By Beth Furbush / Better Business Bureau News According to industry experts, U.S. corporations announced 95,000 job cuts in June 2002. With so many individuals looking for work, some are bound to become targets for less-than-reputable businesses willing to take advantage of their situation.If you’re looking for a job, you may come across ads for…

By Jim Gray / CEO Roundtable GRAY I am honored to have the opportunity to discuss how economic development works from my perspective. This column is part of a series the CEO Roundtable, in essence the Warren County plant managers association, is writing to educate the public about issues facing them.I’d like to address the…

By Jim Clark / Business Pulse The last seven days have been nothing short of a nightmare. Since last week’s Business Pulse, the phone has been ringing off the hook.And the calls haven’t been pleasant. In the interest of time and space, I won’t share with you all the wonderful thoughts which have been aimed…

Jerry Dillard Bennett, Alma Sue Hurst Hollingsworth, Rebecca Woodlee Kirby, Thomas F. Rogers, Jon Patrick Wells Jerry Dillard Bennett, 56McMinnville resident and Jackson County native Jerry Dillard Bennett, 56, died July 18 at River Park Hospital from injuries sustained in an accident.An equipment operator with the Warren County Highway Department and a U.S. Navy veteran…

TO THE EDITOR: My name is Nick McCormick and I am a sophomore at Warren County High School. Being a Christian myself, I personally find it sickening someone would go along with taking God out of school even more than He already is.Isn’t it enough we can’t even have prayer in school anymore? However, there…

TO THE EDITOR: I would like to write this letter on behalf of McMinnville.I think it is just a little crazy when you see someone you know in town you can’t even stop to chat with them for a second. A few days ago, my friend and I were riding around when we saw another…

By Morton Kondracke / Columnist “Hegemon” is an ugly word. “Empire” sounds, well, imperious. “Unipolar” is academic. But they all mean the same thing: In this world, the United States holds overwhelming supremacy.Three highbrow magazines recently tackled the question of whether this country deserves and will hold onto its position. The score was 2-1 that…

By Ed Kimbrell / Columnist Paul Harvey, who’s been a staple of American radio forever, or so it seems, does wonderful pieces called “the rest of the story,” where he draws a detailed word portrait. Such work takes patience, solid research and arresting wordsmithing.Certainly one of the reasons his commentaries are so interesting is the…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Richard Laws’ left hand is steady after 42 years of enduring a condition that caused shaking. (Amy Satterwhite photo) Richard Laws believes in a new lease on life.Laws, 42, has undergone three brain surgeries since last year to help him cope with a debilitating condition…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Al Gore made a trip to Warren County Saturday to give his support to congressional candidate Lincoln Davis, pictured at left. (Duane Sherrill photo) Amongst the chants of “re-elect Gore” from a throng of supporters, former Vice President Al Gore went on the offensive Saturday,…