BY Murphy Fair At 55 years of age, most high school head football coaches have a longer past on the sideline than a future. More than 30 years of blowing whistles and charting plays usually finds coaches anxiously anticipating retirement. They’ve had enough. But the excitement and enthusiasm shown by Henry County Coach Joe Gaddis…

BY ROB NUNLEY It’s quickly becoming a recurring theme of your Friday doses of Robservations. Once again, because no one asked for it, we present a full day’s supply of sports jokes, copied from the Internet for your amusement. Feel free to tickle funny bones around the home and workplace with these goodies (consensual tickling…

BY DALE STUBBLEFIELD Tuesday night at Webb, the Boyd Christian Lady Broncos high school basketball team fell to the Lady Feet 45-37 in non-district action. The Lady Broncos had a solid first quarter out scoring Webb 16-10. But Boyd ran into trouble in the second period as turnovers helped the Lady Feet to out-score the…

BY ROB NUNLEY The Lady Pioneers’ early winning streak came to an abrupt end Tuesday night, with a lopsided 78-48 loss to the visiting Lady Red Raiders of Coffee County High School. Scoring runs in the opening minutes of the game’s first three quarters were key for the Lady Raiders, who handed WCHS its first…

BY ROB NUNLEY Facing their neighbors to the south, the Pioneers prevailed in a see-saw battle Tuesday night, downing the visiting Coffee County Red Raiders 63-54. Trailing by as many as 11 points in the first half, Warren County (2-3) surged ahead by an equal margin in the game’s final period, but a tenacious comeback…

West Elementary principal Marsha Newman is announcing the school’s honor rolls for the second six weeks grading period: FIRST HONOR ROLL Third Grade ‘ Kaleb Acuna, Alexis Brackley, Emily Burns, Kade Cutrell, Logan Dyer, Hayden Everett, Emma Haston, Erin Hollis, Carabeth Jones, Zack McAllister, Austin Miller, Chris Smith, Ben Sweeton, Bracton Womack Fourth Grade ‘…

BY LISA HOBBS A new group of Citizens Police Academy graduates has departed with a better understanding of McMinnville Police Department. The class held its second graduation ceremony recently after members completed a 10-week course, which the students found informative and fun, as well as helping to develop lasting bonds between participants. Since the beginning…

‘ Tonight ‘ WCHS Band Christmas Program at 6 p.m. ‘ Dec. 1 ‘ The Christmas Parade will begin at 2:30 p.m. This year’s theme is ‘A Bicentennial Christmas.’ Christmas at the Black House between 4 and 8 p.m. Admission is $5 adults and $3 children. Maxine Weeden and Clark United Methodist Church choir will…

Warren County Trustee Darlene Bryant was recently honored at Montgomery Bell State Park for the completion of the University of Tennessee’s County Officials Certificate Program. The program consists of two-and-a-half days of training and is intended to increase efficiency of county government through professional development. Graduates of the program must take 16 hours of training…

BY CHARLES W. JOHNSON After decades of writing warrants by hand, Warren County’s Judicial Commissioners are moving into the computer age and will soon be issuing computer-generated paperwork. The move comes after District Attorney Lisa Zavogiannis received permission from the state to donate two surplus computers from her office for judicial commissioners to use at…