Ray Wallace Christian, John William (Bill) Craven, Wallace Lee Flood, Jerry Allen Patton Sr., Violet Marie Wood Ray Wallace Christian, 87McMinnville resident and Warren County native Ray Wallace Christian, 87, died April 3 at Raintree Manor after a lingering illness.A farmer and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of Jess…

By Mike Vinson / Columnist An upcoming death sentence, an electrocution, scheduled to be carried out April 10, cracks the door and allows a ray of light to enter into and illuminate what, arguably, is a dark and murky area of Tennessee: due process of the law verses undue process of the law.I am referring…

By James Clark / Columnist One of the great decisions a number of us will soon face is whether to clone our pets. Since history has been made, and a Texas A&M veterinarian has cloned the world’s first cat, I expect the floodgates to burst open and lead to pet cloning across the nation.Some prognosticators…

Our Viewpoint Former Vice President Al Gore’s speech last week at Tennessee Tech and the front-page story about McMinnville Electric System exploring alternative sources for energy have surprising similarities.In his speech, Gore said finding alternative sources of energy was of utmost importance. Gore said this was to eliminate our dependence on foreign oil supplies and…

Back in 1911, Nashville got its first public health nurse when the City Council was convinced to approve the expense of her salary because of the high infant death rate – 300 out of 1,000 babies born.Some 90 years later, there are 1,200 public health nursing staff in Tennessee and the infant death rate has…

Fall Creek Falls State Park announces its annual Wildflower Pilgrimage set for April 5, 6 and 7. What better way to shake off the long winter?There will be a variety of hikes, slide shows and talks that celebrate the Spring Awakening. Spring wildflowers such as trillium, bloodroot, trout lily and others should be breathtaking.Planned are…

By Janice M. Howard / Style Editor for the Southern Standard The third annual Warren County Princess Pageant for girls ages 12 to 14 will be an event of May 4 at the Warren County High School Auditorium, beginning at 7 p.m. Junior Varsity Pioneerettes are sponsoring the competition with April 15 set as the…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard The awards keep piling up for students at Gary Steele Karate Studio.A small, but effective squad of karate fighters traveled to Dayton, Ohio, to bring back six trophies for GSKS recently.Gathering points for a shot at the national karate championship is a tough assignment in…

After trailing early, Warren County High School’s soccer team came out of halftime with renewed enthusiasm and struck for two second-half goals on the way to its first victory of the season, a 2-1 win over Coffee County.With the win, the Pioneers improved to 1-3 on the season, while Coffee County’s Red Raiders fell to…

Warren County Middle School’s girls lost a close match to Murfreesboro’s Central Middle Wednesday, while the boys captured just one individual win as both teams opened their season.The Lady Pioneers’ Allison Maxwell won at No. 3 singles, taking an 8-6 victory over Tori Taylor for her team’s only singles win. The doubles teams of Jac…