By ROB NUNLEY Camron Bond launches a first-quarter 3-pointer. The Pioneers remained winless in district action after falling to the Stars 77-56. Tuesday night’s boys district matchup at Dalton gym proved, to paraphrase an old adage, ‘he who leads last, leads best.’ The Pioneers jumped out to an early advantage in their 7-AAA showdown with…

Trista Nicole Robinson and Garry Brandon Potter are announcing their engagement and upcoming marriage, taking place on Feb. 15 at Central Church of Christ. The bride-elect is the daughter of Ray and Tricia Robinson. Her grandparents include Raymond and Sue Robinson of Woodbury, John and Sarah Nokes, and great-granddaughter of Margaret Williams. Mr. Potter is…

Baby Girl Maddie Faith Young is the newborn daughter of Felicia and Sam Young. She arrived at River Park Hospital on Dec. 10 weighing 7 pounds, 11 ounces. She is welcomed by big sister, Samantha Grace Young. She is the granddaughter of Deborah and the late Michael Womack, and Wilma Jean and the late Ed…

Hannah Hale, a sixth-grade student at Dibrell School, has taken the first step to becoming an internationally recognized artist by winning a local competition sponsored by McMinnville Lions Club. Hannah is the 11-year-old daughter of Rickey and Lori Hale, and is in Mrs. Betsy McBride’s class. Hannah’s poster was among more than 350,000 entries submitted…

BY DUANE SHERRILL A 103-person docket was heard Tuesday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Court which included a man charged with stealing his brother’s identity. ‘ Mark A. Cope was bound to the grand jury on charges of identity theft, theft and forgery. He is charged with obtaining a driver’s license bearing his…

By Gary Clothier BENDIX Q: I once read that there were more than 3,500 Arthur Murray Dance Studios at their peak of popularity. That number has since dwindled to fewer than 200. Who is Arthur Murray? Is he still alive? ‘ G.E.M., Pennside, Pa. A: He was born Moses Teichman on April 4, 1895, in…

Cookeville resident and Warren County native Vickie Lynn Wilson, 49, was born Oct. 2, 1958 and died Jan. 7 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville following an extended illness. A secretary and a member of Antioch Church of Christ, she was the daughter of Shirley Whitlock Crouch of McMinnville, and the late Floyd Sherrill…

Tallahassee, Fla., resident Omer N. Rigsby, 79, died Dec. 30. Burial took place there. An employee of the Life and Casualty Insurance Company for several years, he was preceded in death by sisters, Elsie Mae Rigsby and Opal Taylor, and brothers, Elston, Earl, Carl, Leonard and Winford Rigsby. He is survived by his wife, Wanda…

Mary Ruth Grizzell, 80, of Oak Ridge passed away Jan. 7. There will be a memorial service at Wayside Community Center in McMinnville at 3 p.m., Saturday Jan. 12, preceded by a graveside service at noon at the Sycamore Cemetery in Cannon County. She was a member of the Church of Christ. She was a…

Mt. Juliet resident and Warren County native Margaret Louise Wilson, 86, was born June 13, 1921 and died Jan. 9 at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville following an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of East End Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Tom and Minnie Jones Stembridge. She was…