McMinnville Police Department will be conducting DUI saturation patrols and checkpoints during the Memorial Day holiday weekend. This will be from midnight May 21 through midnight May 26. The DUI checkpoints and saturated patrols will be conducted within the city limits. The DUI checkpoints will be set up on South Chancery Street and Old Smithville…

Eastside Elementary School has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Goody’s Good Deeds for Schools program to be used for children with special needs. Susan Hutcheson, store manager at McMinnville Goody’s, presented a $10,000 check to Eastside teacher Kim Cantrell during a ceremony at the school Friday. A portion of the grant will be…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) ‘ Hillary Rodham Clinton won a large but largely symbolic victory in the West Virginia primary Tuesday over Barack Obama, still the leader and closing in on the Democratic presidential nomination. The Associated Press made its call based on surveys of voters as they left the polls. Obama conceded defeat in advance…

By Duane Sherrill The cousin of a man accused of helping steal over 700 pounds of metal from the county highway department says he was an innocent party whose only mistake was helping him load the steel to take to a scrap yard. ‘His only involvement was helping his cousin,’ testified Josh Neal in the…

By Margaret Hobbs Irving College Elementary fourth-grade teacher Carol Roberts will be featured on Channel 2 this week as the station’s Educator of the Week. ‘We are so proud to have one of our teachers selected,’ said director of professional and community development Bonnie Collier. ‘A film crew was at the school earlier this month.’…

By Duane Sherrill Twenty-two people were indicted by the Warren County grand jury. Included in grand jury indictments. ‘ Amon (Chip) McCormick was indicted on the charge of aggravated assault. He is charged with throwing hot grease on his mother leaving her with severe burns. ‘ Steven Koontz was indicted on the charge of vehicular…

By Lisa Hobbs McMinnville Police Department ended its third Citizen Police Academy last Thursday with a graduation ceremony at the Blue Building. ‘Each class has its own unique personality and this one was no different,’ said McMinnville Chief of Police Charlie Sewell. ‘There was plenty of laughter, camaraderie and fun for the entire 10 weeks.’…

CHONGQING, China (AP) ‘ One of the worst earthquakes in decades struck central China on Monday, killing nearly 9,000 people, trapping about 900 students under the rubble of their school and causing a toxic chemical leak, state media reported. The 7.8-magnitude earthquake devastated a hilly region of small cities and towns in Sichuan and nearby…

Will Fults brought in this huge drum during a recent fishing trip to Rock Island State Park. The fish weighed 14 pounds and was 29 inches long. Will is the son of John and Stacy Fults.

LOS ANGELES (AP) ‘ A memorabilia dealer who profited from O.J. Simpson for many years is the latest former crony to write a tell-all book, this one alleging a groggy Simpson, high on marijuana, confessed to killing his ex-wife after he was acquitted. Mike Gilbert also claims he helped his former friend wiggle out of…