By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Tyler Boyd (49) wraps up Cole Langford during tackling drills Wednesday. (Rob Nunley photo) The Pioneer football team will look to end a decade-long losing streak when it plays host to Region 3-5A rival Cookeville tonight at Nunley Stadium.Warren County’s last win over the Cavaliers…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Would a state lottery benefit the people of Tennessee and provide college scholarships or would it hinder poor people and create gambling addiction?Those are some of the questions being asked by locals as a state lottery debate makes its way into Middle Tennessee and specifically,…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) RHINEHART Shelby Rhinehart, who served 36 years in the state House of Representatives, died Thursday morning at Vanderbilt Medical Center. He was 75.Rhinehart, a chain smoker who battled through a number of health problems in the past, had been hospitalized since suffering a stroke…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard SALAMONE Tension was high for four-and-a-half hours as jurors deliberated the fate of District Attorney General Dale Potter, finally returning at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday to announce they had found him not guilty on all counts.The announcement was met by a nod of thanks toward the…

Shelby Aaron Rhinehart, Henry Clay (Fire Eater) Cole, Dr. Phillip Gerald Boyd Shelby Aaron Rhinehart, 75Longtime state Rep. Shelby Aaron Rhinehart, 75, died Sept. 19.A state representative for 36 years and a pharmacist, he served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a Spencer resident and White County native.The son…

TO THE EDITOR: I think the mother who can’t see her son in jail should be able to see him.Big deal, she spent 48 hours in jail three years ago. She didn’t commit a felony.The rule at Warren County Jail is if you commit a felony, then you are not allowed to visit anyone. So…

TO THE EDITOR: I am writing in regards to the liquor by the drink ruling coming up. I realize this is a city taxpayers only issue, but would like to state how this will affect the county residents too. As you know, this issue came up two years ago at about this same time.I thought…

By William Rusher / Columnist Once, in a private conversation with President Reagan during his years in the White House, I asked him what was the hardest part of being president. He replied instantly, “Talking with someone about a problem and being unable, for security reasons, to tell all I know about it.”This painful dilemma…

By George Plagenz / Columnist President Bush had returned to his ranch in Texas but his father was in the congregation at the 8 o’clock outdoor communion service at St. Ann’s Episcopal Church in Kennebunkport, Maine. The noise of the ocean waves lapping at the gigantic rocks a few feet away added to the magnificence…

By Mike Vinson / Columnist Once again, the time is nigh, November, to cast a vote, yeah or nay, for liquor by the drink in McMinnville. As most are aware, legal liquor by the drink failed by a mere 10 votes when the referendum was voted on two years ago.And, as indicated by the options…