McEwen News

No business but big bargains: Alison Hobson, a junior from McEwen, Tenn., shops at Chattanooga Books for UTC gear.

First Farmers & Merchants Bank continued its steady growth in 2011 with bank assets crossing the $1 billion mark and Trust and Financial Management Department assets surpassing the $3 billion threshold, bank officials announced recently.

I was talking with a friend of mine about the innocence of Christmas. As we looked back together at simpler days, we reminisced about finding a single Hershey bar in our stocking.

With Thanksgiving Day over, and Black Friday behind us, it's full steam ahead toward Christmas and the holiday shopping season.