By Dale Stubblefield General Equipment’s Crystal Bouldin charges in from right field to make a play during Tuesday night’s action in the girls fast-pitch league, which is being played on the WCHS softball field this season.

PARIS (AP) – Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal showed what they can do when challenged. The two highest-seeded men at the French Open had tougher-than-expected first sets Thursday, and both responded by reeling off game after game to move into the third round. Although Federer wasn’t broken, he lost the first set in a tiebreaker…

Smarty Pants’ Camerie Martin slides into home plate, while General Equipment catcher Erica Cantrell tries to make the play Tuesday night. The girls 11-13 year-old fast-pitch league will be playing their games at the WCHS softball field this season.

By Gary Clothier Q: In the 1990s, a professional basketball player had the nickname Pearl Jam. This was also the decade of the incredible rock band of the same name. Was there an association between the NBA player and the group? ‘ W.T., Temple Hills, Md. A: This is a bit of an involved answer.…

Randall M. McCarver, 48, of Midlothian, Va., passed away March 18. He previously lived in this area from 1960-62 near his grandparents. He was preceded in death by grandparents John and Pauline Boyd of Bone Cave and George Lee McCarver and Laura (McCarver) Kerley of Dunlap. He is survived by his father and stepmother, George…

Woodbury resident Pauline Mathis Miller, 89, died May 27 at her home after an extended illness. She is survived by her nine children, William Miller of Manchester, Lorene Hollard of Morrison, Sarah (Carl Ray) Mathis of Centertown, Fannie (Floyd) Gannon, Jesse (Diane) Miller, Ruby Allred, Mary Stone, Dottie Ross and Raymond (Elizabeth) Miller, all of…

By DUANE SHERRILL A 39-person docket was heard Tuesday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Court, including a man who the judge said was getting a sweetheart deal in light of his lengthy criminal record. ‘You don’t seem to qualify for anything but looking out from between bars,’ Ross said to John Lillard Jr.…

River Park Hospital employees and guests gathered recently at McMinnville Civic Center for the 2008 Employee Gala. The 5th annual awards banquet, chaired by Dawn Pedigo, was well attended with over 300 present. The gala committee brought spring to life with walls lined in spring artwork donated by students at Warren County Middle School. Other…

KYLE, S.D. (AP) ‘ Hillary Rodham Clinton touted her electability before separate audiences Wednesday, saying her wins in swing states and strong vote margins among certain voting blocs give her the best chance of defeating Republican John McCain in November. Clinton argued her case on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in remote southwest South Dakota…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON Haley Preparations for the installation of the Warren County Bicentennial Monument are well under way, with the most recent work being the transfer of the foundation stones for the project from storage to the courthouse lawn. According to local historian and alderman, Jimmy Haley, the stones chosen to complete the foundation…