AccuWeather.com reports showers and thunderstorms will bring heavy rain to portions of the mid-Atlantic and Southeast. These storms will spread across much of the East Coast on Monday, becoming most prevalent in the afternoon. Thunderstorms will extend from Massachusetts to Florida on Monday afternoon and into the evening. The storms are not expected to be severe; ... (click for more)

An intruder tried to get in the SunTrust Bank branch at 2801 E. 48th St. A large glass pane leading into the bank was smashed, but it held. There was a blow to the glass high up on it, and it splintered and cracked. A new glass was quickly ordered. * * * A female on Sylvan Drive said she had been "talking to BJ" in recent days.  He was at her residence when ... (click for more)

The Delta Queen is a magnificent part of history and in many ways I'm pleased she is in town. Having the boat where she is is the problem. The boat blocks the view of and from the prettiest park in our town. The crew take many of the parking spots around the park leaving families to park across Frazier and schlep their kids, strollers and picnics to the park. You don't get fireworks ... (click for more)

Aimee Copeland reached for a potato chip and, with a pretty smile, popped it into her mouth and crunched it up. It sounds like nothing but it was an incredible “God moment” just one year after her bout with necrotizing fasciitis capitated the world and left a beautiful young woman with no hands, her left leg removed on one side and a right foot amputated on another. Last May ... (click for more)

Silverdale Baptist Academy now knows its first-round opponent in the Class A state baseball tournament in Murfreesboro. The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association announced brackets for the Spring Fling tourney as soon as all the sectional results were in, and the Seahawks (26-2-1) drew Rockwood (25-7). The game is scheduled as Game 1 of the Class A tournament ... (click for more)

The state tournament brackets were released early Sunday morning.  In Class A/AA Notre Dame will face off with White House at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday East Hamilton drew Christ Presbyterian Academy on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.   White House is currently ranked fourth in the state wide Eurosport rankings.  Notre Dame is seventh and Notre dame is seventh. East Hamilton ... (click for more)