By DALE STUBBLEFIELD Last week Warren County lost one of its most dedicated, talented and possibly most underrated athletes. Longtime runner Danny Stubblefield passed away unexpectedly at the young age of 38. Stubblefield, who was known as McMinnville’s premier distance runner during his heyday, could be seen running through the streets of McMinnville on a…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD I’m not sure the last time I saw anyone go from goat to hero as fast as Lawrence Tynes did Sunday night. Tynes put the New York Giants in the Super Bowl by kicking a 47-yarder in overtime. But in reality the game should have never gone to overtime. Tynes had two…

By ROB NUNLEY Third-seeded Locust Street came away with a narrow win over Pioneer No. 2 in the first round of the church league basketball tournament Monday, downing their fifth-seeded foes by a 47-46 final. Chris Hennessee led the way with 18 points for the winners, including a dozen in the first half as Locust…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD Saturday night the Eastside Bulldogs’ seventh- and eighth-grade boys basketball team won their first-round game in the James C. Haile Tournament by downing Swiss Memorial 53-38 in Murfreesboro. Nick Shrum and Jalen Christian combined for all nine of Swiss Memorial’s points in the opening period. On the other end of the court…

By Dakota Tinney ‘Now!’ whispered Suki. ‘Quick, while the clerk’s not looking.’ Heart pounding, Leah leaned against the store’s unattended makeup display and slid two tubes of lipstick into her purse. She looked bored and detached as she followed her friends, Suki and Jill, out of the store, but inside she felt panicked. ‘I can’t…

By Dakota Tinney Take this personality quiz to find out if you go with the flow, go your own way, or lead the pack. When do you feel best? A. Morning B. Noon C. Night When walking do you ‘ A. Walk slowly B. Walk less fast looking people straight in the face C. Walk…

By Lisa Hobbs From walking to running. On the heels of a successful 10-week walking program, Get Fit McMinnville will launch the second in a series of specialized programs in McMinnville. Sign-ups are this Saturday, Jan. 26, at 10 a.m. The second series is all about learning to run for those who always wanted to…

By James Clark In his first year at Boyd Christian, president Robert Harper is looking to take the school to new heights. While the vision is in place, the funding isn’t necessarily maintaining the same pace. That’s why Harper has hired Ronnie Doak as the school’s new director of development. Doak worked in the same…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON Warren County officials are moving forward on converting the county’s warrants from handwritten forms to an electronic printing system. Thanks to two computers donated by District Attorney Lisa Zavogiannis, the county’s judicial commissioners may soon be filling out forms on a computer instead of laboriously filling out warrants by hand. The…

By DUANE SHERRILL Flav-O-Rich has agreed to settle with the family of an 8-year-old boy who got sick after drinking some of the company’s chocolate milk. The family of Mattie Stewart was tendered a $1,500 settlement by Flav-O-Rich on behalf of her 8-year-old son who fell ill earlier this month after consuming a drink made…