By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Aficionados may call it table tennis, but to most of us, it’s still ping pong, the fast-paced game that became a medal Olympic sport in the 1988 Summer Olympics.According to the PongWorld Web site, it’s the most popular racquet sport in the world. It’s…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 51-person docket was heard Thursday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Traffic Court.Included in traffic court action:• Ralph H. Northcutt Jr. was bound over to the grand jury on charges of second-offense DUI and driving on a revoked license.• Carl Byford was bound…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Warren County High School junior Miguel Cota has been named a winner of a state-wide fire prevention poster contest sponsored by the Tennessee State Fire Marshal’s Office.Cota and his fellow poster contest winners were recognized Sunday at a banquet held in their honor in Nashville.Held…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard TODD In the event of a smallpox outbreak, it is questionable if the Warren County Health Department could vaccinate the entire population as officials say they still do not have enough volunteers to man emergency clinics.“We’ve had a decent response, but we still have a…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A Greenwood Drive family faces narcotics charges after they were reportedly caught red-handed trying to dispose of a meth lab as lawmen charged through their door with a search warrant.The suspects, James Riley Stacey, 49; his wife, Edna Elaine Stacey, 52; and her son, Timothy…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Saying the city has a precedent of enforcing parking restrictions around the courthouse, city workers were told to replace parking signs around the building first thing Friday morning.County Executive Kenneth Rogers, who had the signs removed last week, did not give away any clues as…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard DENTON The overall crime rate in McMinnville was down for the first time in four years in 2002.The lower numbers were reflected virtually across the board in the year-end crime report released last week by the McMinnville Police Department. While the numbers reflect only slight…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard To gauge feelings about adopting an alternative school calendar, the Warren County Board of Education will hold a public forum Thursday night. Both those for and against an alternative calendar will be given a chance to express their opinions and concerns.The board is considering three…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard LEE Federal authorities have been called to investigate what Union Planters Bank is calling “an unauthorized loan” which was recently uncovered by bank officials.The name of the employee involved, the amount of money involved, and the exact nature of the incident remain a closely guarded…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard When it comes to your heart, most people would agree you can’t be too careful.That’s why local resident Tom Moran chose to go to a state-of-the-art facility to have his arteriogram after a minor episode that physicians felt warranted further tests.And where is this…