By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard HASTON There will be a public election for the circuit judgeship this summer as Judge Charles Haston has moved up his retirement date to May 1.“When I announced Sept. 1 would be my last day, I didn’t think about the implications of having to have…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard YOUNG The mother of a 4-year-old girl allegedly molested by her baby sitter last week says she wants to see her daughter’s attacker “strung up.”“Twenty-five years isn’t enough. I wish they’d string him up,” said the mother of the young victim during an interview with…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Members of North Warren Volunteer Fire Department survey the car in which two victims were killed in a three-vehicle crash on Highway 56 North Saturday afternoon. (Duane Sherrill photo) Two people were killed and two injured in a three-car, head-on crash on Highway 56 North…

By Rob Nunley / Columnist (A trio of quick shots while desperately researching to find the answer to this week’s Central Oil Trivia Challenge…)Spring. What a great time of year.The birds are back from their trip down south, the sun is shining, and day after day is filled with fun sports action in baseball, softball,…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The Lady Pioneer softball team opened its season on the road against Lincoln County Tuesday, falling 5-3 in what was a come-from-behind win for the Lady Falcons.After Warren County went three-up and three-down in the first, Lincoln County’s Lauren Bankston hit a solo shot over…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 46-person docket was heard Tuesday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Court.Included in court action:• Rogelio Vasquez Cruz was bound over to the grand jury on charges of unlawful sale of alcoholic beverages and possession of alcohol for resale.Cruz faces the charges after…

April 6 is the deadline for making nominations for the Citizen of the Year award presented by the Morrison Ruritan Club.The club established the award in 1975 and set up the following guidelines as the basis for selecting the honoree:• Nominations are to be made by the general public.• Persons nominated must live in the…

Although one might think teen-agers are more sympathetic toward their law-breaking peers than Juvenile Court Judge Larry Ross, Teen Court members have shown that’s not the case, said Director of Youth Services Barry Dishman.“If anything, they’re more harsh,” Dishman said. “They know the rules and are familiar with the excuses the defendants use. They don’t…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard TAYLOR A man who paid to pave Shiloh Road out of his own pocket is threatening to gate off the road after the County Commission refused Monday to reimburse him part of the expense.“Well, in that case, I might just put up a gate out…

By Tracy Neal Tonya and Grace Rains Dibrell Elementary first-grade teacher Tonya Rains says it was her own former first-grade educator who influenced her to follow the same path.“I have always wanted to be a teacher,” says Rains. “My inspiration was a teacher I once had named Sherry Boren (now Sherry Hale) and she was…