Chandler high up at finish Posted: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 7:00 pm Kenton’s Jeff Chandler finished in a tie for second in the championship flight of the annual Ken-Tenn Invitational at the Fulton County Club this past weekend. Chander’s 134 two-day total matched that of Martin’s Scott Carpenter, three shots behind champion Brandon Caballero. Carpenter…

Bethel fixture Hayes retires from AD Posted: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 7:00 pm Bethel University is in the market for a new athletic director with the resignation of longtime school administrator and coach Glenn Hayes. Hayes, who represented the school for over 20 years in some capacity, announced his decision to retire late last week…

Arizona throws coach anniversary party Posted: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 7:00 pm By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Arizona coach Andy Lopez celebrated the 20th anniversary of his first national championship by winning his second. It was 1992 when Lopez brought unheralded Pepperdine to the College World Series and beat Cal…

UT AgResearch center to host Tobacco, Beef and More Field Day Posted: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 8:00 pm SPRINGFIELD — The annual Tobacco, Beef and More Field Day returns to the University of Tennessee Highland Rim AgResearch and Education Center on Thursday.This free event will feature informative sessions on tobacco, beef cattle and forage production…

July will see the best of red ‘perennial’ border Posted: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 8:00 pm By: By Jimmy Williams Last week we began a cursory perusal of my red border, so called, which is actually filled with red, orange, yellow, purple and other hot colors. We got about halfway through the 60-foot bed.I didn’t…

Fire ants are coming to local area Posted: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 8:00 pm By RICK STUTTSPaul Revere once said “The British are coming.” If he were alive today, he might be saying, “The fire ants are coming.”Fire ants are an invasive, stinging ant that are slowly moving north. These ants are already established all…

Cabbage program Hailey Posted: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 8:00 pm 18-POUNDER — Brian Michael Hailey, 9, son of Brian and Becky Hailey of Hornbeak and a student at Black Oak Elementary School, recently participated in the third-grade Bonnie Cabbage Program. His cabbage weighed in at 18 pounds. He grew it in the garden of his…

Billy Ray Cyrus makes his way to Broadway Posted: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 8:00 pm NEW YORK (AP) — Country singer Billy Ray Cyrus is making his Broadway debut in “Chicago.”The singer of “Achy Breaky Heart” and father of Miley Cyrus is detouring from his Nashville roots in taking on the role of criminal lawyer…

‘Brave’ debuts at No. 1 Posted: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 8:00 pm LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new Disney princess has ascended to the box-office throne with a No. 1 debut for Pixar Animation’s “Brave.”The latest from the makers of “WALL-E,” “Finding Nemo” and the “Toy Story” movies opened with $66.7 million domestically, according to…

Pipeline death by a thousand studies Posted: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 7:00 pm By PHIL KERPEN There has never been a more “shovel ready” project in history than the Keystone XL pipeline, which has been exhaustively engineered, studied, reviewed and re-reviewed as Obama tries to kill the project without admitting that’s what he’s doing. At…