By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The final trial in the Myers Lane triple murder trilogy may not happen this year as a continuance has been granted in the murder conspiracy case of Clementine Myers.In a recent order, special Judge John Turnbull continued the case which was set to begin Sept.…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A teen was injured Monday when his bicycle was struck by a car on Couch Street, an incident a neighborhood resident says is all too familiar on the dangerous stretch of road.The victim, Andrew Bryan Davis, 15, suffered leg injuries and lacerations when his bike…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Having a U.S. Customs Blackhawk helicopter set down in a field next to your house is bound to turn heads, as local residents Ralph Earl and Rebecca Gross found out Monday afternoon when the couples’ nephew, Jeff Northcutt, a customs officer and pilot, made…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Main Street McMinnville Director Amy Jo Stanford shakes hands with Gov. Don Sundquist at the downtown gazebo Tuesday after Sundquist announced a $480,000 grant to help with downtown revitalization. (Amy Satterwhite photo) McMinnville’s massive effort to revitalize Main Street took a giant step forward Tuesday…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard In the first-ever observation of Patriot Day marking the one-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America, city leaders have announced a moment of silence planned for this morning.Made official last week after a proclamation by President George Bush and after Congress approved a joint…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard WILSON An ex-Marine has been charged with forcibly raping a 6-year-old girl and has admitted to earlier molesting another child in North Carolina.The suspect, William Joseph Wilson, 20, is charged with two counts of child rape and is being held under a $1 million bond…

Alfred Eugene Hatton, Elizabeth Webb Winters Alfred Eugene Hatton, 92McMinnville resident and Upland, Calif., native Alfred Eugene Hatton, 92, died Sept. 9 after an extended illness.A retired heavy equipment operator with Diamond Shamrock Corp. of Ohio and a member of the Church of God, he was the son of Cyrus DeWhitte and Etta Priscilla Houses…

TO THE EDITOR: I cannot believe the mentality of your news reports. I am referring to the recent article in the Sunday, Sept. 8 edition of the Standard on the opening of Biker’s Billiards.First, I can’t believe you allowed him to actually print he was afraid he would be beaten up by a bunch of…

TO THE EDITOR: Because of recent events of a teacher busted for meth and a coach of a wrestling team drinking while at tournaments and a football coach loosing all self-control, and the fact the school has the right to search students for just mere probable cause, my question is this and it deserves an…

By Joan Ryan / Columnist The metal rings scraped lightly against the curtain rod as a nurse pulled back the drapes.Inside lay a 25-year-old man, thin tubes and wires snaking from electronic monitors into his arms and bare brown chest. A red stain spread onto the pillow by his right ear despite the layers of…