hanksgiving came early for 17th Judicial District officials here and in Bedford, Lincoln and Moore counties because Kimberly Ross confessed to plotting the murder of her husband, Bill Ross. The Shelbyville car salesman was shot three times while he slept in his Wartrace Pike home on Valentine's Day. By pleading guilty, Kimberly Ross avoided a jury trial and cleared a docket that had been more

hanksgiving came early for 17th Judicial District officials here and in Bedford, Lincoln and Moore counties because Kimberly Ross confessed to plotting the murder of her husband, Bill Ross. The Shelbyville car salesman was shot three times while he slept in his Wartrace Pike home on Valentine's Day. By pleading guilty, Kimberly Ross avoided a jury trial and cleared a docket that had been more

To the editor: I am a guidance counselor at Westwood Junior High School in Manchester. On Saturday, Sept. 22, two of my friends and I were riding our ATVs at Wooly's Off Road near Lewisburg. After we had loaded our ATVs at the end of the day, we drove off not realizing that I had foolishly left my wallet on top of my truck. ... more

o the editor: I am a guidance counselor at Westwood Junior High School in Manchester. On Saturday, Sept. 22, two of my friends and I were riding our ATVs at Wooly's Off Road near Lewisburg. After we had loaded our ATVs at the end of the day, we drove off not realizing that I had foolishly more

To the editor: What a terrific Homecoming week! Our students, schools and community had the pleasure of experiencing history being made as we witnessed our first football more

To the editor: I remember our second grade teacher, Mrs. Edwards, having us study about birds and showing us pictures of birds. One day, toward the end of the term, she asked us to write . . more

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Shortly after Marshall County commissioners voted 12-4 to ask their school board to fire the director of schools, one of the commissioners asked us to publish the . . . . . . . more

I have had a few complaints about the library being too loud. And, it really was not difficult to agree. Therefore, we (that means the staff and the users) are going to recapture the essence of what a library should . . . . more

My how things do change. Here in this small town during the 21st Century, a man who owns what used to be a middle school has endorsed use of the building for a skateboard park and if things proceed as planned, there'll be a place for an extreme sport and "hot dogger" tricks on the second floor of the old school... more

I don't know about you, but I'm finding it harder to believe each and every day the direction our moral standards are taking. Not saying I'm a angel, but times they are a changing. Who would have ever believed back during the days of Andy, Barney and Mayberry what is . . . . more

For many Americans, the Fourth of July is about traditions -- grilling in the backyard with family, watching fireworks with friends or spending a day on the lake. While those traditions give us many fond memories . . . . more

f you're like most people, you're probably glad that Roy Pearson got his comeuppance. He's the Washington, D.C. judge who unsuccessfully sued the neighborhood dry cleaner for $54 . . . more

Farmers today are faced with many tough decisions: Do I have the money to purchase new equipment? Should I sell some of the livestock I maintain? Would I save money by planting less acreage? Should I sell the land that has been in my family for generations to developers?... more

Two of the books recently in the top five on the New York Times Best Sellers list were John Dean's Conservatives Without Conscience and Ann Coulter's Godless: The Church of Liberalism. I have not read either, but the titles are reflections of our inflammatory reciprocal monologue that has promoted incivility of human interaction. more

Lori Maynard learned last year that her daughter had rheumatoid arthritis. The diagnosis followed "about three months of rapid degenerative illness," said Maynard in a telephone interview from her New Jersey home. A National Institutes of Health Web site defines rheumatoid arthritis as a chronic auto-immune disease causing inflammation of the joints and neighboring . . . more

Former President Jimmy Carter spent the week backpedaling on a comment he made to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette saying that the Bush administration's foreign policy "has been the worst in history." The first thing that comes to mind for me is why newspapers are only called "Democrat". I have never heard of The Arkansas "Republican" newspaper or the like; they are almost always Democrat--just like the media itself. . . . more

In 1982, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. As we observe the Wall's 25th anniversary this year, the memorial will again be surrounded by visitors who come to pay their respects to the men and women whose names are engraved onto its black granite face. The incredible healing power of the Vietnam Wall has helped to make it the most visited memorial in the nation's capital, receiving more than 4 million visitors. . . . . . more