By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard ABC Ice kept its cool, and kept its perfect record with a 9-1 win over Hoover and Son Insurance Saturday night at Hoover Millraney Field.ABC remained undefeated in Junior League play, improving to 8-0 overall and 3-0 in the “American League” division. With the loss,…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard While most county students are looking forward to a homework-free summer, one class at Warren County Middle School is anxious to continue its project of writing to pen pals in McMinnville, Ore. during the vacation months.The idea is the brainchild of WCMS special education teacher…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A $2,300 donation made by NHC Healthcare Tuesday will enable Tennessee Technology Center at McMinnville to purchase essential training videotapes for the center’s nursing program.Local NHC administrator Terry Leeman said the funds were made available through his company’s Foundation for Geriatric Education. Every year, he…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Running an end around the long-accepted election system, a Crossville businessman is seeking election to Congress in two separate districts, running as both a Democrat and Republican.The candidate, Harvey Howard, 71, is on the ballot as a Republican in both the 4th District, which includes…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A local woman says she was raped repeatedly at knife point by her husband’s friend who was staying with the couple after he lost his home.The suspect, Tim Bubba Swoape, 35, is charged with aggravated rape and is being held under $175,000 bond at Warren…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard WOOD Pending changes in state-shared taxes that comprise almost one-fourth of McMinnville’s general fund, city officials have given a preliminary nod to a $20.6 million budget for 2002-2003, including about $5.8 million in borrowed funds.City leaders meeting at Rock Island State Park in a six-hour…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard MC CORMICK An acquaintance of murder victim Junior Tanner has confessed to strangling the 57-year-old auto dealer to death at his car lot last month and then burning his body to cover the crime.The suspect, Jody Lee McCormick, 28, was charged with criminal homicide and…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard WORMSLEY Every Warren County property owner will face a tax increase should the General Assembly resort to drastic fund-cutting options now before them, according to the County Technical Assistance Service.CTAS officials say the failure of the state legislature to adopt a flat rate income tax…

By Jim Glenn / Columnist A woman recently came into our office to ask about applying for Social Security disability benefits. She explained her family doctor had retired last year and she hadn’t found another one. She was concerned she might have trouble applying for benefits, since she had no doctor to tell us about…

By Beth Furbush / Better Business Bureau News If you are looking for a home-based job using your computer, advertisements for medical billing may be appealing.These ads appear on the Internet and in the classified sections of local newspapers. They often claim you can make as much as $20,000 to $45,000 a year working from…