By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard MORRISON The approval of audience members whose heads were peppered with gray said more than anything else about Naomi Morrison’s performance as Patsy Cline.Morrison, 17, pulled off a big coup with nods from the older set Friday night at the Arts Center of Cannon County,…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Sheriff’s deputy Bo Ramsey pats down suspected burglar Les Paul Beddingfield after he was captured following a foot pursuit Tuesday afternoon around the Riverfront Park area. (Duane Sherrill photo) A man faces burglary and assault charges after he allegedly invaded an elderly woman’s home and…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard COOPER Though approved by voters in November, a state lottery is still at least a year from becoming a reality, according to state Sen. Jerry Cooper.“At very best it will be about a year from now,” said Cooper. “We have a lot to do. We…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard KUMAR The TBI has been called in to help in the disappearance of local doctor Kodehalli Prasannakumar (Dr. Kumar) who has been missing over a week.Dragging operations, which have been conducted by the Warren County Rescue Squad since the doctor disappeared last Tuesday, have had…

TODD HERZOG Warren County is well known as the Nursery Capital of the World. The county is allegedly the largest shipper of nursery stock in the 48 continental states.Did you know nursery processing machinery is also manufactured in Warren County? Two such manufacturers are Bouldin & Lawson, Inc. and Pack Manufacturing Company, Inc.Bouldin & Lawson…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Omelets are one of the specialties for J’s owner Jean-Claude Petit. Petit says Mexican dishes and catfish are two of his more popular sellers. He believes in tasty food at reasonable prices. Carrying on a family tradition which began in France many years ago, the…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Paul Holder saw an opportunity 48 years ago and took it.Today, he has a thriving Main Street business centered around auctions and private realty sales, with some auctions ranging into the millions. Although his auctions are known state-wide today, they began as somewhat of a…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) Bill Myers, owner of Myers Computer, says cell phone sales remain brisk. Asked his thoughts on the future of the cell phone industry, Myers said, “We hope everybody doesn’t have one just yet.” They can be a convenience and they can be annoying. They…

Bessie Lee Swindell Passons, 96McMinnville resident and White County native Bessie Lee Swindell Passons, 96, died Jan. 16 at River Park Hospital after a one-week illness.A school teacher and homemaker and a member of Blues Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church, she was the daughter of the late George W. and Amanda Katherine McCormack Swindell; and was…

TO THE EDITOR: I’m writing this letter because I wonder what people must be thinking. I’m 41 and have always believed in God, but I’m shocked at how some people can even show their face in our great land. We were created by God’s own hand and He gave us life and the beautiful world…