MURFREESBORO -- Baylor junior Samantha Caswell is two-thirds of the way to a three-peat as she defeated Hannah Maclellan (Harpeth Hall) 6-2, 6-4 here Friday for her second D-II AA state singles crown at BlueCross Spring Fling XX. This caps another good week of tennis as Caswell led the Red Raiders to state team title on Wednesday. Caswell is 18-8 in sets won and lost in ... (click for more)

MURFRESBORO, Tenn. - The Whitwell softball fell to Gordonsville Friday morning in the Class A loser's bracket final 2-1.  Both teams scored runs in the fifth inning.   Gordonsville scored in the top of the 8th inning to take the 2-1 lead. Whitwell was able to load the bases in the bottom of the 8th but was unable to score.  Full story to follow... (click for more)

Wade Hinton, who led Mayor Andy Berke's transition team, has been chosen as city attorney. It is a joint appointment with the City Council, and the move was endorsed by a number of council members who appeared with the mayor at a press conference on Friday morning. Mayor Berke did not retain Mike McMahan, the longtime city attorney. He passed over Phil Noblett, a longtime ... (click for more)

A man convicted of smuggling his young first cousin into Chattanooga and having sex with her has been sentenced to serve 15 years and six months in federal prison. German Rolando Vicente-Sapon, 41, of Guatemala, was sentenced by Judge Curtis Collier. Following a three-day trial, a jury convicted Vicente-Sapon in November 2012 for transporting a minor across the Mexican ... (click for more)

We do not have to pander to those in our country who were not invited and made their way here on their own. They are here against our laws that are already on the books which are not enforced.  They do not have negotiation rights to dictate to the United States government nor does our government have the right to pick and choose which laws are to be enforced or ignored so ... (click for more)

I’ve gotten hundreds of jokes since Tuesday when I wrote about feeling a little puny lately and expressing my belief that laughter is the best medicine. After breaking some bones in my arm as I slept last week and having no idea there were already some other fractures, it looked pretty certain I had a case of “The Big C.” I’ve always felt that stands for “courage” but the medical ... (click for more)