By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard County Executive Kenneth Rogers squelched rumors yesterday that he had removed trash dumpsters from all the county’s ambulance service stations.Rogers said the only receptacle moved was the one at Smartt Station and that move was only temporary.“We moved one from Smartt Station because we…

By Will Stewart / Teacher Feature BROWNYARD When she was a regular education teacher, Hickory Creek Elementary School counselor Kay Brownyard couldn’t help notice her students often brought their personal problems into the classroom.“I would counsel them, as all teachers do, but with an entire class I didn’t have the time to listen to them…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard MAHERY Supporters of an initiative to increase maximum fines across the state from $50, say the move is necessary to help cities enforce ordinances by putting teeth in local fines.The question is on the Nov. 5 election ballot, asking voters if they want to allow…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard ZADEH Editor’s note: The following article is the first in a three-part series exploring the school system’s ESOL, or English to Speakers of Other Languages program and how it affects both students and teachers. Prior to 1987, just about every student in the Warren County…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard With safety issues at the forefront, organizers of this year’s Christmas parade are making plans for a number of changes.Most notably, the parade route is expected to be different and nothing, including candy, is allowed to be thrown by participants. Organizers are also prohibiting tractor…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard PONCE Students at Warren County Middle School signed pledges yesterday vowing never to carry a gun to school or use a gun to settle a dispute.The mass signing was the culmination of the middle school’s observance of the Day of National Concern About Young People…

Our Viewpoint It’s time to close the book and put the helmet-throwing incident involving high school football coach Gerald Tidwell on the shelf to stay.The coach has served his suspension and been forced to answer to criminal charges. Now that both the suspension and criminal charges have been handled, it’s in the best interest of…

Considered by many our best courtroom drama, this riveting play, “Inherit the Wind,” by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee is based on the famous 1925 Scopes trial in Dayton, TN. Two legal titans class over the question of evolution.Directed by Gerald Melton, this show features Richard Northcutt, Darrell Fulton, Morgan Cummings, Charlie Harrell, Laurie…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Chloe Hillis, 2, gets some assistance from her father, Darren Hillis, on the newly renovated seesaw after a community playground improvement project. Hillis instrumental in organizing a clean-up effort at the playground. (Amy Satterwhite photo) The children playing in a rural subdivision’s playground didn’t mind…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Tuesday night the Warren County Middle School boy’s sixth-grade basketball team slipped past Dibrell, winning 27-21 at the WCMS gym.The Pioneers jumped out to an early lead in the first quarter, as they out-scored Dibrell 10-4. Dibrell struggled from the floor in the first period…