City officials keep new pool vision alive
By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard LLEWELLYN City officials have released more details regarding the estimated $2 million outdoor pool they want to build and City Administrator Herb Llewellyn said Thursday a preliminary cost estimate placed expenses between $1.8 million and $2.2 million.The plans include: a new pool, a bath house,…
Read MorePhoto wins contest for local woman
By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Lazy summer nap: Angie Carter of Rock Island won the grand prize for the Tennessee Farm Bureau News’ photo contest with this picture of her twin boys. A friend of the family submitted her photo of Hayden, left and Holden, this summer. Angie Carter was…
Read MoreLocal students are honored at MTSU
By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard TATUM Warren County High School senior Tricia Tatum has been honored as one the Midstate’s top female science and math students by Middle Tennessee State University as part of the school’s National Women’s History Month activities.Tatum traveled to the MTSU campus Tuesday morning for Breakfast…
Read MoreYoung says he raped 4-year-old accidentally
By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard PAQUIN A baby sitter faces child rape charges after claiming he accidentally raped a 4-year-old girl who was in his care.The suspect, Christopher James Young, 25, could face 15 to 25 years if convicted of the charge. He is being held under $250,000 bond at…
Read MoreRetirement creates bench battle: Several attorneys expected to vie for Haston’s position
By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard HASTON The outcome of the biggest race this election season may not be determined by the voters as the surprise retirement announcement of Circuit Court Judge Charles Haston could lead to a landslide of hopeful successors.Judge Haston, who has been on the bench for almost…
Read MoreObituary Report for March 22, 2002
Lillian Ramsey Bonner, Violet Fay Hillis, Charles W. Tindell, Foster Dillard Taylor, Walter A. (Babe) Wood, Beecher Myers Lillian Ramsey Bonner, 94Lillian Ramsey Bonner, daughter of Sam M. and Myrtle Mabry Ramsey was born Dec. 11,1907 in Viola and died March 20, 2002 at the residence of her daughter in Brandon, Fla. She was 94.A…
Read MoreConservative Advocate: Warning, big mistake ahead
By William Rusher / Columnist The Middle East is churning toward its ultimate crisis.The core interest of the Western world in that region has long been to insure a steady supply of its only resource: oil. Without this energy source, the major economies of Europe and the Far East would quickly seize up. But the…
Read MoreVinson’s Variety: How much will Uncle Sam peep?
By Mike Vinson / Columnist The latest edition of Rolling Stone magazine featured an article titled, “Spying on Ourselves,” which allowed readers, punningly enough, to sneak a peek into the future and ponder just exactly what Big Brother has in store for us. Quoted the article: “Bush’s homeland security team is building a massive surveillance…
Read MoreThe Scoop: Old age, hot dogs and drug testing
By James Clark / Columnist The woman recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest living person can no longer make that claim. Maud Farris-Luse died earlier this week in Michigan at the ripe old age of 115.Guinness recognized Farris-Luse as the oldest living human, whose age could be verified, last June.…
Read MoreJudge Haston a man of courage, character
Our Viewpoint The legal community was taken by surprise Tuesday when Circuit Court Judge Charles Haston called a special meeting of the McMinnville Bar Association to announce his retirement effective Sept. 1.Judge Haston has hinted at retirement before, but Tuesday’s announcement caught local citizens off guard nonetheless. While speculation swirls about who Haston’s successor might…
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