By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard In an effort to reduce the numbers of stolen vehicles, state and local law enforcement officials are teaming this weekend to begin the “Tennessee Watch Your Car” initiative.According to McMinnville Police Capt. Bryan Denton, officers from McMinnville Police Department and Tennessee Highway Patrol will be…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley helps administrative assistant Trenena Wilcher at the computer as he continues settling in at his new chambers at the courthouse. (Duane Sherrill photo) With a flurry of activity around him as he continued moving into his courthouse office Tuesday, newly…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Every eight days, a teen-ager commits suicide in Tennessee. As alarming as this statistic is, we, as a society, are all too complacent with this silent epidemic, according to Vanessa Hillis.“If there was a disease that was killing our children that rapidly we would do…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard BISHOP The sky was full of sunlight and fleecy white clouds at Warren County Airport Saturday as more than 50 intrepid aviators and aviation enthusiasts gathered to celebrate Flight Across America, an event designed to pay tribute to the victims of Sept. 11, and…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard(McMinnville, Tenn.) Auto Expression owner Robert Wood says allegations that drug dealing has taken place at his Chancery Street shop has hurt his business. He says he is working to keep the place clean. (James Clark photo) The owner of Auto Expression on Chancery Street says he’s…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard MOSS City voters will have the opportunity to vote on a liquor-by-the-drink measure this November as supporters of a referendum gathered the needed signatures to put the controversial issue on the ballot.As of yesterday afternoon, 283 verified signatures of registered city voters had been turned…

W.T. (Toome) Dunlap, Nellie B. Lack Gann, Harold M. Swaney, Willodean (Midge) Hardin, Tommy Kay Payne, Willie Mae Marlow, Melvin (Red) Harbin W.T. (Toome) Dunlap, 74Rock Island resident and Warren County native W.T. (Toome) Dunlap, 74, died Sept. 2 at his home after an extended illness.A retired farmer and a member of Corinth Church of…

TO THE EDITOR: I am writing this letter to congratulate my mother and her teammates on their recent victory in the Tennessee Senior Olympic basketball competition.My mom, Isobel Smith, walked away with a silver medal in the free throw competition, while she and her teammates, the Bulldogs, took a silver medal in the team playoffs.Mom,…

TO THE EDITOR: I am writing this in regards to an article in the newspaper Aug. 30. It concerns a girl getting jail time for taking out a warrant on her boyfriend and lying on the warrant.This seems to be happening a lot. I know of a case right now where a girl has taken…

TO THE EDITOR: Our son is a member of the WCHS football team. We were at the game Friday night. Our son did not tell us of the halftime incident until we asked him after reading the paper.After reading all your articles and listening to our son, we were sickened to know this unfortunate incident…