DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) ‘ A day after Tony Stewart assailed Goodyear for the tires it provided at Atlanta Motor Speedway, three other drivers echoed his complaints ‘ but without the same venom. ‘I think he went a little overboard,’ four-time series champion Jeff Gordon said. ‘He kind of made it personal.’ Gordon, Greg Biffle and…

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) ‘ Billy Crystal will get to ‘look mahvelous’ in pinstripes. The actor will sign a one-day, minor league contract with the New York Yankees and play in Thursday’s exhibition game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.Crystal, an avid Yankees fan, will work out with the team on Wednesday and will wear uniform No. 60…

Smithville resident Walter Gray Foster, 60, died March 8 at University Medical Center in Lebanon. A retired Carrier employee, a Mason and member of Liberty Lodge 77, and Spring Street the Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Claude Jackson and Lucille Young Foster; and was preceded in death by first wife, Martha…

McMinnville resident and DeKalb County native Peggy Ann Adamson, 64, was born Dec. 24, 1943 and died March 10 at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville following a short illness. A retired employee of A.O. Smith and a member of the Pentecostal Church, she was the daughter of Delcie Bain Ervin of McMinnville and the late…

McMinnville resident and Warren County native George Bethel Simons, 77, was born March 24, 1930 and died March 10 at his residence following an extended illness. He was retired from the amusement business, a United States Army veteran of Korea, a life member of VFW Post 5064, and a member of the Church of God.…

By Duane Sherrill Tough call. Do you stick to your guns if you’re the Democratic Party and not count delegates from the Florida and Michigan primaries due to their thumbing of their noses at the party rules? Or, do you relent to the angry masses who demand a new primary be held in those states…

TO THE EDITOR: I admit I usually skip past Sam Allen’s letters. They are too predictable ‘ Republican: good, Democrat: bad. But the name Hussein jumped off the page and caused me to read his Wednesday letter. Now I see how simple the world must seem from Sam’s perspective. Just read the label on anything…

TO THE EDITOR: There is much more to education than summer vacation. There has been a fair amount of talk around town recently about the proposed school calendar developed by school system administrators, principals and teachers. A few points need to be clarified: 1) I have heard a number of people complain they do not…

By Jim Mullen I just had a go ’round with the phone company. Of course, it’s not just my phone company anymore. It’s my Internet and my cable-TV company. It wants to be my credit-card company, healthcare provider and it wants to groom my dog. Soon, they plan to get into lawn care and car…

By Kathryn Lopez Enough is enough. Hillary Clinton has made history already; she has shown us that a woman can be a major presidential candidate. But as we are here living history, I’d like it to now be history. Simply put, I don’t want a woman president. Not if she’s running to be a “woman…