By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Warren County junior football player Mario Pezzimenti goes for the win in the hang clean portion of Tuesday’s lift-a-thon. Pezzimenti won the event with a lift of 265 pounds. (Dale Stubblefield photo) Tuesday night members of the Warren County football team held a Lift-a-thon in…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Warren County senior Tina Vucic delivers a serve against Brentwood’s Hayley Dittus during the quarterfinals of the TSSAA state championship tournament Wednesday at The Baylor School in Chattanooga. Vucic fell to Dittus in three sets. CHATTANOOGA — For Warren County High School senior Tina Vucic,…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 66-person docket was heard Tuesday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Court, with a handful of cases also heard by a special judge.Included in court action:• Tisha Roller Smith was bound over to the grand jury on the charge of manufacture of meth.•…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Boyd Christian High School co-valedictorian Dara Webb readies her cap for graduation Thursday evening. Webb was one of 15 graduates participating in ceremonies at the school, marking the fourth graduating class at Boyd. (Duane Sherrill photo) Boyd Christian School saw its fourth senior class graduate…

PIERCE Mitzi Pierce travels around to various schools, teaching the speech classes at Warren County Middle School, Centertown, and Bobby Ray Elementary. She holds a degree in speech pathology, graduating from MTSU and receiving her masters from TSU.She is now in her fifth year and enjoys the job and the students she works with. Previously,…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Melba Stanley, center, reaches for a pint of strawberries for USDA representative Dewight Stamps as Stanley’s husband, Charles, looks on. (Amy Satterwhite photo) With a recently hired architect in tow and a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture, farmers selling their wares at…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard MYERS What will likely be the final trial in the Myers Lane triple murder saga has been moved to the fall as Clementine Myers is now scheduled to face murder conspiracy charges Sept. 30.The trial date was reset after the first two trials in the…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Believing their customers and employees should not have to be subjected to deadly second-hand smoke, 12 local restaurants have made a commitment to go smoke free.The smoke-free pledges come as a result of a recent campaign by the Warren County Teen Health Council and the…

BRIG. GEN. FRANK HENNESSEE War veteran and Brigadier General Frank Hennessee will be the main speaker Monday morning during Warren County’s Memorial Day ceremonies at the airport.A McMinnville native, Hennessee was McMinnville City High School’s class valedictorian in 1961. His high school career was highlighted by four years on the basketball and football teams. His…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard An extra $7,000 is needed for an outdoor restroom facility near the Jungle Jym.The shortfall comes after McMinnville officials hacked away more than $400,000 in construction costs from the city’s new outdoor pool. The contract for new pool construction, approved officially Monday, made no provisions…