By Dale Stubblefield Tournament action kicked off Tuesday night in the boys 11- and 12-year-old baseball league with two games scheduled on the Dottie West Field.Stewart’s Nursery rolled past DWall Drywall 14-2 in the opening game of the tournament. Alex Sullivan picked up the win for Stewart’s. DWall used three pitchers, but they couldn’t keep…

By Dale Stubblefield Thursday night in the girls 9- and 10-year-old fast pitch league Tennessee Metal Fabrication defeated Mayfield Farms 13-3. TMF scored three runs in the bottom of the first, five in the second and five in the third. Mayfield scored all three of its runs in the second inning. For TMF, Madison Taylor,…

By Dale Stubblefield Dale Stubblefield photoThe Warren County Sheriff’s department along with officers from McMinnville, Coffee County, the TBI and surrounding counties, held a scramble Thursday at the Collins River golf course to benefit the children of slain Grundy County sheriff deputy Shane Tate.Tim Price follows his putt on No.5 as teammates, from left, Marc…

Plans for the forthcoming marriage of Sheena Madison Glenn and Matthew Franklin Cotten, both of Chattanooga, are being revealed by the bride-elect’s parents, Ronald and Hershey Glenn. Parents of the prospective bridegroom are Lisha and the late Frank Cotten. The betrothed couple will exchange vows Aug. 9 at Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The bride-to-be is…

By Duane Sherrill A 61-person docket was heard Tuesday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Court. Included in court action:‘ Rosendo Ramirez was ordered to serve 10 days of an 11-month, 29-day sentence and pay $100 to the battered women’s shelter for domestic assault.‘ Rosalio R. Luna was given a six-month probationary sentence and…

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) ‘ Ernesto Evangelista prefers to pump premium gas into his seven-month-old Nissan Titan, thinking it makes the truck run better.But at a BP station just a few blocks from the sand of Miami Beach, the 33-year-old painter grabbed the handle for the regular, 87-octane gas to fill his tank on a…

NASHVILLE (AP) ‘ Two Sumner County men have pleaded guilty to a mortgage fraud scheme that resulted in more than $2.2 million in losses to lenders.The U.S. Attorney’s office in Nashville says Miles J. Black and Jeffrey D. Hathcock entered their pleas in federal court Thursday. The trial of a third defendant, Harold Stafford, has…

By Duane Sherrill A man who led lawmen on a chase which covered two counties was bound to the grand jury Tuesday after he waived his right to a preliminary hearing.With his own attorney saying he hoped suspect Todd A. Whitmore, 37, did not get ‘carpal tunnel’ from signing the numerous waivers to his charges,…

By Lisa Hobbs Warren County seniors over 60, with eligible income, can receive food vouchers being offered by the Seniors Farmers Market program.Farmers Market Senior Nutrition 2008 is sponsored by the Warren County Health Department, Warren County Senior Center and the Farmers Market. The program aims to improve the dietary habits of seniors by encouraging…

By James Clark A former McMinnville police officer remains in critical condition at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga after he was involved in a Monday morning crash in Manchester while working traffic control at Bonnaroo.State trooper Steve Bourque, 35, was riding a motorcycle with its blue lights activated when he was struck by a vehicle…