festival, set for Oct. 6-7 in Allardt, Tenn., feature another 1000-pound entry? Last year’s winner at 1,051 pounds was a record breaker for the weigh-off and delighted the festival crowd estimated at 15,000. This year farmers and gardeners from several states will try to outdo previous entries, showing off…

The wedding ceremony of Mary Nelle Davis to James Michael Davis was solemnized August 31 at 6:30 p.m. at the home of the bride’s parents. The double ring ceremony was officiated by Rev. John Darrell Davis. The bride is the daughter of Faye and John Darrell Davis of Baxter. Her grandparents are Mary Leola and…