By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard MOSLEY Heavy patrols and a high profile presence by law enforcement may be reducing the number of drunks who take to roads over the New Year’s holiday.The lower number of drunks on the road during the holiday, once known for its number of drunk drivers,…

The ongoing standoff between Tennessee’s largest hospital corporation and its largest private health insurance company will be one of the subjects examined on this weekend’s edition of “Viewpoints – the View from Here” on public radio WCPI, 91.3 FM.River Park Hospital, part of HCA-affiliate Tri-Star Health System, is one of the state’s healthcare providers battling…

By Mary Robbins The library has recently expanded its hours to better serve the public. New hours are: Monday and Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2…

By Dandy Dave The “Raw” 10th Anniversary show will air on Jan. 14. All together there will be at least 50 stars on the show, but Bret Hart won’t be.He has said he has no interest in doing anything with the WWE now, or ever again. No word on who will or won’t be there.•…

By Rob Nunley / Columnist NUNLEY An old superstition passed down through my mother’s side of your friendly neighborhood sports editor’s family dictated that there would be no use of the washing machine Wednesday. No laundry is done on New Year’s Day, whatsoever, because, as Mom explains, “you might wash someone out of your life.”Well,…

Curtis White, Helen Faye Bess, Rayford W. Lusk, James Curtis Seagle, Gladys Pauline Urban, Carolyn Fibelkorn Smoyak, Mamie Katherine Bogle, T.B. Molloy Curtis White, 72Sparta resident Curtis White, 72, died Jan. 2 at his home.A tool and die maker, an employee of the Mallory Times, a Korean War veteran and a member of Central Church…

TO THE EDITOR: I would like to publicly commend Lt. John Hollandsworth, patrolman Mike Hainey and the unidentified Hispanic man who rescued the three small children from the house fire on Hardaway Street Sunday morning.The children surely would have perished if it had not been for the heroic efforts of these men. You all three…

To the Editor: The Department of Children’s Services hosted the third annual Christmas Party on Dec. 10 for foster children placed in foster homes from Warren, Van Buren, and Cannon counties. The department does not have funds to purchase gifts and treats for foster children at this special time, and each year many individuals, churches,…

To the Editor: I remember McMinnville when lives were at a slower pace. The statue in the park still stood stately. The famous Brown Hotel and Sedberry Hotel are both gone. I remember Miss Sedberry in silk dresses and fox fur’s always carrying a poodle with her.Dinty Moore’s restaurant was open and served the best…

By George Plagenz / Columnist Nothing is wrong with today’s churches that good preaching wouldn’t fix.In a Dec. 1 article, “For Pastors, Worldly Help With Spiritual Messages,” Washington Post staff writer Caryle Murphy came to the conclusion that humdrum sermons no longer suffice. Many sermons, she said, “leave listeners uninspired, impatient and bored.”Murphy quoted several…