Winners in the McMinnville Jaycees egg hunt held yesterday at Pistole Park are, front row, from left, Dominick Marquez with mother Jamie, Chase Milanovich, Lucas Prater, Riley Morton and Carter Cantrell. Second row, Billy Davis with mother Alyssa, Kali Myers, Gracie Self, Grant Hitchock and the Easter Bunny.

KNOXVILLE (AP) ‘ A train that derailed in downtown Knoxville has spilled almost 3,500 gallons of diesel from its lead locomotive. The first priority of firefighters reaching the crash scene on Friday night was to contain the spill, but Knoxville Fire Department Capt. Brent Seymour says it is not clear whether any fuel ran into…

By JAMES CLARK The pancakes were flying off the grill and hopping to the table yesterday at Gondola. It was all part of the festivities as the Easter Bunny took center stage at the Queens for A Cure pancake breakfast fundraiser. Gondola owners Jimmy and Lisa Zavogiannis were kind enough to allow Queens for A…

BY Chuck Shepherd Dakota Abbott, 16, edged Samantha Phillips, 17, to become Miss Outdoors 2008 in February in Maryland’s Eastern Shore region’s annual beauty-contest-and-muskrat-skinning festival. The two were the only beauty contestants (out of eight) who entered both competitions. Abbott won her skinning division, but while she sang a song for the judges, Phillips won…

By JAMES CLARK Warren County High School senior T.J. Cantrell doesn’t usually begin his morning by selling nursery stock. But he was up bright and early yesterday, and at Bobby Ray Elementary by 6 a.m., to do his part in the annual Project Graduation Nursery Sale. ‘I have to get my Project Graduation points,’ said…

By Charles W. Johnson A series of amendments to the docket dominated the Warren County Commission meeting Monday night, leading commissioners to vote on reopening a resolution designed to equalize committee fees that had been tabled in last month’s meeting, approving a budget transfer in General Sessions Court, and changing the current construction loan on…

Krista Hennessee suffered non-critical injuries Friday morning when her vehicle crashed and overturned on Fred Hoover Road near its intersection with Pigeon Hill Road. Hennessee told lawmen she was trying to avoid a car in her lane on the narrow country road when she hit a ditch causing her SUV to roll.

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) ‘ When shooting suspect Christopher Williams acted up in prison, he was given nutraloaf ‘ a mixture of cubed whole wheat bread, nondairy cheese, raw carrots, spinach, seedless raisins, beans, vegetable oil, tomato paste, powdered milk and dehydrated potato flakes. Prison officials call it a complete meal. Inmates say it’s so awful…

MILWAUKEE (AP) ‘ After being laid off from her job as an events planner at an upscale resort, Jo Ann Bauer struggled financially. She worked at several lower-paying jobs, relocated to a new city and even declared bankruptcy. Then in December, she finally accepted her parents’ invitation to move into their home ‘ at age…

Left photo: Ethan Hitchcock’s basket was overflowing with eggs. .Right photo: Issac Mahler, Paige Mahler and Wyatt Lyle look to see what treats are inside their eggs.