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By DUANE SHERRILL A local businessman will serve no jail time for his alleged role in an interstate stolen auto parts ring in which several other businessmen still face charges. The defendant, local mechanic Roger Dale Hosse, entered a no contest plea Wednesday before Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley to the charge of theft. He…

Baby Girl Gabrielle Jordan Bolin was born April 22 at River Park Hospital weighing 7 pounds, 1 1/2 ounces. She is the daughter of Stacie and Charles Bolin, and brother to Tristan Campbell. Her grandparents are Bill and Pat Norrod, and David and Judy Bolin of Winchester. Baby Boy Jaxon Wyatt Burnett, son of Beth…

Hedy’s Heroes participated in the MS Walk on April 26 in Murfreesboro. Their efforts raised awareness about multiple sclerosis, as well as $2,000 to continue the fight to find a cure. Pictured, from left, are Liz Johnson, Chloe Majors, Twan Majors, Christie Luna, Terian Turner, Emily George, Sally Turner, Heather George and Clark George.

-Local student wins KFC scholarship Kentucky Fried Chicken gives away 100 four-year college scholarships nationally each year. Out of those, only one will be awarded to a Tennessee student and this year’s recipient happens to be a Warren County High School student. Out of the thousands of graduating seniors who applied, Aleesha Dawn McCormick of…

DETROIT (AP) ‘ Dale Fortin is getting a new kind of customer at his Detroit auto repair shop, customers who have not just been in a fender-bender or had a windshield smashed by a rock. The soaring price of crude oil has turned gas tanks into a cache of valuable booty, and Fortin has replaced…

What happens when a building committee thinks outside the box and selects the design/build method for its construction solution? For Covenant Fellowship Church, the result was an on-budget, two-weeks-ahead-of-schedule educational facility. Members of Covenant Fellowship Church, J&S Construction and the McMinnville community held a ribbon cutting for Covenant Academy on April 4. The school will…

By DUANE SHERRILL Roadblocks and saturated patrols around the city and county saw a handful of arrests and citations during the Memorial Day holiday as lawmen were out in force hoping to make the roads safer for traveling motorists. ‘The good thing was that there were no accidents involving alcohol in the city over the…

WASHINGTON (AP) – Another week, another rumbling train of tornadoes that obliterates entire city blocks, smashing homes to their foundations and killing people even as they cower in their basements. With the year not even half done, 2008 is already the deadliest tornado year in the United States since 1998 and seems on track to…

CHICAGO (AP)’ The percentage of American children who are overweight or obese appears to have leveled off after a 25-year increase, according to new figures that offer a glimmer of hope in an otherwise dismal battle. “That is a first encouraging finding in what has been unremittingly bad news,” said Dr. David Ludwig, director of…

By Lisa Hobbs Taking a break and relieving some puppy stress before their turn on stage are three of the 16 Dalmatians in Saturday evening’s rendition of Disney’s 101 Dalmatians featuring Cruella Deville, played by Allison Chilton. Pictured, from left, are Sara Smi Paula’s Dance Academy packed the house with its ‘Disney on Parade’ and…