FLORENCE, Ala. (April 27, 2009) – Robert Boyd of Russellville, Ala., won the Walmart Bass Fishing League Bama Division tournament on Pickwick Lake Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 19 pounds, 12 ounces. The victory earned Boyd $3,545 and placed him one step closer to qualifying for the Lake Seminole Regional Championship in Bainbridge, Ga., [...]

COLUMBIA, Tenn., April 24, 2009 ? At its 27th annual shareholders meeting, First Farmers & Merchants Corporation, the parent of First Farmers & Merchants Bank, reported financial performance for 2008 that yielded the second best year on record for the bank in net income and deposits and the best year ever in loans, assets and [...]

We’re beginning to learn more about that four million dollar federal project just off highway 20 halfway between Summertown and Hohenwald. The money will be used to build a visitor center near the grave of the explorer Meriwether Lewis, a project that park officials say will spur tourism in southern Middle Tennessee. The visitor center [...]

AP – Mexico’s federal health secretary says the number of suspected swine flu cases in Mexico has risen to 1,614, including 103 deaths. Read more

AP – The world’s governments raced to avoid both a pandemic and global hysteria Sunday as more possible swine flu cases surfaced from Canada to New Zealand and the United States declared a public health emergency. “It’s not a time to panic,” the White House said. Read more