Davis Amendment Accepted To Restore Meth FundingPosted on June 29, 2006 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Lincoln Davis announced the House accepted his amendment to the Fiscal Year ’07 Science, State, Justice and Commerce Appropriations Act restoring $50 million in funding for a program vital to combating meth abuse. Since 2001, the White House has [...]

Road Construction To Take Holiday For FourthPosted on June 29, 2006 Road construction is taking the holiday, too. Good thing, because more of us are expected to hit the road for the Fourth. Tennessee Transportation Commissioner Gerald Nicely has told contractors and state highway crews to knock off work by mid-afternoon tomorrow. That will open [...]

Local Guard Activated Headed To Mississippi For TrainingPosted on June 29, 2006 Nearly 200 members of a Tennessee National Guard unit are leaving Smyrna this morning, heading for Mississippi for more training — then bound for Southwest Asia. Members of “A” Battery of the 1-115th Field Artillery Battalion will train for two months at Camp [...]

Ried Will Not Be Excecuted Wednesday NightPosted on June 28, 2006 Paul Dennis Reid will not be executed tonight in Nashville. The U-S Supreme Court refused to vacate a stay of execution this evening, in effect blocking the state’s effort to execute two persons in two days. Reid, under seven death sentences from Nashville and [...]

Robert Wilson Smith Sr.Posted on June 26, 2006 Robert Wilson Smith Sr., age 83, of Loretto, passed away Sunday. He was a native of Loretto, retired owner of Smith?s Market and a member of the Busby Church of God. He is survived by his wife, Margie Baily Smith, three sons, Robert Smith Jr., Roy and [...]