Warren County High School graduate Ginger Roberts may be married to the next Davidson County sheriff.Now Ginger Hall, she is married to Daron Hall, who will be on the ballot May 7 when Nashville-area voters go to the polls for the Democratic Primary.“I’ve been preparing for this job since I was 16 years old,” said…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard If you have business at the Warren County Courthouse you may notice some nicely mounted documents on exhibit in display cases on the walls of the entrance hall.At a glance they might not draw your immediate attention, but if you look closely you will…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard In celebration of Earth Day, the city’s Department of Urban Forestry and Parks and Recreation Department will sponsor events scheduled for Sunday at the Jungle Jym at 2:30 p.m.The departments, along with representatives from the McMinnville Water Department, Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency and the Natural…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Garbage disposal presents a challenge to communities everywhere in America and Warren County is no exception. County residents pay a $30 annual wheel tax and are issued a sticker indicating this. One of the benefits of having this sticker is the privilege of disposing…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Without the draw of a city pool this summer, organizers with McMinnville Kids Camp are seeking alternatives and plan to bus children out of town once a week to swim.Recreation programmer Mandi Franklin said an initial registration night held Monday for parents of children who…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard An unsolicited $250 donation to the city means the vision for a skateboard park is still alive after funding for that proposal was defeated by city voters in January, the Parks and Recreation Department has announced.Members of the First United Methodist Church’s “Circle of Faith”…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Most of Warren County and McMinnville went black Thursday morning following a mysterious crash of the west McMinnville power substation.The outage, which happened just after morning rush hour, plunged homes and businesses in the dark and created some short-lived havoc at local intersections, as police…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A pair of Eastside Elementary students are awaiting disciplinary action after pills identified by authorities as the prescription drug Dramamine were found in one’s possession after a search during a lockdown at the school on Monday.School officials and Sheriff’s Department investigator Herb Rowland carried out…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Sheriff’s officers were busy over the past week, raiding three large methamphetamine labs, one of which saw an hour-long standoff before special operations units stormed the house.According to Sheriff Jackie Matheny, the tense standoff came this past weekend when lawmen arrived outside a residence near…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard SMARTT Hoping to once again be able to serve the citizens of the Smartt Station area, Warren County Commissioner George M. Smartt has announced he will seek re-election to his Third District seat this year.Smartt, who has served on the commission since 1990, is chairman…