Police said a fatal stabbing at the Country Hearth Suites on E. 20th Street came after an argument over a dice game. William Morris Jr., 66, is charged in the Friday night death of Alexis Lewis, 51. Police said he was stabbed one time in the chest and was found dead outside the motel. A trail of blood led from where he collapsed to room #342. Morris and Tabitha Hinton ... (click for more)

Police said a woman thief made off with some tools from a truck parked at a motel on Williams Street. But the $950 in items were found just behind the Motel 6. John Fellhauer said the tools were taken from his Silverado. He said two trays of tools were removed from his tool box. A motel video showed a white female get the tools and head for the dumpster. They were found hidden ... (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)

It has been about 25 years or so since I had the opportunity to visit every county in the state of Tennessee and, as a volunteer for the American Cancer Society at the time, I met cancer survivors and listened to their incredible stories. I remember one man in particular who had bone cancer and one night he said he rolled over in bed and literally broke his arm in a very simple ... (click for more)

The Soddy Daisy softball team fell short on Monday in a bid for a Spring Fling berth, then learned after the game that Assistant Coach Lamar Lasley had died earlier in the day of a heart attack. Coach Wes Skiles told the team after a 4-1 loss to Smyrna. Both teams prayed around the pitcher’s circle after the Lady Trojans were informed. Lasley was the longtime assistant ... (click for more)

 Baylor sophomore Selena Popp won the Division II girls pentathlon Monday afternoon in Murfreesboro.  It is the first state championship of the 2013 Spring Fling.  Popp won the 100 meter hurdles and the high jump.  She edged out Evangelical Christian School's Kate Jamison by one point.   Teammate Victoria Wicks was third and Kate Kaufman was fifth.  ... (click for more)