By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard CRAWFORD Seeking to help those in need and do something truly memorable with his life, Jason Crawford leaves today to become a Peace Corps volunteer in the poverty-stricken nation of Bangladesh.“Helping those in need, living in another part of the world, adjusting to another way…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Black students in Warren County are scoring significantly lower than their white and Hispanic peers on standardized achievement tests, according to data recently released by the state Department of Education.In many of the subject areas tested on the 2002 TCAP achievement tests local blacks students…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard An 88-person docket was heard Tuesday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Court.Included in court action:• Robert W. Johnson was bound over to the grand jury on the charge of aggravated assault.• Johnny Mark Parrish was ordered to serve 48 hours of an 11-month,…

Murder mystery dinner theater presentation scheduled for Aug. 9Historic Falcon Manor in McMinnville and Pacesetters, Inc., are planning a just-for-fun murder to benefit the agency, which services adults with developmental disabilities.“Murder at the Mansion,” a murder mystery dinner theater presentation scheduled for Aug. 9 in Historic Falcon Manor’s Victorian Carriage House, is a fun-filled “whodunit”…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Before and after photos show the results of Ge-Anne Hillis’ surgery. Shown with Hillis is her adopted son David. (Photos provided) A local teacher who had a life-saving surgery to reduce her weight will be featured on Nashville’s Fox 17 News at 9:00 this…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Right, John L. “Abe” Thomas, 93, recalls the glory days of baseball and starting the Viola Clowns in an interview with Wayne Wolford, who is gathering research for a book. (Amy Satterwhite photo) Every year, members of the Viola Valley Commission set out to find…

The American Cancer Society’s Warren County chapter marks the 10th year of its popular Astro Auction when the fund-raising and educational program hits the airwaves tomorrow morning.The live broadcasts, originating at Caney Fork Electric Cooperative’s auditorium on New Smithville Highway, will be on Clear Channel’s WBMC, 960 AM, from 8:00 until 10:00 am each day…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard North Warren firemen drag the dirt bike driven by Casey Fults, 16, off of Mike Muncey Road Thursday after the teen collided with a car driven by Thomas Davis. Fults suffered head injuries and was treated at River Park. (Duane Sherrill photo) A local teen…

By Charlie Johnson / Columnist Since man began his exploration of the globe, the sea and sailing has figured prominently in our lives and in our language. So it’s not surprising that nautical references have found their way into our everyday terminology and idioms.Most of us have heard an inebriated person described as being “three…

With 11,056 Warren County voters taking to the polls for the general election, it’s safe to say the public took great interest in the election of 2002.Unlike past years where many voters stayed at home and failed to make their voices heard, the people of Warren County Thursday spoke with a loud voice, expressing their…