The engagement and forthcoming marriage of Samantha Diane Bessette of Hilton Head, S.C. to Adam Keith Bouldin is being revealed for May 25. The couple are planning a ceremony to take place on location at San Juan, Puerto Rico. The bride-elect is the daughter of Elaine Creamer of Hilton Head. Her grandparents are Mr. and…

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First Baptist Church recently set aside three men of the church to serve as deacons. The ordination service took place recently before the church, family members and friends. The new deacons and their wives are, from left, Lane and Holly Cantrell, Gregg and Theresa Garrison and Mark and Hilda Lytle. Each looks forward to serving…

By Duane Sherrill A 62-person docket was heard Thursday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Traffic Court. Included in traffic court action: ‘ Dionicio Morales was ordered to serve 47 hours of an 11-29 sentence, pay $650 plus costs and lose his license for two years for second-offense DUI and driving on a revoked…

By Lisa Hobbs Warren County Middle School students took a journey without leaving campus Friday. The school’s entire student body participated in 16 activities. The school’s Fit for Service journey began at 7:55 a.m. with the singing of the national anthem and the landing of a Black Hawk helicopter on the football field by pilot…

By Lisa Hobbs Over 1,000 Warren County K-12 students recently submitted drawings to the Spring Art Show held annually by the American Association of University Women (AAUW). Taking Best in Show was Jason Turner with his drawing of a medieval soldier holding a sword while riding on horseback. Pictured front row, from left, are sweepstake…

By SUSAN NEWBY Sometimes you look at the world around you and you just have to wonder. Wonder why bad things happen. Wonder at the awe of Mother Nature. Wonder, wonder, wonder. Today especially is a day for wonder. Wonder how our mothers do what they do and have done. Mother’s Day is time to…

BY Chuck Shepherd Almost-anything-goes ‘ultimate fighting,’ also known as “human cockfighting,” is a major “sport,” mostly in Southern and Western states, but only in Missouri are kids as young as 6 permitted on the mats, according to a March Associated Press dispatch from Carthage, Mo. Members of the Garage Boys Fight Crew, ages up to…

NASHVILLE (AP) ‘ Nashville police say a tractor-trailer carrying millions of dollars in pharmaceuticals was stolen while the driver was at a truck stop. Metro police spokeswoman Kristin Mumford says the truck’s driver went inside a truck stop Tuesday night. When he came out his truck was gone and his pit bull was wandering around…

By Charles W. Johnson One of the traditions of Mother’s Day has always been the corsage given to moms on their special day. That’s why the McMinnville Pebbles gathered at All-O-K’Sions Flowers and Gifts recently to learn how to make their own corsage for mom from an expert, All-O-K’Sions owner and operator Pam Wilson. Pebbles…