By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Black House Downtown McMinnville will be bustling with activity this Saturday as three local events get under way.The 15th annual May Day Celebration, held at the historic Black House, will start the day running from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.The event will include performances…

GRAY Main Street McMinnville is holding its third annual Main Street Scavenger Hunt to celebrate Preservation Week 2002.Cash prizes totaling $300 will be awarded to the lucky winners. The scavenger hunt began Monday and ends May 28, which gives participants two full weeks.The scavenger hunt asks participants to correctly identify 10 downtown buildings on a…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Charles Thaxton sends mud flying as he emerges from a deep mud hole while participating in the Relay for Life, a four-wheeling, fund-raising event that took place Saturday. (Will Stewart photo) Close to 100 area four-wheeler enthusiasts converged at Joyce’s Mountain Market on Harrison Ferry…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard High school senior and Neill-Sandler Scholarship winner Miranda Rains, center, is seen here with grandparents Lawerence and Betty Jo Lane. The Lanes have raised Rains since she was 9. Now it is Rains who is taking care of them. (Will Stewart photo) Rewarded for her…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard PEPPER Representatives from nine local non-profit organizations were in attendance Monday night as the county’s Health and Welfare Committee, chaired by commissioner Wayne Pryor, met to hear their budget requests.Topping the list was Meals on Wheels, represented by Martha Pepper, which requested $18,000 to…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard NUNLEY If officials can get the bugs worked out of their system, ordinances, resolutions and mayoral announcements will be going high tech in the near future.McMinnville city officials have decided to broadcast tapes of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen’s bi-monthly meetings, typically held on…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard ALLEY It took a few days, but the cat finally caught the mouse over the weekend. A man who evaded deputies in a pair of stolen vehicles last week was captured hiding out in a Coffee County motel.The suspect, Steven A. Alley, 26, is charged…

By Bernard Smith / Columnist The Winston is coming up during the next week or so, and it will be held at Charlotte Motor Speedway. But over the last year it has been discussed whether or not this race should be moved to a different location.The powers that be at NASCAR would probably like it…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard The Warren County Middle School football team celebrates after defeating Shelbyville in the Warrior Bowl last season. The Pioneers, who finished 7-3 last fall, begin spring practice Monday. (Rob Nunley photo) While many young athletes around Warren County have their attention turned to the baseball…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Thursday the Warren County Middle School tennis team defeated Smyrna boys 7-2 and the Smyrna girls 6-3 at Smyrna. The Pioneers are now 3-4 with the Lady Pioneers improving to 1-6.No. 1-seeded Blake Hitchcock defeated Eric Rachaphoumy 6-1, while Morgan Gonder defeated Daniel Necessary 6-0.…