By Lisa Hobbs Making memories on one special night of the year shouldn’t end with mangled vehicles and young lives cut short. With guidance and support, one of the biggest nights of their young lives, their high school prom, won’t be the last night. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, nearly one-third of…

By Charles W. Johnson Christine Grayson sings the Negro National Anthem during the event. ‘My skin may be different, but I am somebody’ ‘ Ariel Drake. ‘My hair may be different, but I am somebody’ ‘ Krystal Richmond. ‘The way I dress may be different, but I am somebody’ ‘ Jasmine Hall. ‘I am black,…

BY Margo Howard Dear Margo: I am a happily married man with a dilemma. I have always been a one-woman man, even in earlier relationships, which were really bad in some ways. Before I got together with my wonderful wife, I had a serious crush on a woman who’s in a position of authority at…

By Margaret Hobbs East End Church of Christ is holding their 8th Annual Ladies’ Day tomorrow with registration from 8:30-9:30 a.m. Lunch will follow the program and all ladies are invited to attend. The guest speaker will be Sheila Butt, and the topic will be ‘Recipes for Life.’ She is a graduate of East Tennessee…

By Margaret Hobbs Junior Auxiliary of McMinnville is presenting its annual Junior Miss Warren County Pageant Saturday evening at 6 p.m. at the McMinnville Civic Center. ‘We are so excited about this event,’ said chairman Brooke Totherow. ‘We are happy to be utilizing the Civic Center and their facilities. We have 18 wonderful young ladies…

The Tennessee Titans will open their preseason schedule by hosting the St. Louis Rams during the weekend of August 8-10. They host the Oakland Raiders the following Saturday, Aug. 16, in a game that will be broadcast nationally on FOX. They visit the Atlanta Falcons on the weekend of Aug. 22-24 and the Green Bay…

The Cincinnati Bengals have released wide receiver Chris Henry after his fifth arrest since 2005. The 24-year-old Henry was in Hamilton County Jail pending a court appearance Thursday after being accused of punching an 18-year-old man in the face and breaking his car window with a beer bottle. Police said he surrendered after a warrant…

KNOXVILLE (AP) ‘ McDonald’s and Parade All-American Scotty Hopson has committed to playing at Tennessee next season. Hopson, a 6-foot-6, 200-pound shooting guard at University Heights Academy in Hopkinsville, Ky., is rated the ninth-best high school player in the nation by Rivals.com. ‘It felt like the right thing for me,’ Hopson told The Knoxville News…

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) ‘ Kevin Harvick hasn’t won a Sprint Cup race since last year’s Daytona 500. Three years ago, such a drought would be cause for blasting teammates, bosses, NASCAR officials and anyone else who dared cross him. These days, he’s quietly finishing in the top five most weeks and settling in at…