TODAY, MARCH 23 The Greesons will sing at New Hope Full Gospel Church at 6 p.m. Easter sunrise service will be held at 6:30 a.m. at Sunny Hills Baptist Church. Other services are at regular times. MONDAY, MARCH 24 Nutrition Fact or Fiction will be held at the Senior Center on Morrison Street at 10…

By JAMES CLARK Fires and other emergency situations are featured on ‘Code Red.’ If you like to watch bad guys get arrested and emergency workers in action, there’s a new show coming to Ben Lomand TV you might want to watch. It’s called ‘Code Red’ and it premieres today on BLTV’s local Ch. 6. ‘It’s…

BY Consumer Reports True or false: The chance of developing or dying of cancer is higher now than ever. Happily, the answer is false, according to a recent Consumer Reports on Health analysis. The incidence of new cancers diagnosed each year has stayed about level since 1992, and the death rate in recent years has…

By JAMES CLARK The old 84 Lumber building in Manchester is boarded up. People are always talking about the need for local officials to do something to attract jobs to Warren County. I have often joined in this chorus. But McMinnville is not the only town that’s struggling to keep businesses afloat. I made a…

By JAMES CLARK Charley Young always seems to have a building project taking place at his Sparta Street business, Charley’s BBQ. He says that’s by design. ‘You always have to be trying something different,’ said Charley. ‘You can’t stay stagnant. Business is too tough. You have to try something new.’ In this case that something…

By JAMES CLARK Danny Patton spent 34 years working for Ben Lomand and recently retired from the company as a line foreman. Among his job duties was replacing poles that had been knocked down for one reason or another. Now Danny has entered a different line of work and is relying on his trusty Kubota…

Progress continues on the new Roses store soon to locate at Three Star Mall and now a sign has gone up. Roses officials are hopeful the store can open by the end of April.

By JAMES CLARK Rocky River Stone is a rather unusual business in that you have to drive through a river to reach it. It’s a story that starts with tragedy and continues today with the perseverance of Carolyn Garretson, who is working to keep Rocky River Stone going strong after the sudden death of her…

By JAMES CLARK I don’t know if this is normal behavior, but my kids care nothing about the Easter Bunny. They never have. Despite my best efforts to get them to run to the Easter Bunny, embrace the Easter Bunny, and have their picture made with the Easter Bunny, my two boys are more concerned…

As the weather continues to warm and nature starts to awake from its winter slumber, the world around us embraces spring. This time of renewal is also the perfect time to update home decor with the fresh feeling associated with the change in season. ‘Home decor that takes cues from nature and the serenity of…