By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Her efforts to teach students the benefits of proper nutrition have earned Hickory Creek Elementary cafeteria manager Melissa Livesay the highest honor a school food service professional can attain.The Louise Sublette Award is given annually by the American School Food Service Association (ASFSA) and recognizes…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard DEWEY A Lowery Lane man took his third strike Sunday, caught with his third meth lab in a year.The suspect, Scott Dewey, 33, may have used up his last strike as he will now likely face federal meth charges, where sentences run significantly longer.Dewey was…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard For its unique kindergarten registration and screening program, the Warren County School System has received an Award for Excellence in Education Programs.Given quarterly by the Tennessee School Boards Association, the award serves to honor school systems in Tennessee that provide creative and innovative ways to…

If you were planning on making a drive up Harrison Ferry Mountain for the car and motorcycle show tomorrow at Pish-La-Ki, you can save yourself the trip.There’s not going to be a show.Pish-La-Ki owners Burgess and Janie Luna apologize for the inconvenience, but say they never had anything to do with the car and motorcycle…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard TREVATHAN Principal Donna Trevathan has announced registration at Warren County Middle School will take place Monday and Tuesday evenings. An open house will follow each of the registration sessions.Monday will see all rising seventh- and eighth-graders register in the auditorium. Registration will take place at…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard DAVENPORT City officials said this week all is not as it seems in regard to ordinances they appeared to have passed.Mayor Royce Davenport said Tuesday he learned some ordinances that were said to have passed don’t meet the muster of state law, even though they…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The Warren County Sheriff’s Department has far and away outperformed other sheriff’s departments of its size, according to a breakdown of law enforcement by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.Despite the achievements cited by the TBI, Sheriff Jackie Matheny is disputing some of the numbers in…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard LAWSON Although several r?sum?s have been received, the Industrial Development Board has not decided on a replacement for former industrial recruiter and McMinnville/Warren County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jim Gray, who recently resigned.Acting Industrial Development Board Chairman Joe Hamby said it is the…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard HALEY Vice Mayor Billy Wood and Alderman Rickey Minton didn’t submit their qualifying papers by yesterday’s deadline and will not be on the ballot as candidates for McMinnville aldermen this November.In their place, several political newcomers have thrown their hats into the local political arena…

By AMY SATTERWHITE If you?ve been looking for the offices of Main Street McMinnville the past couple of days, don?t go the office located on Main Street. The headquarters for the Main Street program have been moved from the office near The Collection Mall to the Warren County Courthouse on Court Square. According to Main…