By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) Reese Bishop goes up for two of his game-high 34 points while being guarded by Riverdale’s Chris Harris during Tuesday night’s game at Murfreesboro. (Rob Nunley photo) MURFREESBORO — Reese Bishop led the way Tuesday night as the Pioneer basketball team picked up…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Pioneers’ Chris King brings his opponent crashing to the mat in the heavyweight division. After a disappointing finish in the district last year, the Warren County High School wrestling team turned things around this year and clinched a second-place finish in District 9 competition.Tuesday night…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A second severe weather warning siren may become operational after city officials asked for it to be put in place.Officials have been discussing an outdoor weather warning system for some time and have had one functioning siren for the past several years. This year, they…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard In hopes of proving the fire that claimed the life of Lee Neal was no accident, prosecutors brought a fire expert to the stand Thursday who testified the fire was started from outside the victim’s small trailer.During his testimony, state bomb and arson unit investigator…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Morrison’s mayor says he has no idea where allegations came from that the county pays bills for the town’s traffic lights.“I don’t know where they got that from,” Mayor Harris Jacobs said in response to a letter written by City Attorney James Dempster that asks…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A mental evaluation has been ordered for the youth minister accused of molesting children in his congregation.The suspect, Jeffery Simmons, is charged with six counts of inappropriate conduct involving children, ranging from solicitation of a child to child rape. The most serious count of child…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Warren County and the city of Morrison will soon be working in partnership to build an emergency services building in the Mountain View Industrial Park to be used jointly by the Morrison Fire Department and Warren County Ambulance Service.According to County Executive Kenneth Rogers,…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard If results from a public survey are any indication, Warren County residents heavily favor a traditional school calendar over a 45-10 or 45-15 schedule.The unscientific survey was conducted by the Warren County Education Association at the school board’s request to gauge public opinion on the…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard STEAKLEY Kindergarten, says Boyd Christian School kindergarten teacher Jackie Steakley, is an incredibly vital grade, as it lays the groundwork for all future learning.“It’s so important. It’s as important as the freshman year in college,” Steakley said. “Kindergarten is when children learn so many skills,…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Vivian Layman gets some help from recording engineer Evan Gross during a session at a new recording studio that is the result of a partnership between Gross and Drs. Sam and Linda Young. (Amy Satterwhite photo) Some might think Evan Gross has the job others…