By Stephanie Nelson Food prices are up, way up. The overall cost of weekly groceries today is nearly six percent more than last year ‘ higher than the inflation rate. As food prices continue to rise, shoppers are on the hunt for easy ways to save money on groceries. ‘The key to cutting the grocery…

Ambitious season to include an eclectic mix of beloved operas, operettas, and a gala concert to commemorate the new Noah Liff Opera Center John Hoomes, artistic director of the Nashville Opera, announces the 2008-09 opera season will include works of Mozart, Romberg, Menotti, and Puccini. All performances will be at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center,…

BY Margo Howard Dear Margo: I have a very dear friend who’s been my roommate for years. She has a good heart and a lot going for her, but when it comes to men and love, she is blind, which may be an understatement. Recently her boyfriend of six months was arrested for prostitution (that…

By Jim Mullen Dear Savvy Senior, What’s the best way to find a good home care aide to help my elderly mother? Worn Out Dear Worn, According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, around 1.4 million Americans require the help of a paid caregiver each year. But finding good home-care can be a…

By Margaret Hobbs Five-year-old Jada Cummings, daughter of April Fernandez, visits with the Easter Bunny following the hunt. The second annual hunt is sponsored by Junior Auxiliary of McMinnville and is held at Hickory Creek Elementary. One doesn’t usually associate egg hunts with good health, but the Hoppin Into Health Egg Hunt presented the idea…

Adam Scott picked up five shots in five holes against a faltering Tiger Woods, then Geoff Ogilvy came to life and regained the lead Saturday before storms suspended play for the day in the CA Championship. Ogilvy was at 14 under, one shot ahead of Scott, through 11 holes. Woods, trying to stretch an amazing…

Church softball meeting The Warren County Church League Will hold an organizational meeting at Ben Lomand on North Chancery St. Monday, March 31, at 7 p.m. Churches wanting to have a team in the 2008 season should have someone at this meeting.The league will start at the middle of May. W.C. Pioneer Youth Football Fund…

By Tim Dahlberg Barry Bonds should be getting the idea by now. A new baseball season opens Tuesday in Japan, and the best job offer he’s gotten so far is from a minor league team with an opening in media relations. The pay isn’t much, and the working conditions are lousy. But things weren’t all…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) ‘ Rutgers got the fresh start it was looking for, thanks in part to an overmatched opponent. Kia Vaughn led four players in double figures with 22 points and second-seeded Rutgers routed 15th-seeded Robert Morris 85-42 on Saturday in the first round of the Greensboro Regional. The Scarlet Knights (25-6), who…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) ‘ Sixty wins, four high-scoring guards and two teams that aren’t quite sure they should be meeting so soon. Tennessee versus Butler has all the mathematics of a second-weekend NCAA tournament pairing, but they’ll meet instead Sunday in an unprecedented round-2 clash despite resumes that left both feeling jilted when the seedings…