CORNELIUS Warren County High School junior Linsey Cornelius has qualified for the TSSAA track and field sectional finals.Cornelius qualified in the high jump, and set a new school record in the process, with a leap of five feet. She also set school records in the shot put at 30 feet, 9 inches, and in the…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Casey Hertwig, shown in this file photo, and the Boyd Bronco soccer team will take on Davidson Academy in the region tournament Tuesday. (Dale Stubblefield photo) Friday night Boyd’s soccer team traveled to Livingston to take on Livingston Academy in the finals of the District…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 55-person docket was heard Thursday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Traffic Court. There was no general sessions court Tuesday due to voting at the courthouse for the Democratic Primary.Included in traffic court action:• Richard H. Greene was bound over to the grand…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Plans for construction of the Barren Fork Greenway are under way after engineers returned to McMinnville Wednesday and presented preliminary plans to city officials.The 1/2-to-3/4-mile long trail, located between Riverfront and Pepper Branch parks, is to have three trailheads, four boardwalks located within low-lying areas…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Teddy Fults of IMI Concrete explains his job to West Elementary students, from left, Taylor Womack, Marcus Vaughn, Leala Martin and David Goode. Listening in is teacher Patti Smith. (Photo provided) Though he’s only in second grade, West Elementary student Jeremiah Dearinger has no doubts…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The mother and grandmother of baby Christian, the 5-week-old infant critically injured allegedly at the hands of his teen-age mother, were indicted Friday in connection with the aggravated case of child abuse.Anias Ramirez, 17, was indicted on the charge of aggravated child abuse while her…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Thirty-six people were indicted Friday by the Warren County grand jury. Included in grand jury action:• Christopher Young was indicted on the charge of rape of a child. He is charged for allegedly molesting a 4-year-old girl while his girlfriend was baby-sitting the child. When…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard DANIEL With over three months left until a publicly elected judge takes office, the circuit judgeship in the 31st Judicial District has turned into a game of musical chairs with numerous judges filling the role once handled by Judge Charles Haston.Since Haston’s official retirement May…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard YOUNG With over $1 million in college scholarships offered to them, the members of Warren County High School’s class of 2002 have raked in more scholarship money than any other previous graduating class, according to high school senior guidance counselor Pat Grissom-Young. Much of this…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard GINN A local man has been indicted for first-degree murder for stabbing his long-time friend to death last month and then trying to make the homicide look like self-defense.The suspect, Jeremiah Ginn, 26, was indicted on the first-degree murder count Friday after the grand jury…