By TINA BARTON / Special to the Southern Standard Julie Lance is flanked by her children, Trent and Chelsea, during AYSO action Saturday at Pistole Park. (James Clark photo) Spare time, what’s that? Ask McMinnville resident Julie Lance and she’ll tell you it’s the time she spends with her children in their hodge-podge of extracurricular…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard CANTRELL The leadership of the Warren County School Board was reorganized Thursday night as board member Edd Cantrell was elected chairman.Cantrell replaces Mike Holland, who has served as board chairman the past two years.“Mike has done an excellent job. He’ll be a tough act to…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard SULLIVAN An elderly man who allegedly molested a child over a period of years escaped a lengthy jail sentence this week as he will serve 15 days of his eight-year sentence behind bars.The defendant, Donald Sullivan, 75, entered a guilty plea before Circuit Court Judge…

By Jim Mullen / Columnist Over the years, we’ve all collected stuff that we are ashamed to have in the house. Stuff that is too ugly to keep, too expensive to throw out — unfortunate Christmas presents, out-of-date furniture, wide paisley ties we thought might come back into fashion. So what do we do with…

By James Clark / Columnist I’ve never been a huge lottery supporter so this column shouldn’t be confused with pro-lottery rhetoric.I have, however, listened to both sides of the issue and find the main argument presented by lottery opponents to be condescending and inaccurate.I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard this statement from…

Our Viewpoint It’s that time of the year when many fall sport athletes are competing in their post-season tournaments.So far, the news has been encouraging from the golf course as Warren County has advanced players from the Pioneer and Lady Pioneer teams into the region tournaments.The Lady Pioneers deserve congratulations for finishing with the best…

Sarah Ann Greenwood has been honored for outstanding achievement in The Stars Club of the Missionettes girls program at Smartt Assembly of God. She is the daughter of Rick and Kathy Greenwood and sixth-grader at Westwood Elementary School in Manchester.The Missionettes is a worldwide Assemblies of God program modeled after Girl Scouts where girls complete…

The Nashville Symphony Guild will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a dinner and concert Sept. 28 at War Memorial Auditorium. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m.; dessert and a special performance by the Nashville Symphony will follow at 8 p.m.According to Guild President Caren Shaffer, The Nashville Symphony, featuring Maestro Kenneth Schermerhorn and tenor…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Not often do locals wait for word from Nashville, but that’s what they did Wednesday after a group there considered the fate of two historic places in McMinnville.Up for consideration were the old city cemetery on High Street and the First United Methodist Church that…

By Rob Nunley / Columnist I don’t know Randy Moss. I wasn’t there Tuesday night when he allegedly pushed a 27-year-old traffic control officer with his car.But I do know this. I’ll bet you, before too long, Moss’s bank account will be a lot lighter.Moss, who was labeled as trouble all the way back to…