By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Winfred Casey has retired three times in his lifetime.He retired once from Genesco, another time from a funeral home and a third time from the veteran’s service office, where he assisted veterans in obtaining benefits via the Veteran’s Administration.Casey, a World War II U.S. Army…

Students are back in school and the night air is getting a bit cooler. That means the Warren County A&L Fair isn’t far behind.Discount ride tickets are already on sale at a price which will help your pocketbook and also benefit local charities.Sheets of 30 ride tickets are now available at 10 Warren County locations,…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Front row, from left, Jayme, Erin and Morgan Dyer and second row, Scott and Kelle Dyer, stand outside their family’s bio-secure pullet farm after receiving 8,400 chicks from Perdue. (Amy Satterwhite photo) When the birds arrived at 7 a.m. Tuesday, the Dyers knew their life…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A woman who admitted to the court she lied when she swore out a warrant on her boyfriend was jailed Tuesday for filing the false warrant.The woman, Tina Melson, was directed to serve 48 hours for contempt of court by General Sessions Judge Larry Ross.…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard From left are retired Lt. Col. Robert J. Burdette U.S. Army, airport manager Kevin Bishop and retired Col. R.Q. Old, U.S. Air Force. (Charles W. Johnson photo) Warren County Airport will be part of a national event called “Flight Across America to Honor 9/11”…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The upcoming November ballot is getting bigger by the day as voters will likely see a fourth question in referendum in addition to the numerous political races.The latest question to be placed on the ballot deals with the current limitation of fines which can be…

Ernest L. Jones, Ernest E. (Gene) Meeks Ernest L. Jones, 78Cookeville resident and Wilson County native Ernest L. Jones, 78, died Aug. 26 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center.A mechanic and owner of Ernie’s Gulf, a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and a member of American Legion Post 99, he was the son of…

To the Editor: I am submitting a poem handed to me by a good friend, that I wish to share with all who dare to read it. I only wish I could make the whole country read it and comprehend it. Please read it once, then read it again, and take fair warning from its…

By Jim Mullen / Columnist I took a load out to the town dump this morning. I had to get rid of two old TV sets. Other than the fact that they don’t work and can’t be fixed, there was absolutely nothing wrong with them.But Sue is afraid to throw anything out now, because she…

By George Plagenz / Columnist Most of us know there are Ten Commandments. But fewer than half of us can name as many as five of them, according to a Gallup Poll.How many can you name?Even if you can rattle off all 10, numbering them could prove to be your undoing, because the commandments are…