By Jim Glenn / Social Security Columnist Concerned a recent United States Court of Appeals decision could threaten access to critical banking services such as direct deposit for more than 50 million elderly and disabled Americans, the Social Security Administration (SSA) is asking the Ninth Circuit to reconsider this potentially damaging decision.Through the United States…

By James Clark / Business Editor Lewis and Opal Land have opened a new business called Newtown Furniture and Antiques. It’s located directly across from Newtown Qwik-Pic on heavily traveled Nashville Highway. We’re just over a month away from the November elections and some political races are getting downright nasty.Here in Tennessee, the most highly…

Opal Ruth Johnson Duncan, W.D. Holt, Ethel Mae Van Horne, Sharon Lynn Jones, Bertha Frances Boren Opal Ruth Johnson Duncan, 63McMinnville resident and Smithville native Opal Ruth Johnson Duncan, 63, died Sept. 28 at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville after an extended illness.A retired antique dealer and decorator, a former state president PTA and a…

By Morton Kondracke / Columnist Congress should help President Bush end the dire threat posed by Iraq, but it also needs to give careful scrutiny to his new doctrine of pre-emptive war. It could be dangerous to world order.Just as Bush’s anti-terror doctrine — “whoever harbors a terrorist is one” — has been used by…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard HALEY No stranger to the community, Jimmy Haley said he felt obligated to put his best foot forward in the race for city alderman.“I felt it was time for those who have the best interests of our city at heart to come forward and run…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard MADDUX When Debby Maddux heard the director’s position for the local chapter of the American Red Cross was open, she knew it was right up her alley.Maddux, who has been in the position since mid-September, replaces outgoing executive director Joann Burby after Burby moved out…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Warren County Sheriff Jackie Matheny, left, and Chief Deputy Danice Taylor are pictured with one of the Bell Ranger drug search helicopters they obtained at no cost to the county through a government military surplus program. Warren County law enforcement is taking to the…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Close to $1 million has been earmarked for a new housing complex in the Morrison area.Cumberland Regional Development Corporation has been awarded $917,143 from USDA Rural Housing Services for a housing complex. The development, called the Beacon Light Project, will be a 24-unit, two-…

From left, MNC president Michael Sunderman and regional VP Ron Fryar congratulate Patricia Zechman and Sharon Patrick on their appointments, respectively, as publisher and general manager/ advertising director of the Southern Standard. Morris Newspaper Corporation regional vice president William R. (Ron) Fryar announces the appointment of Patricia Zechman and Sharon Patrick to the positions of…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard As flu season is nearing, the Warren County Health Department will soon offer flu shots to area residents.Beginning Oct. 15, the shots will be made available to those considered “high risk.” This grouping includes those people age 65 and older, those with chronic illnesses, and…