By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard SMARTT Local attorney Keith Smartt has announced his candidacy for the office of Circuit Court Judge for Warren and Van Buren counties.Smartt, who is a native of this area, grew up in the Smartt Station community and graduated from Warren County High School in 1971.…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard Nile McGee displays a hat bearing the name U.S.S. Foote, the ship on which he served during World War II. Think you’ve seen the price of a movie rise in your lifetime? Nile McGee sure has.The 78-year-old Warren County native remembers back to the days when…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard BENNETT If the state of Tennessee implements an estimated 25 percent increase in employee health insurance premiums, that increase will be passed right along to Warren County employees.It would mean a Warren County employee’s insurance premium would increase from $100 to $170 per month…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Deputies Larry Terry, left, and Jody Cavanaugh pull Brett Perron to a patrol car following a three-hour standoff at a residence on Beersheba Highway Saturday afternoon. Perron reportedly tried to shoot his wife and then opened fire on deputies. Standing brazenly on his porch, a…

Being physically active is one of the best things you can do to improve and maintain your health, yet nearly two-thirds of Americans aren’t getting the activity they need.Consider taking up walking with your friends or your family by participating in the 2002 Walk Across Tennessee. This eight-week program will spark some friendly competitions in…

Due to overwhelming demand for tickets, three extra shows have been added to the run of Footloose at the Arts Center of Cannon County. Remaining shows of this production can be seen July 19, 20, 25, 26, 27 at 7:30 p.m. and July 21 and 28 at 2 p.m.Ticket prices are $10 for adults, $8…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Wynema Whiteaker arranged flowers at her husband’s grave and thought about how long he’s been gone.“It’s been seven years today, so I brought him seven roses,” Whiteaker said. For her and others, Smyrna Cemetery in the Fairview community is a place to pay respects and…

By Dandy Dave During a phone interview with KTRH-AM in Houston, Bill Goldberg was asked if his fans would see him back in wrestling in the next six months.Goldberg’s response was, “I will be back in the ring within 2002.”After discussing the fact that his progression from football player to wrestler was not an easy…

By Rob Nunley / Columnist “It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has been set like plaster, and will never soften again.”— said by William James, American philosopher and psychologist, and someone I’d never heard of before yesterday.———Six.Only six players on the 58-man roster…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard The Middle Tennessee Mudcats, a traveling team made up of members of last season’s Warren County Middle School baseball squad, rolled to a tournament victory over the weekend in Murray, Ky.The Mudcats ended most of their games via the mercy rule, and hung a five-run…