By James Clark It was so cold last week, the running water in the Court Square fountain froze solid. This week has been an entirely different story as unseasonably warm weather has allowed kids to play outside in shorts ‘ and in some cases without a shirt. ‘It doesn’t feel like January,’ said Warren County…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON SMARTT A nomination and voting procedure similar to the one used to appoint a replacement for former state Sen. Jerry Cooper will now be used to nominate and appoint a replacement for the two Warren County Commission seats vacated during that process. The seats formerly held by 1st District Commissioner Bill…

By DUANE SHERRILL The peril associated with the newly regulated intersection in front of the old Carrier building was illustrated Monday when a motorist, not used to the re-activated red light there, slammed into a tractor trailer and caused the highway to be closed for four hours. Lawmen diverted traffic from the affected portion of…

LOS ANGELES (AP) ‘ Dr. Phil’s public brand of tough love sometimes makes him tough to love, particularly among mental health professionals who are accusing television’s self-help guru of making an uncalled-for house call on Britney Spears this week. Although Dr. Phil ‘ whose full name is Phillip McGraw ‘ announced Monday that he is…

McMinnville resident and Larkinsville, Ala., native Walter Lewis Dillard, 69, was born June 15, 1938 and died Jan. 6 at River Park Hospital following a brief illness. A retired employee of Carrier and a member of East End Drive Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Tom and Nellie Bibb Dillard. He…

Cookeville resident and Warren County native Vickie Lynn Wilson, 49, died Jan. 7 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville after an extended illness. A secretary and a member of Antioch Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Floyd Sherrill Humphrey and Shirley Whitlock Crouch of McMinnville. She is survived by her…

Altamont resident Tracy H. Gipson, 35, died Jan. 6. A U.S. Marine Corps veteran, he was preceded in death by grandparents, Cora A. and Howard E. McGriff. He is survived by his parents, Kirk and Coretta Gipson; longtime girlfriend, Sherry Cripps; children, Whitney, Kayla, Shana and Jacob Gipson; sisters, Tiffany (Evan) Jones, Tabby (Jesse) Bratcher…

Maggie Allene Cantrell, 85, of Roseville, Mich. (formerly of McMinnville) died Friday, Jan. 4 at her residence. She was born on Dec. 2, 1922 in Warren County, and was a member of Temple Baptist Church in Roseville. Mrs. Cantrell was a homemaker, a seamstress, and enjoyed flower arranging, gardening and cooking. She was preceded in…

All My Children Ryan was injured by the bullet Hannah intended for Kendall, but made a full recovery. Zach planned to solve the Hannah problem permanently, only to be emotionally moved when she related the pain she suffered from Alexander, and accused Zach of rescuing all the other women in his life except her. Overwhelmed…

Altamont resident Melba M. Barber, 86, died Jan. 3. A member of Liberty Independent Baptist Church, she was preceded in death by her parents, Lester and Mary Campbell; husband, J.B. Barber; daughter, Clara Partin; sister, Irene Cotham; brothers, Thomas (Bud) and Hoyt Campbell. She is survived by sister, Margaret Hampton; granddaughter and spouse, Michelle and…