Taking A Stand: My deep sleep too much for alarms
By Duane Sherrill / Columnist Now that football season is pretty well over, I’m going to have to find another alarm clock to wake me up on Sunday mornings.As some of you may know, I’m not a morning person. It’s a very rare occasion in which I roll out of bed before 9 a.m. Sure,…
Read MoreReplacing auditorium seats a needed move
Our Viewpoint Warren County Middle School’s auditorium, once a source of pride, is now falling apart.The lighting is poor and the sound system is makeshift. But it’s undoubtedly the seats, some held together with duct tape, which need the most attention.Anyone who has sat through a performance at the middle school knows the seats rank…
Read MoreGirl Scouts accept cookie orders with booth sales set
The Girl Scout cookie sale was kicked off earlier than usual in Warren County as area Girl Scouts began taking orders Dec. 16 for the eight varieties of Girl Scout cookies. Girls ages 7 to 17 from throughout Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky will continue taking orders for the famous cookies until mid-January.“The cookies are…
Read MoreLittle Miss Valentine deadline set
By Janice M. Howard / Style Editor for the Southern Standard Deadline for entry in the 36rd annual Little Miss Valentine Pageant has been set for Feb. 1. Competition will take place Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. at Morrison Elementary School with rehearsals scheduled at the same site Feb. 7 at 6 p.m. The pageant…
Read MoreOfficer dives to avoid man in SUV
By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A local man has been charged with trying to run over a policeman while trying to evade arrest.The suspect, Candido Gonzalez is charged with aggravated assault on an officer, aggravated assault, evading arrest and DUI.The incident happened around 1:30 a.m. Sunday at a residence on…
Read MoreShields indicted for manufacture of meth
By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Forty-six people were indicted Friday by the Warren County grand jury.Included in grand jury action:• Donald Shields was indicted on the charge of manufacture of meth over 100 grams.• Michael Fernandez was indicted on the charge of felony possession of drug paraphernalia.• Diena Tate, Joel…
Read MoreSewer improvements put on hold for now
By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard City officials plan to proceed with only one of the projects proposed for water and sewer improvements, which may help to avert another rate increase.Water and Sewer Committee Chairman Jimmy Bonner and other members of that committee voted to build a 3-million-gallon water storage tank…
Read MoreRepublicans lead spending in 2002 elections:Bouldin was tops among county’s contributors
By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Almost 70 percent of the $28,762 Warren countians donated to campaigns for national office during the 2002 election cycle went to Republicans, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a non-partisan research group that tracks money in politics.The county’s largest individual contributors were Bouldin and…
Read MoreA computer scientist on Main Street: Killebrew was pioneer woman in space program
By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard When you meet Rachel Elkins Killebrew these days, it’s usually in The Collection, her local business on Main Street. Just looking at this personable lady probably wouldn’t make most of us think “computer scientist” but we’d be way off base, because that’s exactly what…
Read MoreChildren without heat, blankets taken from parents
By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Five children were removed from a home and their parents arrested on child neglect charges after police found the four children living in substandard conditions in a home on Warren Street recently.The suspects, Lucky and Tammy Adams, are each charged with five counts of child…
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