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Evelyn Porter Hale of McMinnville died Tuesday, June 17 at NHC Health Care Center.She previously worked for both Caney Fork Electric Co-op and City Bank & Trust Company and was a member of Cornerstone Baptist Church. Mrs. Hale was preceded in death by parents, Norman and Olma Gregory Porter, and her husband M.R. Hale.Survivors include…

Christopher Lynn Myers, 36, of McMinnville passed from this life Wednesday, June 18 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.He was born Feb. 14, 1972 in Warren County. He worked as a carpet installer and co-owner of Myers Floor Covering and was a member of Forest Baptist Church.He is survived by his mother, Jean Myers…

By James Clark People will moan and bellyache any time government talks about spending taxpayer dollars. It’s an American tradition.Now don’t get me wrong. I’m not about to suggest government doesn’t waste its share of money. But it’s not necessarily a bad thing every time government looks to spend money on something new.Take for example…

By SUSAN NEWBY Should the city spend $70,000 to hire a company to identify potential retail establishments to be recruited to our area? It sounds good, but upon further examination of our current situation, is it the best use of taxpayer dollars? Let’s see, in the not-so-distant past, we’ve lost Bookland, Ryan’s, Jack ‘n the…

By James Clark I guess the best way to describe it is a robbery that turned sour. Steve Tryon, 18, was arrested in Terre Haute, Ind., on Tuesday after reportedly robbing a neighborhood lemonade stand of $17.50. According to police, Tyron approached the 12-year-old lemonade stand operator and demanded her money. After handing over the…

By Cokie & Steve Roberts On Father’s Day, Barack Obama delivered a sermon in a Chicago church chiding black men for their failures as parents. “Any fool can have a child,” he preached. “That doesn’t make you a father. It’s the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.”Those powerful words elicited some…

By Gene Lyons Yet another New York Times writer took a public pratfall recently, but for once it was easy to sympathize. The embarrassed scribe was Timothy Egan, the Seattle-based reporter who’s simply one of the best. No matter the topic, from strip-mining in West Virginia to prairie restoration in Oklahoma, if Egan’s writing, I’m…

By James Clark Levi Jones, 2, gets in a little batting practice of his own while watching his big brother, Jesse, play baseball in the 9- and 10-year-old league last night at the Civic Center.

By Charles W. Johnson If you love cars and want to make them a part of your Warren County Bicentennial Celebration, then be sure to stop by the McMinnville Cruisers automobile club for a special car show at the Security Federal parking lot on Saturday, July 5 from 5-8 p.m.The show will be historic in…