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Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Categories in this email: Top Stories | Sports | Opinion | Features | Business | Obituaries

Top Stories More Top Stories

HHS, East get ready for Friday’s big games

The two Henderson County high schools headed to the state football semifinals are making plans for the big games Friday night. It’s the first time two county teams have made the Final Four in the same year. Read More

Wintry weather gives way to sunny skies

Wintry weather will start to head out of the area today after almost three straight days of rain and snow. The National Weather Service calls for mostly sunny skies and a high near 40 degrees in Hendersonville. Read More

Sheriff getting six new vehicles

The Henderson County Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of six new vehicles for the Sheriff’s Office on Monday. The vehicles cost approximately $22,300 each, without radios and other law enforcement equipment installed. Read More

Sports More Sports News

HHS, East get ready for Friday’s big games

The two Henderson County high schools headed to the state football semifinals are making plans for the big games Friday night. It’s the first time two county teams have made the Final Four in the same year. Read More

Chappell, Laughter know how to coach 'em up

Chappell leads East to new heights; Laughter has Hendersonville back on top. Read More

Edward Jones/Times-News Prep Player of the Week

Hendersonville junior quarterback Ben Walgenbach helps Bearcats into state semifinals. Read More

Opinion More Opinion

Group helps people dealing with cancer

The following letter is being rerun because the writer’s phone number was not included previously.
To The Editor: “Having cancer is bad enough! Not knowing what to do about it is even worse.” Read More

Presidential pardons undermine the law

To The Editor: No one is above the law. Privileged actions such pardons by presidents distort the sense of justice to a point where the average citizen then views it as his or her right to do the same. Thus in the end it encourages civil... Read More

TN EDITORIAL: Have a say in your plan

Etowah and Horse Shoe residents should tell county planners their desires for the community’s future in a public input session today. Read More

Features More Features

Depression leads to internal fat in 70-somethings

CHICAGO (AP) -- Older people who are depressed are much more likely to develop a dangerous type of internal body fat — the kind that can lead to diabetes and heart disease -- than people who are not depressed, a disturbing new study co-led by a... Read More

Deck the inns

How do you raise money for a worthy cause, get people in the Christmas spirit and show off your business all at the same time? Read More

‘Miracle in Bedford Falls’

Bedford Falls? Where? What’s that? Alright, how about George Bailey, the mean Mr. Potter, the ‘ole Building and Loan, Bert the cop and Ernie the cab driver, Clarence the angel, Uncle Billy with strings tied on his fingers, make a wish and throw a... Read More

Business More Business News

Stocks fall sharply on consumer spending worries

NEW YORK (AP) -- Confirmation that the nation is in a recession and signs pointing to a prolonged downturn sent Wall Street plunging once again Monday, hurtling the Dow Jones industrials down more than 600 points and erasing a huge chunk of last... Read More

U.S. has been in recession since Dec. 2007

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. economy has been in a recession since December 2007, the National Bureau of Economic Research said Monday. Read More

Bush administration ignored warnings about mortgage crisis

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration backed off proposed crackdowns on no-money-down, interest-only mortgages years before the economy collapsed, buckling to pressure from some of the same banks that have now failed. It ignored remarkably... Read More

Obituaries More Obituaries

Elvira E. Bratton, 95

Elvira Bratton, 95, died Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008. Read More

Gerard Kreussling, 77

Gerard “Gerry” Kreussling, 77, of Hendersonville died Monday, Dec. 1, 2008, at Mission Hospitals in Asheville following a prolonged illness. Read More

Paul V. Rooney, 90

Paul Vincent Rooney, 90, of Warrior Dr., Tryon, died Friday, Nov. 28, 2008, in Spartanburg Regional Medical Center in Spartanburg, S.C. Read More

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