The Warren County Farm Service Agency Committee recently met for its regularly scheduled committee session and reviewed the community boundaries for voting in the Local Administrative Area (LAA) for county committee elections. Each year, the County Committees review these boundaries to determine if adjustments should be made. ‘This year, the County Committee reviewed the boundaries…

A man who reportedly photographed himself having sexual relations with a teen-age girl faces 10 felony charges. The defendant, Christopher Maranta, 37, is charged with a variety of counts including sexual battery by an authority figure and sexual exploitation of a minor. The girl is 13 years old. For more details see Wednesday’s edition of…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ‘ The Senate has passed a bill that would allow employers to require English be spoken in the workplace. The bill sponsored by Sen. Jack Johnson, a Brentwood Republican, would continue to permit workers to speak other languages while on break or off the clock. Johnson also emphasized that that it would…

By Duane Sherrill A man who photographed himself having sexual relations with a teen-age girl faces 10 felony charges. The defendant, Christopher Maranta, 37, is charged with a variety of counts including sexual battery by an authority figure and sexual exploitation of a minor. He remains held at Warren County Jail. According to court documents,…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ‘ More state spending cuts may be necessary after another month of lower-than-expected tax collections, Gov. Phil Bredesen said Monday. Tennessee’s general fund tax collections were $28 million below expectations in February, bringing the state’s overall budget shortfall for the year to about $212 million. “We almost certainly will have some further…

NEW YORK (AP) ‘ The cost of filling up the family car climbed to a record high Tuesday, adding to the challenges consumers already face with falling home values and rising food prices. Gas prices at the pump rose overnight to a record national average of $3.2272 a gallon, according to AAA and the Oil…

By Duane Sherrill A Mt. Leo man is charged with attempted murder after he allegedly shot his wife in the neck Monday night and then claimed she wounded herself while cleaning the gun. The suspect, William Christopher Foster, 45, is charged with attempted first-degree murder, which carries 15 to 25 years, and aggravated assault, which…

A Mt. Leo man is charged with attempted murder after he allegedly shot his wife in the neck Monday night and then claimed she wounded herself while cleaning the gun. The suspect, William Christopher Foster, 45, is charged with attempted first-degree murder and aggravated assault. He is being held under $300,000 bond at Warren County…

By James Clark Dibrell seventh-grader Adry Snow, shown competing locally, finished 16th in Saturday’s regional spelling bee. Dibrell seventh-grader Adry Snow made it through ‘mayonnaise,’ ‘intractable’ and ‘nemesis’ at the Southern Appalachia Regional Spelling Bee held Saturday on the campus of UT-Knoxville. But she stumbled in the fourth round with the word ‘parasol,’ a lightweight…

NEW YORK (AP) ‘ The cost of filling up the family car climbed to a record high Tuesday, adding to the challenges consumers already face with falling home values and rising food prices. Gas prices at the pump rose overnight to a record national average of $3.2272 a gallon, according to AAA and the Oil…