By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard BROWN What is the proper chemical balance for the water when it’s 95 degrees and a bus load of sweaty children are on their way to the city pool?After intensive study on water chemistry, environmental impact upon water quality and about 30 hours of classes,…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard STIMAC Spc. Jeremy Stimac has been selected Enlisted Soldier of the Year of the McMinnville unit of the Tennessee Army National Guard.He was chosen for the honor over 48 other enlisted men of the same and lower grades as the enlistee who best embodies the…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard As the Industrial Development Board continues plans to purchase the former Findlay building, board members want to correct a popular misconception.That misconception is that the county is buying the building to give to Morrison Tool & Fab. According to guidelines established thus far, the…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Amy McDonald, pictured in main photo, doesn’t have the same smile she did before a safe fell on her and nearly killed her inside Wal-Mart. Faced with losing her home and continued surgeries at the young age of 19, Amy McDonald says the worst thing…

By Beth Furbush / Better Business Bureau News Dear BBB: “With this cold snap, my furnace is having a few problems keeping up. Any suggestions?”BBB: The ideal time to have your furnace serviced is in the summer or fall when repair and maintenance companies aren’t as busy and prices may be more reasonable. Regular maintenance…

By Jim Glenn / Columnist Social Security is making new efforts to help people with disabilities return to work.Social Security Commissioner Jo Anne Barnhart, speaking at the New Freedom Initiative celebration of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, said a new contact person will be available to help people with disabilities find work. The new contact…

By James Clark / Columnist Seeing as the new year is just days around the corner, that means it’s time for me to make my annual New Year’s resolution.I’m sure we’re all way too familiar with New Year’s resolutions. It’s the one time of year we vow to do something “good” to improve ourselves by…

Paul Douglas Nunley, Norment A. Barnes Sr., Anthony Edward Crosslin, William K. Dennis, Joe Claiborne Pennington, Marie Vinson Paul Douglas Nunley, 57McMinnville resident and Warren County native Paul Douglas Nunley, 57, died Dec. 28 at River Park Hospital after an extended illness.A nursery worker and a member of the Baptist Church, he was the son…

By Joan Ryan / Columnist A letter arrived from the foundation of our local K-8 public school, as it does every year. It asks each family to donate its “fair share” to close the gap between the government funding and the actual cost of operating the school. The requested donation has climbed each year; now…

By Ed Kimbrell / Columnist Holiday wish lists and New Year’s resolutions are filling the air and I’ve reduced mine to just one in the world of Tennessee politics and the press: Speak the unspeakable truth about this beautiful state’s economic slide to the point it’s a Third World state.This wish will not be granted…