Whether it's being involved in issues ranging from religious discrimination to same sex marriage to racial profiling, the American Civil Liberties Union, if asked, is there to answer the call.

But, perhaps no issue puts the organization in more of a quandary than the quagmire of rights defined under the First

Federal Judge Samuel "Hardy" Mays, Jr., has scheduled a status conference on Monday, Feb. 25, with all sides in school merger case.

Judge mays has typically heard or read arguments and written a ruling, so there are a number of things he could want to talk about Monday in the private meeting.

The federal put a stop

LEXINGTON, Tenn. (AP) - Police in West Tennessee say they have charged five U.S. Army soldiers with stealing nearly 800 ammunition magazines for M4 military rifles from a Tennessee National Guard armory.

The Lexington Police Department said in a news release Thursday that on Feb. 13 the commanding officer of the 251st Military Police Company

By RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press

THOMSON, Ga. (AP) — A small private jet carrying a surgeon and members of his clinic staff aborted its landing at a Georgia airport before it hit a 60-foot utility pole and crashed in a flaming wreck, killing five people onboard and injuring two, federal authorities said Thursday.

National Transportation Safety Board