WastAway receives tax abatement
By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The Industrial Development Board voiced its approval for two projects with positive potential for the local economy at its meeting yesterday.The board approved a tax abatement for WastAway, a waste disposal system developed by local company Bouldin Corporation, and approved a TIIPS grant for…
Read MoreGeneral Sessions: Ross hears 51-person docket
By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 51-person docket was heard Tuesday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Court.Included in court action:• Jimmy Yates was directed to serve 120 days of an 11-month, 29-day sentence and pay $75 plus costs for theft. He also had his prior probation extended by…
Read MoreKing bound over on alleged assault charge
By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A local man was bound to the grand jury Tuesday for allegedly stabbing a teen-ager who was trying to break up a domestic dispute between the suspect and his ex-wife.The defendant, Willie Bob King, 55, was bound over to the grand jury on charges of…
Read MoreOfficials quit tapdancing around issue: Dancing now allowed where beer is sold
By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Dwayne Doud said he is ready to put on his dancing shoes once again after aldermen voted to repeal laws that prevented people from dancing in places where beer was sold.Accompanied by citizen supporters of repealing those restrictions Tuesday, Doud waited for the vote tally…
Read MoreTeacher Feature: Johnson believes happy students are good
By Will Stewart JOHNSON West Elementary School teacher Beth Johnson believes that before one can teach children anything, be it how to write their names or how to balance chemical equations, they must be comfortable and happy.“It’s important no matter what age – kindergarten, fourth grade or high school – that children have a happy…
Read MorePost office in need of new postmaster
By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard MILLER Today will be McMinnville Postmaster Bobby Miller’s last day on the job as he has accepted a promotion to the Postal Service’s Southeast Area Headquarters in Memphis.“I have very mixed feelings about this,” he said. “I started my career in California and have worked…
Read MoreCity voters to decide tax issue
By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard DAVENPORT Raising the local option sales tax in McMinnville is now a decision which will be made by city voters.City officials gave the green light to putting the question on the November ballot after meeting Tuesday to finalize necessary steps.The idea has been pitched as…
Read MoreHE’S BACK: Bolding returns to high school as security guard
By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Former high school principal George Bolding, who retired in June, has taken a new part-time job as a security guard at the school, where he mans the guard shack two days a week. (Will Stewart photo) Warren County High School students who arrived late on…
Read MoreFather kicks out son, then shoots him
By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A Kirby Road man shot his son Thursday during a domestic dispute outside their home.The suspect, Charles Howard Fults, 54, told investigators the shooting was an accident, the result of warning shots ricocheting off the ground and striking his son. He is charged with domestic…
Read MoreGrand jury now in Haynes’ hands
By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard SANDRA HAYNES Following seven years of service, permanent grand jury foreman Gerry (Hoot) Gipson has been replaced with the change of judge administrations.Taking the oath of office this week was newly installed Grand Jury Foreperson Sandra Haynes, who was appointed by incoming Circuit Court Judge…
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