By Janice M. Howard / Style Editor for the Southern Standard Business and Professional Women select Linda Newby, center, as 2002 Woman of the Year. Mary Jane Bell presents a silver bowl to the honoree, who is accompanied by her husband, Jim Newby. Linda Newby was revealed as the 2002 Woman of the Year during…

By Todd Herzog Ever wonder who is the largest taxpayer in Warren County? It is none other than Ben Lomand Telephone Cooperative.Ben Lomand pays $343,023 to the county and $218,363 to McMinnville, for a total tax contribution of $561,386. This local telephone cooperative was founded in 1952 and began operations in 1954 by a group…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Marie Cotten, of Cotten’s Marina, stands on a stretch of lake front near her dock in Rock Island. Despite the debris evident from several days of showers, Cotten is pleased with the new policies. (Charles W. Johnson photo) A group of residents living near…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Johnny Roberts has been in the hardware business since he was 7-years-old, so it’s no surprise to find him still in the hardware business decades later.Roberts, a second generation hardware man, owns Roberts Hardware on Depot Street. He has one employee, his son, Steve Roberts,…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard For 45 years, the Warren County Rescue Squad has brought a bit of Christmas cheer to children who might otherwise go without the gifts many children take for granted during the yuletide season.“We took care of 1,047 children last year,” said rescue squad director Fred…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard With colder winter weather approaching, the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency is urging citizens to familiarize themselves with the dangers associated with winter storms which sometimes hit the Midsouth.While large-scale blizzards are not as common in Tennessee as they are in the northern portions of the…

McMinnville’s Gilley Pool is under construction and will be more than twice the size of the previous pool. Rainy weather has delayed construction somewhat. With rain delays wreaking havoc on construction schedules this fall, McMinnville officials said pool construction is a little behind but they still plan to have the new pool open by May.Parks…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard Reba Reynolds says her great grandson, Aaron Vinson, is already fond of a basketball player doll she has in her shop, Dolls-N-Toyland. Reba’s store was located downtown for 15 years before she moved the business behind her home. In her 22 years in the doll business,…

Etoile Joanna Hillis, Christine Keaton Hughes, Mary Jo Steakley, James A. (J.T.) Tallent Etoile Joanna Hillis, 72Rock Island resident and Van Buren County native Etoile Joanna Hillis, 72, died unexpectedly Nov. 25 at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga.A homemaker and a member of Cumberland Chapel Freewill Baptist Church, she was the daughter of Robert and…

To the Editor: I still do not understand how a man that is protecting his home during a burglary can be charged with murder. It has happened over and over here in America and even here in Warren County. A person is trying to protect the things he has worked hard to enjoy and someone…