By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The Chevy S-10 driven by Isidro Barrientos, 19, was demolished during a Friday morning crash in Morrison that left traffic backed up during rush hour. (Duane Sherrill photo) A rush-hour crash on Highway 55 left four people injured Friday morning when one of the drivers…

By Jim Glenn / Columnist Most young people don’t think a lot about Social Security, and those who do perhaps think of it as retirement for their grandparents’ generation. They should know Social Security provides much more than just retirement benefits.Social Security provides benefits to young workers and their families if they become disabled. Social…

By Beth Furbush / Better Business Bureau News When you load up the car and hit the road for a vacation or for a long business trip, you don’t want to make any unexpected detours to a repair shop. To help you stay safely on course, here are some tips from the Better Business Bureau.A…

By James Clark Craig Templeton is a one-man show at Charley’s BBQ on Friday and Saturday nights. He plays a variety of country and classic rock tunes including Tim McGraw and Lynyrd Skynyrd. (James Clark photo) I’ve decided I want to be remembered in the record books for something. While that may be a brilliant…

Cecil Ernest Billings, Jodie Leon Crick, Martha Loudine Rains Dykes, Earl Richard Hill, Melba Jean Nunley, William Patrick Parks, Phyllis Ann Morton Winton Cecil Ernest Billings, 82Blues Hill community resident and DeKalb County native Cecil Ernest Billings, 82, died April 4 at his residence after an extended illness.A farmer and member of Bratchers Crossroads Free…

By Joseph Perkins / Columnist “An abomination.” That’s how Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill describes the federal tax code. Its complexity, he says, “strangles our prosperity.” It “is a drag on our ability to create jobs in this country.”Hardly anyone – save for maybe professional tax preparers – disagrees.The tax code weighs in at a whopping…

By Amy Satterwhite / Columnist What has been described as “mob action” in a school district located in the Chicago vicinity is a good example of why Tennessee lawmakers should not pass laws that require mandatory recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools.There is an idea on the table, passed by a legislative…

The second annual Upper Cumberland Women’s Show, a production of The Expositor, will take place April 13 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Sparta. A full day of activities, prizes and entertainment for ladies of all ages are planned.Tickets are $5 in advance with 20 percent of each ticket price being donated to fund…

By Janice M. Howard / Style Editor for the Southern Standard Midway Community Improvement Club and NHC Home Care and Health Care Center will join in sponsorship of a health fair taking place April 13 from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Midway Community Center.Those interested in lab work are instructed not to eat or…

By Janice M. Howard / Style Editor for the Southern Standard As Junior Auxiliary of McMinnville observed National Junior Auxiliary Week April 1 through 6, the young women re-emphasized its purpose and the work being done to enrich the lives of many children in Warren County. Throughout the chapter’s 23-year history, its members have been…