By STEVE WARNER / News Editor for the Southern Standard The newly opened art center, The Station – Pure Art, located on Spring Street, is playing host to both the Tennessee State Poet Laureate Maggie Vaughn and harpist Elizabeth Farrell in an event titled “Coffee and Culture” on March 10, at 2 p.m.Families in Crisis…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard An abbreviated 33-person arraignment docket was heard Tuesday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Court. There was no trial docket Tuesday. Included in court action:• Freddie Eldridge must serve two days of a six-month sentence, perform 16 hours public service work and pay $750…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Thirty people were arraigned and given plea or assignment dates Friday by Circuit Court Judge Charles Haston.A plea or assignment date is the day on which the defendant must either announce a disposition of his or her case by plea or negotiated settlement or face…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Kelly and Leah Prater’s farm on Bethany Road is as much about science as it is about nature. Kelly Prater agreed to participate in the Standard’s promotional celebration of National Pig Day. He is pictured with the couple’s son, Clay, 5. Running the only reported…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Due to arthritis, drug dog Joker will take early retirement. (Steve Warner photo) Arthritis will force Warren County’s drug dog into early retirement following two years of success in drug interdiction.The canine, Joker, has been with the department for about two years after funds were…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard CRUZ Saying over $36,000 found at the scene of last Friday’s raid of Mi Pueblo was from illegal beer and liquor sales, Circuit Court Judge Charles Haston ordered the business to forfeit the large sum to the city, along with a large volume of alcohol.The…

Bonnie Sue Phillips Hayes, Abslom Grant Simonds, Bill Snipes, Paul H. Herndon, Willie Roe Jordan, Gertie M. Price, Annie Walls Hendrixson, Nathan C. Hopkins, Elzora Lawson, Autumn Dawn, Madison Grace and Clinton Allen Jones, Infants Bonnie Sue Phillips Hayes, 64Warren County resident and native Bonnie Sue Phillips Hayes, 64, died Feb. 28 at Middle Tennessee…

By Mike Vinson / Columnist Arguably, timing was, and still is, a factor in an article I read a few days back: “L.A.’s police chief faces fight to get second term.”In essence, the article dealt with the controversy currently swirling around Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn’s effort to oust from office Los Angeles Police Department…

By James Clark / Columnist Andrea Yates has admitted killing her five children. She drowned them in a bathtub in her Houston home.By now, most all of us have likely heard the details. Yates calmly murdered them all, one by one, then called 911 to report the crimes minutes later. When police arrived, the lifeless…

By Joey Wray / Columnist With the weather warming up and hunting season in full swing, it’s about time to start thinking about hunter safety. If you have a son or daughter who will be hunting with you this spring, or if you are planning a hunting trip out of state, now’s the time to…