NASHVILLE (AP) ‘ Gov. Phil Bredesen is proposing a $27.8 billion state budget that devotes new spending to his top priority ‘ education ‘ but holds the line in most other areas. ‘The budget I am recommending is a back to basics one,’ Bredesen said during his State of the State address Monday night to…

As part of the county’s Bicentennial Celebration, the Warren County Commission will be holding a special called meeting in the Fairfield Village courthouse at the Warren County A&L Fairgrounds on Friday, Feb. 1 to commemorate the first official commission meeting held in February of 1808. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m., but festivities will…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON The McMinnville Warren County Chamber of Commerce honored three local businessmen at its Annual Membership Meeting and awards banquet Monday night. The McMinnville-Warren County Chamber of Commerce lauded three well-known local businessmen at its annual membership meeting and awards banquet Monday night, including one retired and one current head of a…

BY DU A man who tried to obtain his grandmother’s prescription medication after she died will serve 15 days and then be allowed to participate in the drug court program. The defendant, Jesse Eugene Miller, 23, was ordered last week by Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley to serve 15 days of a three-year sentence and…

By James Clark When rankings were announced for the Warren County High School class of 2008, valedictorian Jackson Ewton was as surprised as anyone to see his name atop the list. ‘I thought I might be in the top 10 percent,’ said Ewton, ‘but this was pretty much a shock.’ Salutatorian Amy Hutton had similar…

By DUANE SHERRILL Jodie Lsssiter pulls on the chain as he dives below the water Monday to hook it to a car submerged below the surface. Braving 40-degree water temperature, a diver descended the depths of a pond near Golf Club Drive on Monday to salvage a car which ramped into the water over the…

NEW YORK (AP) ‘ Scarlett Johansson returned from the Persian Gulf with a whole lot of soldiers’ trinkets and a delusion of her own engagement ‘ to Barack Obama. “I am engaged … to Barack Obama,” Johansson joked in an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday. “My heart belongs to Barack, and that is…

NEW YORK (AP) ‘ Sylvester Stallone Charged With Importing Human Growth Hormone Into Australia Sylvester Stallone has been charged with trying to bring vials of a muscle-building hormone into Australia, where it is restricted. Lawyers for Stallone, the 60-year-old star of the “Rocky” and “Rambo” movie franchises, represented him in a Sydney court on Tuesday…

By Gary Clothier RICHARDS Q: My parents referred to ‘duct’ tape as ‘duck’ tape. Both are gone now. Whenever I see a roll of duct tape, I think of them. Could you tell me, is duck tape a former name for this versatile product? Or was it just one of their pronunciation quirks? ‘ H.E.,…

All My Children After seeing JR trying to open his safe, Adam gave JR a ring implanted with a listening device, and swore vengeance on learning of JR and Krystal’s plot against him. Angie attempted a daring medical move when Greenlee hovered on the brink of death. As Tad sat by Frankie’s bedside, he thought…