By Charles W. Johnson The Senior Center and local UT Extension office are partnering to present an eWellness Program designed to help the community improve its health through educational classes and wellness challenges. The kickoff will be at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow at the Senior Center, located at 809 Morrison Street. After the kickoff, the program…

By Lisa Hobbs Property owners along N. Chancery Street have been invited by letter to attend a meeting to discuss their financial role when it comes to improving the street. The meeting will be held at the Blue Building at 5:30 p.m. on April 3. On March 10, McMinnville officials began considering a measure that…

BY Chuck Shepherd While March Madness dominates intercollegiate athletics, another group of collegians works out amid coaches’ whistles, endures bloody, 12-hour practices, and cheers on teammates preparing for the national championship in meat-judging, in which about 40 colleges compete, according to a March Wall Street Journal report. Coaches at powerhouses like Colorado State and South…

Roy Edwin Partin has been named the 2008 Morrison Ruritan Citizen of the Year. He is the 34th person honored since the award began in 1975. A banquet will be held in his honor on Saturday, April 19 at 7 p.m. in the Morrison Ruritan Building. Gary Prater will be the guest speaker. Those wishing…

By Lisa Hobbs Time is almost up for the water tower located on Cadillac Lane. Placed in 1959, it won’t stand to see its 50th birthday. The removal will be done as soon as possible after April 15 when the old Driver Testing Center building is moved. After unsuccessfully trying to give the water tank…

While demolition work was taking place Saturday, the fire began to kick up again, requiring firefighters to use more water. The city’s expensive lamppost appears unharmed. Like the Phoenix rising from the ashes, local leaders hope the two buildings devastated by Saturday morning’s Main Street fire will rise again in the near future, perhaps even…

By Charles W. Johnson The downtown blaze Saturday morning that left the former McMinnville Opera House ‘ one of McMinnville’s most treasured and historic buildings ‘ in rubble has delivered a devastating blow to Warren County history, made all the more tragic because it occurs in the year when the county is celebrating its bicentennial.…

By JAMES CLARK From the roof atop New York Grill provides a different view of firefighters working well above ground on Tower One, which is capable of extending its ladder 100 feet. Fire destroyed two Main Street buildings early Saturday morning as flames erupted in the heart of historic downtown McMinnville.Mel and Janice Dixon, who…

Fire erupted in downtown McMinnville this morning around 12:30 a.m. and firefighters worked frantically to contain the blaze to two buildings. By around 2 a.m. it appeared the fire was contained to 207 and 209 E. Main Street. Those buildings are between the old City Drug and old Fraley’s. Property records show the buildings belong…

By JAMES CLARK Cindy McKinley is recently coming off her ribbon-cutting ceremony as a proud member of the Chamber of Commerce and her new business, Hair-N-More, is doing well at Oak Plaza on Sparta Street. Cindy opened three days before Christmas and is working to get the word out about the merchandise she offers. ‘Hair…