By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A legend in local law enforcement known as one of the last old-time sheriffs in Warren County, Everett Pearsall has passed away at the age of 73.“I think they based the character of Andy Griffith on my dad,” said Pearsall’s son, Trent Pearsall. “He was…

By Jim Glenn / Social Security Social Security is testing a new Internet service that could make it easier and quicker for people to apply for Social Security benefits.The project is called eVital and is part of President Bush’s E-Government initiative to make government services more responsive to the needs of the American public.“The eVital…

By James Clark/ Business Pulse It didn’t take long for Kelly Cowell to discover the taste of dnL, a new soft drink being marketed by 7 UP. The drink is called dnL because it’s the 7 UP logo turned upside down. Here’s the unbelievable story of the year — yes all five days of the…

Mary Jane Roberts, J.W. Mealer, Elmer Lee Phillips Sr., Mamie Katherine Bogle Mary Jane Roberts, 89McMinnville resident and Warren County native Mary Jane Roberts, 89, died Jan. 2 at River Park Hospital after an extended illness.A homemaker, she was the daughter of Luther and Ruby Higginbotham Baker; and was preceded in death by her husband,…

By Joseph Perkins / Columnist As time goes by, 2002 may not stick out in our collective memory, but it was an eventful year nevertheless.On the international front, President Bush put Saddam Hussein on notice that the United States no longer would stand idly by as his rogue regime developed weapons of mass destruction, and…

By Ed Kimbrell / Columnist This time of the year the media look back at 2002 to list the biggest news stories of the year, the deaths of famous people, and the promise and perils facing the world as 2003 dawns.I will join in that review briefly to focus on a few local media hoping…

By Charles Johnson / Columnist It seems if we live in a society that is technologically advanced enough to clone animals, including various mammals, and, if the claims of a bizarre scientific cult hold true, even a human, then we ought to be able to figure out how to cure the common cold.We’ve been to…

Our Viewpoint It sure is enticing to sit back and think about all the great possibilities which await Main Street. And what a downtown showpiece we can have if renovation work proceeds as planned.It never hurts to do a little wishful thinking and paint a picture of a vibrant, financially bustling Main Street. It’s an…

Magic-hungry modern China wants to be a world power in illusion, scouring the country for budding talent, according to a veteran Middle Tennessee magician who recently accompanied an international magic star on a multi-city tour of the Middle Kingdom.Fresh from a two-month trip to Shanghai and other cities where he performed magic with internationally known…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 27-person docket was heard Thursday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Traffic Court.Included in traffic court action:• Jorge L. Hernandez was directed to serve 48 hours of an 11-29 sentence, pay $350 plus costs and forfeit his driver’s license for one year for…