Baby Girl Robin and Michael Kirby are the parents of a baby girl, Emma Jane, born May 20 at River Park Hospital. She weighed 6 pounds, 1 ounce, and is their first child. Her grandparents include James and Jane Witt and Larry and Carolyn Mullican.

Tennesse Tech Tennessee Tech University is pleased to announce the names of its students included on the dean’s list for the spring 2008 semester. Students earn the academic distinction by completing a full course load with a GPA of 3.1 or better on the university’s 4.0 scale. WARREN COUNTY ‘ William Bryant Seamons, April Nicole…

CROSSVILLE (AP) ‘ Authorities arrested a Sparta city employee on a charge of soliciting sex with a minor after he responded to a sting arranged by Cumberland County Sheriff’s deputies.The Crossville Chronicle reported that 55-year-old Johnny Vaughn Cody was arrested at the Caney Creek Bridge on Sunday and is scheduled to appear in court on…

By Lisa Hobbs McMinnville Parks and Recreation will hold its final installment of the Get Fit McMinnville program. Sign-ups for Get Fit Swimming will be held tomorrow from 10 a.m. to noon at Gilley Pool.The session is open to all levels of swimmers, beginning to experienced. Where beginners will learn the proper techniques of swimming…

By Gary Clothier Q: I won’t go into details, but I saw a few seconds of a music video on the Internet. A rather attractive, shorthaired blonde sang the song. I only remember a few words, ‘I don’t look back …’ Onstage with her, a guy with drumsticks played some kind of rhythm instrument. The…

Rock Island resident and Warren County native Franklin Dee Boren, 69, was born Jan. 18, 1939 and died June 10 at his residence following an extended illness.A retired nurseryman and member of Pleasant Cove Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Delbert and Willie Mae Harper Boren. He was married to Emma…

Edith Collins, 89, died June 12. She was preceded in death by parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.O. Mayes of Greenbrier; husband, Edward L. Collins; brother, Robert F. Mayes of Charleston, S.C.; and infant son, David. She is survived by children and their spouses, Virginia Lee of Pulaski, Joe and Marsha Collins of McMinnville, Liz and…

Cola June Cunningham Mayfield, 85, of McMinnville died Tuesday, June 10 at River Park Hospital.She was born on March 2, 1923 in Mitchell, S.D., and was a homemaker and member of Shellsford Baptist Church. Mrs. Mayfield was preceded in death by her parents, Charlie and Josialena Quick Cunningham, husband Creed Vinson Mayfield, sister Sibyle Greene,…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON Though many local folks will still make their annual vacation trip to the beach this year, a lot of others may opt to hang around a little closer to home to avoid being bitten by the gasoline price bug.But wherever they may choose to go, one tradition will still be a…

By Susan Newby While summer isn’t officially here yet, these 90-degree days make it seem so. And, with the price of gas, a trip to the beach doesn’t appear on any future horizon for me. Nonetheless, summer is the time for ‘beach book’ recommendations and I’ve got a number of good choices for readers. On…