By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 41-person docket was heard Thursday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Traffic Court.Included in court action:• Carmen Luna was ordered to serve 48 hours of an 11-29 sentence and attend parenting classes for child neglect and driving on a suspended license.• Tammy Renee…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard HOLLAND Warren County School Board member Mike Holland has earned the designation Master School Board Member, the highest designation possible in the boardsmanship program of the Tennessee School Boards Association.He received the award Monday at the 65th annual TSBA’s annual conventional held in Nashville. A…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Southern Standard reporter Will Stewart got a new perspective on his education beat last week as he taught advanced placement American history at Warren County High School. (Charles W. Johnson photo) Editor’s note: Standard reporter Will Stewart was asked to teach Chad McGee’s history class…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — In Alabama and Ohio, courts last week ordered the removal of monuments to the Ten Commandments from a state courthouse and four public schools.In Texas, a federal court just six weeks earlier ruled the opposite, deciding a monument to the Ten Commandments could stay on state capitol grounds.Those conflicting rulings and…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard MILLER Anita Miller says she entered the Standard’s NASCAR Picks Contest every race this season. The only entry Anita wasn’t sure about came when she and her husband, James, went to the Bristol race in August.“I asked my daughter to turn it in for me that…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Hey mom, this is just my size. Little Shelby Nearing seems fascinated by this miniature Christmas tree at the Civic Center’s Arts and Crafts Fair Saturday. She is the 3-year-old daughter of Steve and Renee Nearing. (Charles W. Johnson photos) An appreciative and shopping-oriented…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A crime stopper tip combined with the honesty of a child led to the capture of a man who had been wanted by authorities for months.The suspect, Joseph Majors, 27, is in custody following a manhunt which ended with his capture at Treemont Apartments Thursday…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard ROGERS Low turnout has forced the closure of Warren County’s alternative jail, a facility once designed to house short-term, non-violent inmates to ease overcrowding at the county jail.“There just weren’t enough inmates to keep it open,” said County Executive Kenneth Rogers. “It came down to…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Left, Warren County native David Reep pauses from his perch at a November Titans game. Reep and native Walter Bishop, right, coordinate and supervise the firing of numerous fireworks that help get things going at the games. (James Clark photos) For the past few years,…

By Dandy Dave It looked bad, and it was!Triple H knew something bad was wrong as he laid on the mat Sunday night. RVD had just hit him with the five-star frog splash, and had missed. Instead of hitting the mat with his knees, Rob landed on HHH’s neck, mainly his Adam’s Apple.Hunter was unable…