By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard DISHMAN The county’s Health and Welfare Committee, chaired by Wayne Pryor, held the second of three meetings to hear budget requests from Warren County non-profit organizations Thursday. Representatives from 10 local organizations presented their budget needs to the committee.The most substantial request came from…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A lack of motivation to get out of bed in the morning has landed two local men behind bars after a late hotel checkout had them checking in to the Warren County Jail.The suspects, T.J. Horn and Michael Mosca are both charged with burglary and…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Five local attorneys will vie for the circuit court judgeship as the deadline passed Thursday to qualify for the race.The field will be made up entirely of Warren County attorneys as possible Van Buren County candidate, Al Johnson, announced Wednesday he will not seek the…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard Courtney Neely flashes a big smile while shaking hands with Director of Schools Neal O’Neal as she receives her diploma during commencement exercises at Van Buren High School, Friday evening. (James Clark photo) Moments before the 46 seniors at Van Buren County High School received their…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Police Lt. John Hollandsworth, joined by Officer Rusty Woodlee, radios a description of the masked gunman who robbed Pump n’ Pay Market Saturday morning. (Duane Sherrill photo) Police may have a serial robber on their hands after a second convenience store was robbed Saturday morning,…

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By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The remains of the home of Clint Hale smolder following the pre-dawn fire Saturday which claimed the Bluff Springs resident’s life. (Duane Sherrill photo) A Bluff Springs man died in an early morning house fire Saturday, the result of what investigators suspect may have been…

By Tracy Neal BROWN When former Memphis resident Galen Brown began college at Carson-Newman, her pursuits were aimed at becoming a child counselor.After taking some classes, however, her ambition soon drifted toward becoming a teacher. She went on to attend Motlow State and graduated from Tennessee Tech. She came to this area to begin her…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Boyd Christian biology student Chase Hard concentrates as he removes organic and inorganic matter from 9,000-year-old “matrix,” or peat, collected around a site of mastodon bones found near Hyde Park, New York. Though it’s been extinct for 10,000 years, the American mastodon has biology II…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Historic Zoning Commission Chairman and history enthusiast Jimmy Haley admits a lot of history has been lost with the demolition of the Morford House or the old drug store on Main Street, but has a philosophy about preserving local history nevertheless.“We’ve had a lot of…