By Duane Sherrill A 36-person docket was heard Tuesday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Court. Included in court action: ‘ Robert R. Sanders Jr., must serve an 11-month, 29-day sentence behind bars for domestic assault. ‘ Sean B. Morrison was given an 11-29 sentence to serve for domestic assault. ‘ Annette Hobbs was…

TOP LEFT: Taking first and second-place are the teams, The Foxy Ladies and The Go-Getter Girls, respectively, during Survival of the Fittest 2008 at Warren County High School. Both teams won digital cameras. Pictured, first row from left, are The Go-Getter Girls team members Marcy Estes, Emily Kelsey, Chelsea Vaughn, Megan Evans and Ashleigh Fults.…

SELMER, Tenn. (AP) ‘ A professional drag racer whose car plowed into a parade crowd last summer, killing six people and injuring 22 others, surrendered to authorities on multiple felony charges. Troy Critchley, 38, is charged with six counts of vehicular homicide due to recklessness and 22 counts of reckless aggravated assault, according to the…

By Duane Sherrill A woman will serve 48 hours in jail after she allegedly threw a knife and struck another woman as they were in an altercation at the victim’s door. The defendant, Natalie Crockett, was ordered to serve 48 hours of an 11-month, 29-day sentence before General Sessions Judge Larry Ross on charges of…

WASHINGTON (AP) ‘ The number of newly laid off workers filing for unemployment benefits rose last week to the highest level in nearly two months, providing more evidence that the weak economy is having an adverse impact on the labor market. The Labor Department said Thursday that applications for jobless benefits totaled 378,000 last week.…

NASHVILLE (AP) ‘ Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander is officially launching his re-election bid. Alexander, who was first elected to the Senate in 2002, submitted his official paperwork in Nashville on Wednesday. “I’m going to ask the people of Tennessee to send me back,” Alexander said. Alexander, 67, previously served two terms as governor and is…

WASHINGTON (AP) ‘ Barack Obama’s campaign said Thursday that evenly splitting Michigan’s delegates with rival Hillary Rodham Clinton would be a fair way to distribute them, now that the chances of a do-over primary are essentially dead. The Michigan Senate adjourned Thursday without taking up a bill for a June 3 repeat primary. While there…

By Duane Sherrill A man who allegedly photographed himself having sexual relations with a 13-year-old girl was bound to the grand jury this week with his defense calling for a reduction in bond. The defendant, Christopher Maranta, 37, waived his right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday before General Sessions Judge Larry Ross and was bound…

By JAMES CLARK While the city of McMinnville considers annexing property near Red Road and Smithville Highway, other Midstate cities are also taking steps to grow. In Cookeville, annexation is an annual process, according to city planner James Mills, who says Cookeville has increased its land area by one-third since 2000. ‘If there’s an area…

NASHVILLE (AP) ‘ In a seven-minute speech Thursday former Senate Speaker John Wilder announced the conclusion of more than four decades of service in the state Senate. Wilder, 86, was the longest-serving presiding officer of a legislative chamber in modern U.S. history until he lost his bid for another stint as speaker last year. ‘I…