By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard WATLINGTON School calendars and the condition of school facilities were some of the many topics discussed by the Warren County School Board over the weekend during its annual winter retreat in Cookeville.“We’ve basically used this time to look at what we’re doing and where we…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A Rock Island man was killed in a one-vehicle crash in neighboring Coffee County in the pre-dawn hours Sunday morning.The victim, Brian Douglas Cole, 28, was pronounced dead at the scene after he was ejected from the car in which he was a passenger.According to…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard POTTER District Attorney General Dale Potter may have stopped just short of a contempt charge Tuesday when he voiced a difference of opinion with Murfreesboro Judge Donna Scott during the Dr. Gregory Wiley beating case.Scott was there to decide the fate of G.W. Wiley, 18,…

A ceramics exhibit by Philadelphia artist Heeseung Lee opened recently in Gallery One at the Appalachian Center for Crafts. Entitled “The Sublime and The Mundane: Decorative Functional Ceramics,” the show will run through Feb. 23.“I think of my pottery as objects that can be viewed from any and all angles,” Lee said. “My pieces are…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard WILLIAMS Families in Crisis will be holding its fourth “Murder at the Mansion” this Valentine’s Day at Historic Falcon Manor. Tickets are $35 per person with proceeds going to benefit the organization which works to provide shelter, food and clothing to families in need.Jean…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard After obtaining a $2,000 grant from the Tennessee Arts Commission, members of the Park Theater Group are planning to hire a restoration consultant.Additionally, they have announced plans for demolition of the old Social Security office using local volunteers instead of contractors willing to donate labor…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) Music therapist Ginny Darnell sings and plays guitar during a recent therapy session at the middle school. Also seen are session participants Nick Melvin-Morten, left, and Keith Rembiszweski. (Will Stewart photo) Helping local special education students one note at a time is the…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard PRATER The county could lose previously appropriated money for local paving projects that has remained unused – some for over 13 months.The funds amount to almost $650,000, including $518,000 from state-aid and $129,000 of matching funds from the county.The paving projects the funding was…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard POTTER The acquittal of alleged armed robber Daniel Whited has prosecutors and the victims of the robbery wondering what jurors were thinking when they allowed the former serial robber to walk free Friday.Meanwhile, his defense team believes it was his long criminal record – not…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard WHITED A man with 11 prior armed robbery convictions walked from the courtroom a free man Friday evening after jurors acquitted him on charges he robbed two local stores here.The defendant, Daniel Whited, 46, was found not guilty on two counts of aggravated robbery and…