By Lisa Hobbs Who will pay for the $1.2 million the city borrowed to purchase more efficient electronic water meters? After more then a year, the meters aren’t gushing profits by capturing lost revenue. Back in May 2006, members of the Water and Sewer Committee were asked to consider replacing their old water meters during…

By Lisa Hobbs If the choice is demolition or renovation, save the Franklin P. Blue building! That’s the recommendation from the Center for Historic Preservation at Middle Tennessee State University. ‘Given its prime location in the heart of McMinnville, the history of the Blue Building and its role in the life and times of many…

Caney Fork Electric Cooperative marked customer appreciation day yesterday with free barbeque sandwiches, chips, cookies, popcorn and cotton candy. Visitors placed their name in the drawing for $100 in free electricity. Children were treated to some time jumping around in an inflatable and a ‘Saving Our Energy’ coloring book. Pictured is Carter Cantrell, 6, taking…

By DUANE SHERRILL A local businessman will serve no jail time for his alleged role in an interstate stolen auto parts ring in which several other businessmen still face charges. The defendant, local mechanic Roger Dale Hosse, entered a no contest plea Wednesday before Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley to the charge of theft. He…

Baby Girl Gabrielle Jordan Bolin was born April 22 at River Park Hospital weighing 7 pounds, 1 1/2 ounces. She is the daughter of Stacie and Charles Bolin, and brother to Tristan Campbell. Her grandparents are Bill and Pat Norrod, and David and Judy Bolin of Winchester. Baby Boy Jaxon Wyatt Burnett, son of Beth…

Hedy’s Heroes participated in the MS Walk on April 26 in Murfreesboro. Their efforts raised awareness about multiple sclerosis, as well as $2,000 to continue the fight to find a cure. Pictured, from left, are Liz Johnson, Chloe Majors, Twan Majors, Christie Luna, Terian Turner, Emily George, Sally Turner, Heather George and Clark George.

-Local student wins KFC scholarship Kentucky Fried Chicken gives away 100 four-year college scholarships nationally each year. Out of those, only one will be awarded to a Tennessee student and this year’s recipient happens to be a Warren County High School student. Out of the thousands of graduating seniors who applied, Aleesha Dawn McCormick of…

DETROIT (AP) ‘ Dale Fortin is getting a new kind of customer at his Detroit auto repair shop, customers who have not just been in a fender-bender or had a windshield smashed by a rock. The soaring price of crude oil has turned gas tanks into a cache of valuable booty, and Fortin has replaced…

What happens when a building committee thinks outside the box and selects the design/build method for its construction solution? For Covenant Fellowship Church, the result was an on-budget, two-weeks-ahead-of-schedule educational facility. Members of Covenant Fellowship Church, J&S Construction and the McMinnville community held a ribbon cutting for Covenant Academy on April 4. The school will…

By DUANE SHERRILL Roadblocks and saturated patrols around the city and county saw a handful of arrests and citations during the Memorial Day holiday as lawmen were out in force hoping to make the roads safer for traveling motorists. ‘The good thing was that there were no accidents involving alcohol in the city over the…