By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard HILLIS The Warren County Rescue Squad toy drive is being called another rousing success this year as the group provided Christmas presents for 867 underprivileged children.“It went real good,” said squad director Fred Hillis. “I’m well pleased about how smoothly it went.”The squad delivered toys…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard EATON When McMinnville native Jack Eaton left the area in 1992, he had his mind set on becoming a youth minister.It was a long way from being the class clown of the graduating class of 1980 or a long-term Kroger employee, but something else caught…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard TORRES Facing 36 years in prison, the teen convicted of the 1999 shooting of a convenience store clerk during a botched robbery attempt has filed an appeal in hopes of reducing his sentence or receiving a new trial.The defendant, Abel Torres, now 19, has been…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Fire swept through the offices of The Mountain View this week, destroying what had become Van Buren County’s longest standing local newspaper.The fire was discovered just after 6 p.m., Monday, a little over an hour after reporters had left the building for the day. Publisher…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) George and Phyllis West, residents of Springfield, Tenn., say they rent a cabin at Rock Island State Park every January. “It’s my husband’s favorite place,” said Phyllis. The two are pictured in front of Twin Falls. (James Clark photos) It’s become a regular routine…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Anti-nuclear activists warn there are a number of dangers to locating a facility in Tennessee. Anti-nuclear activists in Hartsville say a proposed uranium enrichment facility there could produce harmful effects across the Midstate – including Warren County.“There are several risks,” said Bill Badger, media spokesman…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard WOODLEE Seeking additional input so they can make more informed decisions on whether to adopt an alternative calendar for the entire school system, the teachers union and the school board have developed a survey to gauge public opinion.The survey, on page 5-A of today’s edition,…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard In the consolation games of the Warren Lodge Elementary Tournament Saturday night, the Warren County Middle School girls eighth-grade team fell to the Lady Tigers of Irving College 33-25. In the boys game Centertown stopped Coffee County Middle School, 45-31.In the first half of the…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Saturday night Coffee County Middle School claimed the championship trophy in the Warren Lodge Elementary Tournament by beating Cannon County Eastside 42-18.In the first period Jenna Swanson hit five of Coffee County’s seven points in the period and with aggressive defense the Lady Raiders held…