By Joseph Perkins / Columnist John Magaw had barely finished decorating his executive suite — at a cost of $400,000 to the taxpayers — when he stepped down last week as head of the new Transportation Security Administration.Hardly a tear was shed upon news of his sudden departure. In only seven months on the job,…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Bill and Lynette Moore’s antique collection and porch set-up attracts a lot of visitors, many of whom travel through Rock Island from across the country. Things are good on Bill Moore’s porch.Built about five years ago, the antique-laden porch is becoming increasingly popular with tourists…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard PERRON Attempted murder charges have been leveled against a Beersheba Highway man who shot at his wife and then opened fire on deputies Saturday afternoon.The suspect, Brett Perron, 34, is being held under $500,000 bond at Warren County Jail awaiting hearing Aug. 27 on two…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard STANLEY Judicial candidate Bart Stanley has outspent rival Robert Newman more than two-to-one in the whirlwind campaign leading up to the Aug. 1 election.The spending for all local candidates, excluding Richard McGregor who had not filed his campaign disclosure by deadline yesterday, was revealed by…

Stella B. Garrard, Bill Wilson Martin Stella B. Garrard, 97McMinnville resident and Weston, Colo., native Stella B. Garrard, 97, died July 22 at her home.A school teacher in Colorado and northern New Mexico and a member of Patterson Avenue Seventh Day Adventist Church in Richmond, Va., she was the daughter of Candido and Josefina Vigil…

To the Editor: This is in response to your Sunday editorial, our viewpoint, July 21, titled “Slanted Opinions.” I cannot find the word slanted associated with the word opinion in any dictionary. I do find an opinion is a conclusion or judgment held with confidence, but falling short of positive knowledge. The word slant in…

By George Plagenz / Columnist Obituary writers on metropolitan daily newspapers share a glaring fault. They feel they must tell us in graphic, intimate detail how the deceased person died, beginning with the first symptoms of the illness and continuing with a recitation of the stages leading up to the person’s death.I am always grateful…

By James Clark / Columnist I admire the congressional leaders we have representing this great nation in Washington, D.C. If nothing else, they have more nerve than I do.Billion-dollar American corporations are taking a bath in red ink, filing one bankruptcy after another, and members of Congress decide they need another pay raise. For those…

Our Viewpoint If you’re wondering about the condition of Warren County law enforcement, for the city police department and the sheriff’s department, the most recent news is encouraging.A TBI investigation, which was published in Wednesday’s Standard, shows McMinnville Police Department is doing a top-notch job in solving crime. McMinnville’s crime clearance rate of 44 percent…

The Verizon Wireless Jeff Fisher Show will begin its weekly broadcast Tuesday from 6-7 p.m. on the Tennessee Titans Radio Network.The show will be broadcast from the O’Charley’s location in Brentwood, where fans across the listening area will have the opportunity to talk with the Titans’ head coach as well as the “Voice of the…