By DALE STUBBLEFIELD Warren County Middle’s girls varsity basketball team entered Monday night’s game against Livingston Academy Middle School with a 7-3 record on the year. But the Lady Wildcats had only two losses on their record, and with the help of a 15-point performance by Rachel Kingery, Livingston Academy picked up the road win…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD What was scheduled to be a varsity game for the WCMS boys team was changed to a junior varsity match for the Pioneer squad. Livingston defeated Warren County 48-43 in the WCMS gym as the Pioneers dropped to 4-5 on the season. Mitchell McCorkle scored all eight points for the Pioneers in…

By ROB NUNLEY The home finale for the Centertown seventh- and eighth-grade boys came down to the wire Monday night, but in the end the Warriors were left celebrating, as they held on to take a narrow 27-24 win over Dibrell. Ahead 17-10 by the end of the first half, the Warriors struggled to contain…

By Lisa Hobbs Developing healthy eating habits is sometimes harder than it sounds when there are so many choices and so little information for comparison. Which is better for breakfast, an egg or a low-fat muffin? To answer some of those questions, the first Lunch and Learn session will be held at McMinnville Civic Center…

By Margaret Hobbs Cornerstone Baptist Church is pleased to announce the upcoming arrival of their new pastor on Jan. 27. Bro. Joshua Buice, his wife Keri and daughter Karis will be relocating to McMinnville from Bloomfield, Ky. They are expecting their second child in late March. Bro. Josh recently graduated from The Southern Baptist Theological…

By Lisa Hobbs The McMinnville Regional Planning Commission will be recommending areas for annexation into the city limits to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. The decision to recommend annexation of three tracts totaling 193 acres came after a Planning Zoning recommendation made during a Regional Planning Commission meeting Jan. 7. The areas are in…

By DUANE SHERRILL After serving with the Tennessee Highway Patrol over 20 years, trooper Jeff Mosley, who heads the local agency, has been promoted to lieutenant. A Van Buren County native and Centertown resident, Mosley started his career with the state in 1983 with the Tennessee Department of Corrections. Four years later, he was hired…

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) ‘ Arizona Sen. John McCain won the New Hampshire primary Tuesday night, completing a remarkable comeback and climbing back into contention for the Republican presidential nomination. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton moved out to a startling lead over Sen. Barack Obama in the Democratic race. “We showed the people of this country what…

WASHINGTON (AP) ‘ President Bush said Tuesday that Iran’s confrontation with the U.S. Navy ships in the Persian Gulf was a ‘provocative act.’ ‘It is a dangerous situation,’ he said in a White House news conference. ‘They should not have done it, pure and simple ‘ I don’t know what their thinking was, but I’m…

By Lisa Hobbs EDMONDS The $3.94 million expansion of Motlow College in McMinnville is proceeding as expected. Completion will be in time for the fall 2008 semester, according to school officials. ‘Everything is going along as expected,’ said McMinnville center director Melody Edmonds. ‘We are going to be ready to go in the fall of…